For almost two years, Ukraine has been facing a high-intensity war with the world’s second-largest military power. It is essential for armies to learn the lessons of Ukrainian warfare, and to closely monitor the adaptation of Ukrainian equipment, doctrines and industry to these events.

As part of our European tour, we had the pleasure of visiting the factories of John Cockerill Defence in Liege, Belgium, a company that is very well known in the Africa and Middle East region, but also in South-East Asia and Latin America, for the quality of their turrets and their ability to adapt to the demands of different customers.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has demonstrated the effectiveness of commercial drones for tactical reconnaissance, artillery fire correction and even the dropping of explosive charges (grenades and even artillery shells).

The Moroccan air force carried out eight air strikes around 5 a.m. against a grouping of trucks and merchants in the region of Ain Ben Tili in the far north of Mauritania.

The Algerian and Russian armies will hold a military anti-terrorism exercise in Algeria this November, says the press service of the Russian army’s southern military district.

The Obninsk Research and Production Enterprise “Technologiya”, part of Rosteс State Corporation, has improved the technology of manufacturing cockpit glazing for stealth aircraft. The solution improves the characteristics of aircraft cockpit glazing by 20%, including reducing the radar visibility of military aircraft.

The Algerian Air Force is about to receive its first new generation C-130J transport aircraft, which left the Lockheed Martin factory in Greenville, South Carolina, today and made its first stop in Bangor, Maine.

This is part two of our case studies of anti-drone warfare amongst armies and non-state actors.