RBS 70

The RBS 70 (Robotsystem 70) is a man-portable, laser-guided, anti-aircraft missile developed by the Swedish firm Saab Bofors Dynamics. It entered service in 1977 and is still used today by the Swedish Army. The RBS 70 is operational in 14 customer countries, on all continents and in arctic, desert, and tropical environments. The RBS 70 [...]

Skyflash Missile

The Skyflash is a British air-to-air guided missile launched from Tornado and Saab 37 Viggen fighter aircraft. A derivative of the AIM-7 Sparrow, the Skyflash was developed in the 1970s by Hawker Siddely and Marconi Space & Defense System. Significant changes from the Sparrow were the addition of a Marconi semi-active inverse monopulse radar seeker, [...]

Enigma Cipher Machine

The Enigma cipher machine was a German military device used by the Kriegsmarine and the Wehrmacht for the encryption and decryption of secret messages during World War II. It was invented in 1918 by Arthur Scherbius in Berlin. The Enigma enciphered a message by performing a number of substitutions one after the other. Scherbius’s idea [...]