Military Technology 05/2021

Contents MILITARY TECHNOLOGY Editorial If At First You Don’t Succeed…. . ................................................................ 1 TimMahon, Editor-in-Chief Guest Editorial Operating a Tank? It’s Like Playing Minecraft – How Commercial Technologies Permeate and Redesign Military Systems............................................................................................ 5 Roy Riftin, CEO of Nir-Or Limited Comment Zapad-2021 and Fears of Russian Invasion................................................ 6 Denys Kolesnyk Russian Nets $8 Billion in Contracts at Army 2021 . ................................... 7 Morgan Douro Letter The US and NATO Belatedly Got it Right..................................................... 8 Marty Kauchak Afghanistan: NATO’s Painful Farewell....................................................... 10 Caterina Tani THEME: LAND WARFARE International Success for BOXER.............................................................. 12 InterviewWith Stefan Lischka, Managing Director, ARTEC Stefan Nitschke Cross-Domain Operations......................................................................... 14 Stephen WMiller Hungary’s Path to Modernization.............................................................. 20 Robert Czulda Harmonising USMC Infantry Gear with Strategy...................................... 24 Marty Kauchak The Marine Littoral Regiment..................................................................... 27 Stephen WMiller Feature Chinese Amphibious Capabilities.............................................................. 31 Massimo Annati Killing the Sacred Cow – UCAVs and the Realities of the Battlefield. ............................................... 34 Morgan Douro Dassault’s Special Mission Aircraft – More Than Just Business Jets................................................................... 55 Marco Giulio Barone C4ISR Forum The Digital Challenge – Threat Impact of Perhaps Greater Importance Than Threat Nature...................................................................... 57 Angus Batey Processing Pattern of Life Data at the Tactical Edge............................................................................... 61 Charlie Kawasaki From the Bridge More Punch for the Polish Navy – Why a New Design for the MIECZNIK Frigate Programme...................... 63 Stefan Nitschke FONOPS in the South China Sea – Nations Counter China’s Excessive and Illegitimate Maritime Claims... 64 Edward Lundquist STILETTO – A Floating Lab That Goes Fast – A Proof of Concept With Something to Proove......................................... 67 Edward Lundquist 2 · MT 5/2021 The Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction Systems (NMESIS) consists of a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) produced by Raytheon and a Remotely Operated Ground Unit Expeditionary (ROGUE) developed by Oshkosh Defense. (Photo: USMC) MILITARY SPACE Special Supplement Introduction........................................................................................ 37 Space Warfare ‘à la française’ – ....................................................... 38 France’s Space Command in the making Marco Giulio Barone Counter-satellite – Attack and Defence. .......................................... 40 Peter Donaldson Another Frontline: Israel’s Perspective on Space. .......................... 42 Arie Egozi Poland’s Unfulfilled (Satellite) Dreams............................................. 44 Robert Czulda Space Enterprise Disruptors............................................................. 45 Marty Kauchak GALILEO: a (Floating) Pillar of Strategic Autonomy. ....................... 47 Caterina Tani The Hypersonic Era – Threat and Countermeasures. ..................... 48 Tim Fish China’s Military Space Programmes................................................ 50 Eugene Kogan CENTER OF THIS ISSUE