Weapon tag archive

Communications Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 6 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Communications, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

6 weapon systems

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Communications Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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E-11A airborne communications relay aircraft, Airborne communications relay and gateway aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsE-11A airborne communications relay aircraftAirborne communications relay and gateway aircraftSide: United StatesBuilt: Bombardier / Northrop Grumman / Canada / United StatesThe E-11A is a U.S. Air Force Battlefield Airborne Communications Node aircraft built from a Bombardier business jet to relay and translate tactical data, voice, and imagery for distributed air, ground, and maritime forces. In the United States-Iran Conflict, CENTCOM listed E-11A communications aircraft among the assets used in Operation Epic Fury, showing the type's role as a high-flying command-and-control gateway rather than a strike platform.

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Communications Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Balzam class (Project 1826) intelligence ship, Intelligence collection ship, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsBalzam class (Project 1826) intelligence shipIntelligence collection shipSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Yantar Shipyard / Soviet UnionBalzam class, also reported as Project 1826 Rubidiy and NATO Balzam, is a Soviet intelligence-collection ship class built by Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad for SIGINT and communications interception. RussianShips lists four completed hulls, 105 m length, 4,600-ton full-load displacement, 20 knots, and a defensive fit of Strela-2 missiles, AK-630, and an MRG-1 grenade launcher.

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Communications Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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Transport and Tracking Layer, Proliferated low-Earth-orbit satellite architecture, Support EquipmentSupport EquipmentTransport and Tracking LayerProliferated low-Earth-orbit satellite architectureSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesTransport and Tracking Layer is the Space Development Agency's proliferated low-Earth-orbit satellite architecture for resilient military data transport, missile warning, and missile tracking. Lockheed Martin is one of the major contractors across the family, with Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites launching in 2025 and Tranche 2/3 Tracking Layer awards expanding the constellation.
BMP-1KSh command vehicle, Tracked armored command post vehicle, Support EquipmentSupport EquipmentBMP-1KSh command vehicleTracked armored command post vehicleSide: ArmeniaArtsakhBuilt: Rubtsovsk Machine-Building Plant / Soviet UnionThe BMP-1KSh is a Soviet BMP-1-based command-and-staff vehicle that replaces the infantry carrier's combat role with radios, navigation equipment, generators, and antenna systems for mobile command posts. In the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, open-source loss documentation records one Armenian BMP-1KSh captured by Azerbaijani forces, tying the vehicle to the command-and-communications layer behind front-line armored units.