"Ball, a researcher at Armament Research Services, said the risk in this situation is that Iran, which has long supported the Houthis, could get its hands on the StormBreaker" businessinsider.com/us-stormbreake…

Going along with this, shout-out to the Open Source Munitions Portal, ran by Airwars and ARES. Insanely useful as a reference guide for dummies like me who are bad at identifying munition remnants. Their GBU-39 page: osmp.ngo/collection/sma…

This article was written by Joe Emmett of @Airwars and Trevor Ball (Trevor Ball) and N.R. Jenzen-Jones (N.R. Jenzen-Jones) of ARES, with visual design by Azul De Monte & Rectangle. See the full article here: osmp.ngo/collection/sha… 13/13

Variously described by exotic-sounding terms like ‘kamikaze drone’, ‘suicide drone ’, and ‘one-way attack (OWA) UAV’, the Shahed series of powered munitions are in many respects functionally similar to other guided munitions, such as missiles.

NEW: We have now published 1,000 images of munitions from conflicts across the globe, each one reviewed by at least two experts - helping explain modern wars and the munitions used in them. New to the OSMP? This thread 🧵outlines how it works. osmp.ngo

Wanted: researcher familiar with the M48 Chaparral surface-to-air missile system, to write ~15,000 word development history and technical assessment. Focus will be on the MIM-72 missile series, but the whole system will be assessed. Email [email protected] with CV.

30 new munition images were added to the OSMP, including: -SkyStriker one-way-attack UAVs in Gaza -Mikholit air-delivered bombs in Gaza & Lebanon -MIM-401 Talon series surface-to-air missiles (THAAD) in the Palestinian territories View them all here: osmp.ngo/?ids=1390,1353…

Munition remnants from the scene of alleged Israeli airstrikes on Monday which reportedly targeted the Fahmi Al-Jarjawi school in Gaza City were identified as parts of American-made GBU-39 air-delivered bombs. osmp.ngo/osmp1390/ x.com/AP/status/1926…

Human Rights Watch has released a major new report about Russia's use of small UAVs (‘drones’) in Ukraine. Four images from the Human Rights Watch report have been added to the OSMP - showing mostly conventional munitions modified for delivery by drone. osmp.ngo/?ids=1400,1401…

Always a pleasure to have a new issue of Armax to read.

The 2025 Arsenals of History Symposium, organised by Cody Firearms Museum, will be held at the National Museum of the United States Army (National Museum of the United States Army). If you have a professional interest in arms history, I would encourage you to attend: arsenalsofhistory.org/aoh2025

Overview of the improvised/craft UAV-delivered munitions being used by Mexican drug cartels. These munitions are becoming more common, and in some cases more advanced. There's also been some large seizures by Mexican authorities lately.

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Wanted: research assistants. 1. Check transcribed text and otherwise assist in preparing a series of arms & munitions and military history titles. 2. Work on a project related to the correspondence of H.P. Lovecraft. Credit & pay. Email: [email protected]

1/ NEW: The OSMP has begun adding images of chemical munitions used in conflict zones. These images, including those from public OPCW reporting, add an important new dimension to the variety of munitions displayed in the portal. osmp.ngo/functional_use…

NEW: We have launched a page of reviewed and identified munition images from the 12-day June 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran. 23 images have been published so far, with a number of others going through our review process. osmp.ngo/collection/ira…