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Spanish Army Air Defence Command
The Spanish Army Air Defence Command (Spanish: ''Mando de Artillería Antiaérea'', MAAA) is a command of the Spanish Army, composed of anti-air artillery units under a same command, formed, trained and equipped to contribute, into a joint or joint/combined frame, to the air space control and defense. Those units may act either in the national territory or as a reinforcement to allied organization based on the joint and Army specific doctrine.Instrucción núm. 59/2005, de 4 de abril, del Jefe de Estado Mayor del Ejército sobre Normas de Organización y Funcionamiento del Ejército de Tierra, published in Spanish Ministry of Defense Official Publication (Boletín Oficial de Defensa, BOD) #80 of April 26th of 2005 The MAAA is composed of a General Quarter and a set of anti-aircraft artillery units and units of combat support. The units belonging to the MAAA are: * 71st Anti-air Artillery Regiment in Madrid with Mistral surface-to-air missiles and 35/90 Guns * 73rd Anti-air Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of The Spanish Army Air Defence Command
A coat typically is an outer garment for the upper body as worn by either gender for warmth or fashion. Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these. Other possible features include collars, shoulder straps and hoods. Etymology ''Coat'' is one of the earliest clothing category words in English, attested as far back as the early Middle Ages. (''See also'' Clothing terminology.) The Oxford English Dictionary traces ''coat'' in its modern meaning to c. 1300, when it was written ''cote'' or ''cotte''. The word coat stems from Old French and then Latin ''cottus.'' It originates from the Proto-Indo-European word for woolen clothes. An early use of ''coat'' in English is coat of mail (chainmail), a tunic-like garment of metal rings, usually knee- or mid-calf length. History The origins of the Western-style coat can be traced to the sleeved, close- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASAMS
NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) is a distributed and networked short- to medium-range ground-based air defense system developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and Raytheon. The system defends against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), and fixed wing aircraft, firing any of a wide range of existing missiles. NASAMS was the first application of a surface-launched AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile). NASAMS 2 is an upgraded version of the system capable of using Link 16, which has been operational since 2007. , NASAMS 3 is the latest upgrade; deployed in 2019, it adds capability to fire AIM-9 Sidewinder and IRIS-T SLS short-range missiles () and AMRAAM-ER extended-range missiles (), and introduces mobile air-liftable launchers. NASAMS has proven interoperability with longer range systems such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Structure Of The Spanish Army
The structure of the Spanish Army as of April 2023 is as follows: Chief of the Army General Staff The Chief of the Army General Staff heads the Spanish Army. Army Headquarters The Army Headquarters is made up of six organizations, which report directly to the Chief of the Army General Staff. * Army Headquarters, in Madrid ** Army General Staff *** Command, headed by the Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff *** Army General Staff Main Secretariat *** Planning Division *** Operations Division *** Logistic Division ** Cabinet of the Chief of Staff of the Army ** Information Systems, Telecommunications and Technical Assistance Command *** Technical Assistance Sub-directorate *** Information Systems and Telecommunications Sub-directorate **** Signal Regiment No. 22, in Pozuelo de Alarcón (National Signal Infrastructure) ***** Signal Battalion I/22, in Pozuelo de Alarcón ***** Signal Battalion II/22, in Pozuelo de Alarcón ***** Signal Battalion III/22, in Seville ***** Signal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
