January 2021 This is probably the toughest book I've attempted. Partly due to the lack of open-source information available and partly because of the Covid-19 lockdown. Anyway, I decided to go ahead and publish what I have since there are so few books on the subject out there. This is just the start as there are a lot of vehicles out there and I plan to add the ones I missed. Please let me know which I missed and I will add them. I would like to "crowd source" this book and ask that readers go to our web site (USGOVPUB.com) and send me comments to fill in the information gaps. Rather than writing a negative review, how about sending me the suggested changes and improvements and I then update the text as soon as I get your comments? I plan to upload updates on the last day of the month if I get input. In any event, I will continue to research the missing information myself and make corrections as I find them. Note that the pictures on the cover are a graphical Table of Contents. The page number is written before the vehicle name. Also, I hate to see blank pages, so I placed the cover page for a few suggested titles you may be interested in looking at. If you have ideas for future titles, let me know and I will see how much info is out there and try and publish suggested titles. Thank you for your continued support. 4th Watch publishing is a SDVOSB. Here is a partial list of vehicles: CSK-131 4x4 Tactical Vehicle CSK-141 6x6 Tactical Vehicle CSK-141 UAV Swarm Launcher CSK-181 Tactical Vehicle CSK-181 Multiple Rocket Launcher CSK-181 122 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer CTL181/CTL181A Light Protected Truck CSZ181 Protected Box Truck YJ2080 Protected Assault Vehicle MK-BLA-01 UAV Carrier/Launcher Vehicle CS/VP3 MRAP CS/VN3C 4x4 Light Armored Car MV3 MRAP Armored Personnel Carrier VP11 MRAP CS/VP14 MRAP VP-21 MRAP Heavy Tactical Armored Truck Personnel Carrier VP22 MRAP ZIL Karatel ('Punisher') CSK-002 Airborne Assault Vehicle 8x8 Armed Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Type 07 Infantry Fighting Vehicle ("ZBD09") ...................... There are many, many more.

20 JULY 2020 Printed in COLORPhotos and illustrations of China's air defense weaponry as well as specifications culled from open sources. We will update the book when more information becomes available. 4th Watch Publishing Co. is a SDVOSB (Vietnam era). Please send comments thru https: //usgovpub.com These are the systems included in this book: DK-9 (霹雳-9; lit.: 'Thunderbolt-9') DK-10 (LY-60) / DK-10 (PL-12) / DK-10A DN-2 Dong Neng-2 (动能-2; 'Kinetic Energy 2') DN-3 Dong Neng-3 (动能-3; 'Kinetic Energy 3') FB-6 / FB-6C "Avenger" SAM FB-10C (飛豹, 'Flying Leopard') FD-2000 / HQ-9 Long Range SAM FJ ABM (反击Fan Ji) 'Counter Strike' FK-1000 Self-Propelled Anti-Air System (SPAAG/SAM) FL-2000(V) (飛豹2000車載) 'Flying Leopard' FL-3000N CIWS (飞豹, 'Flying Leopard') FLG-1 Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) FLS-1 Naval Surface-to-Air Missile System FLV-1 Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) FM-3000 Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) FN/FY-6/FN-6A (飞弩-6; Fēi Nú-6) 'Flying Crossbow-6' FN-16/FY-16 (飞弩-16; Fēi Nú-16) FT-2000 Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) HN-5 (红缨-5; Hóng Yīng-5) 'Red Tassel-5' HN-6 (红缨-6; Hóng Yīng-6) 'Red Tassel-6' HQ-1 (红旗-1, Hóng Qí-1) SA-2 GUIDELINE HQ-2 (红旗-2, Hóng Qí-2) SA-2 GUIDELINE HQ-6 / HQ-6D (红旗-6, Hóng Qí-6) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) HQ-7 / FM-90 (红旗-7, Hóng Qí-7) 'Red Banner-7' HQ-9 (红旗-9, Hóng Qí-9) 'Red Banner-9' HQ-10 (红旗-9, Hóng Qí-10) SA-20A GARGOYLE HQ-12 (红旗-12, Hóng Qí-12) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) HQ-15 (红旗-15, Hóng Qí-15) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) HQ-16C (紅旗-16, Hóng Qí-16) SA-17 GRISSLY HQ-17 (红旗-17, Hóng Qí-17) SA-15 GAUNTLET HQ-18 (红旗-18, Hóng Qí-18) SA-12 GLADIATOR/ GIANT) HQ-19 (红旗-19, Hóng Qí-19) S-300 SPSAM HQ-22 (红旗-22, Hóng Qí-22) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) HQ-26 (红旗-26, Hóng Qí-26) HQ-29 (红旗-29.Hóng Qí-29) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) HQ-61 (红旗-61, Hóng Qí-61) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) HQ-64 (红旗-64, Hóng Qí-64) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) KS-1A (凯山一号, Kai Shan-1) SA-2 GUIDELINE KS-1000 (開山1000, Kai Shan-1000) LS-II ADS (猎手, Lie Shou) "Hunter" II LY-60 / FD-60 / PL10 Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) LY-80 (鹘, Lie Ying-80) "Falcon" Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) PL-12 (霹雳-12, Pī Lì-12) 'Thunderbolt-12' QW Series Missiles QW-1 (錢偉-1, Qian Wei-1) 'Vanguard' QW-2 (錢偉-2, Qian Wei-2) 'Vanguard' QW-2 Type 95 SPAAG/SAM CQW-2 (车载先锋 Che-zai Qian Wei-2) 'Vanguard' QW-3 (錢偉-3, Qian Wei-3) QW-4 (錢偉-4, Qian Wei-4) QW-11 (錢偉-11, Qian Wei-11) QW-18 (錢偉-18, Qian Wei-18) S-75 Dvina (Desna/V-750) SA-2 GUIDELINE S-300FM/S-300PM SA-10d/e GRUMBLE S-400 SA-21 GROWLER S-500 Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM) SC-19 (FT-1 Feitian) Road-Mobile Emergency Satellite Launch System Shengong-II (神弓-II, Deity Bow-II) Air Defense System Sky Dragon 50 (Tianlong 12) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System (SPSAM)

A high-ranking general's gripping insider account of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how it all went wrong. Over a thirty-five-year career, Daniel Bolger rose through the army infantry to become a three-star general, commanding in both theaters of the U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He participated in meetings with top-level military and civilian players, where strategy was made and managed. At the same time, he regularly carried a rifle alongside rank-and-file soldiers in combat actions, unusual for a general. Now, as a witness to all levels of military command, Bolger offers a unique assessment of these wars, from 9/11 to the final withdrawal from the region. Writing with hard-won experience and unflinching honesty, Bolger makes the firm case that in Iraq and in Afghanistan, we lost -- but we didn't have to. Intelligence was garbled. Key decision makers were blinded by spreadsheets or theories. And, at the root of our failure, we never really understood our enemy. Why We Lost is a timely, forceful, and compulsively readable account of these wars from a fresh and authoritative perspective.

Mine-protected and mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles are today standard in the US, most major western armed forces and many other armies as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The South African Army was already routinely using mine-protected armored personnel carriers and patrol vehicles forty years ago even if they looked primitive and ungainly. A few years later, the South African Army had reached the stage where it could deploy entire combat groups into battle zones equipped with only mine-protected vehicles, including their ambulances and supply trucks. By then the mine-protected vehicles had also become effective for use in combat, rather than just protected transport, the Casspir being the chief example. More to the point, they saved countless soldiers and policemen from death or serious injury, and the basic concepts now live on in the various MRAP types in service today. The valuable lessons learned by the South Africans with their early designs of these combat-proven vehicles has led the country to become one of the global leaders in the design of MRAPs which are locally manufactured and exported around the world. Surviving the Ride is a fascinating pictorial account featuring more than 120 of these unique South African-developed vehicles, spanning a forty-year period, with over 280 photographs, many of which are previously unpublished.

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF). While some Kurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS, many others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger mechanicals, or duskas, the Kurds' version of the technical. Before US air power was sent to Syria, these were the Kurds' most powerful and mobile weapons. Co-written by a British volunteer who fought with the Kurds and an academic expert on armoured warfare, this study explains how the Kurds built and used their AFVs in the war against 'Daesh', and identifies as far as possible which vehicles took part in major battles, such as Kobane, Manbij and Raqqa. With detailed new artwork depicting the Kurds' range of armour and many previously unpublished photos, this is an original and fascinating look at modern improvised mechanized warfare.

Aug 18 2020 Printed in COLOR Electronic Warfare (EW) is considered a relatively inexpensive way to curb an opponent's ability to communicate and exercise control within a battlespace. By now, everyone is aware that the incident where a Su-24 bomber allegedly flew over the American destroyer 'Donald Cook' described in practically all Russian media, during which the Russian aircraft supposedly employed its newest 'Khibiny' system to disable the ship's electronics is RUMINT (RUMINT - RUmor INTelligence [military]). RUMINT can be described as single-source disinformation that obfuscates or "puffs up" an adversary's capabilities. The text in RED thruout the book is RUMINT. Russia's electronic warfare equipment specifications are a closely held SECRET so a lot is missing, but I was able to find quite a bit thru open sources. I will update as I find more. The systems included in this book typically have their own specialization. For example, the Divnomorye complex suppresses locators and other avionics of aircraft, helicopters and drones. The station also creates powerful interference for "flying radars" - E-3 AWACS, E-2 Hawkeye and E-8 JSTAR. It can hide objects within a radius of several hundred kilometers from radar detection. The Murmansk-BN complex suppresses communication and control channels within a radius of up to eight thousand kilometers. This technique is able to strip communications of warships, aircraft, drones and headquarters of the troops of a potential enemy. Electronic warfare systems "Moskva-1", "Krasukha-20" and "Krasukha-4" are often called "aircraft systems." They are designed to deal with aviation radars, as well as communications and information transfer technology. "Moskva-1" detects the enemy, determines the type and characteristics of its electronic warfare. Data is transferred to other systems. Krasukha-20 is responsible for the fight against early warning radar aircraft and "Kraukha-4" interferes with other types of aircraft. Thanks to experiences in conflicts in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria, Russia's EW systems and tactics are evolving. The systems are more mobile, intelligent, and automated with a transition from narrowly specialized equipment to multifunction complexes, for the disruption of many types of electronic systems-radars, radio communications, navigation and others. The tactics are changing as well. For instance, Russian forces in Ukraine have been using small unmanned aircraft with electro-optical cameras and electronic direction finders to specifically locate and then jam counter-battery radars ahead of mortar and other artillery strikes. According to Ukrainian General Kremenetskyi, Russian armed forces have developed their EW doctrines and they have been adept at learning lessons from recent conflicts and adapted their systems accordingly. "The speed with which the Russians have adapted their EW tactics has been very quick." Of course, Russian EW operators (occasionally) also simultaneously jam their own forces' equipment. If you have any of the missing information, or if you see information that needs to be corrected, please send message thru our website USGOVPUB.com. 4th Watch Publishing is a SDVOSB.

This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. Newly added material brings the story through 2020, including analysis of the Ferguson protests, the Obama and Trump administrations, and the George Floyd protests. The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But over the last two centuries, America’s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America’s earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.