by Joe Katzman | May 18, 2012 | India, Russia
From RIA Novosti’s op-ed feature “India’s Arms Market: Everyone In, Nobody Out” : “The Indian arms market is an extraordinary place even by the standards of the markets of the Gulf oil monarchies, which buy weapons indiscriminately,...
by Editorial Staff | May 18, 2012 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Japan, Official Reports
Not a “heart” emoticon The US Department of Defense released its annual report [PDF] to Congress on Chinese military developments. Analysis of spending is pretty bare-bones: “Using 2011 prices and exchange rates, DoD estimates China’s total...
by Joe Katzman | May 17, 2012 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Domestic Security, Events, Issues - International, Specialty Aircraft, USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Mexican CN-235 MPA(click to view full) Mexico’s military needs have escalated, as the country faces what counter-terrorist analyst John Robb has called a growing “open source insurgency” composed primarily of narco-traffickers, with some leftist...
by Joe Katzman | May 17, 2012 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Brazil, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Israel, Japan, Logistics, Missiles - Surface-Air, Policy - Doctrine, Specialty Aircraft, Think Tanks, Underwater Weapons, USA
Map by Gene ThorpThe Washington Post Pakistan will reopen its roads to NATO convoys, but at a price. They want to charge $5,000 per container, according to the Washington Post. Other recent international defense developments include: * France’s new defense...
by Joe Katzman | May 16, 2012 | Americas - Other, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Guns - under 20mm direct, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
Avenger(click to view full) Chile presents interesting challenges for an air defense network. Its geography is long, thin, and extremely mountainous, which greatly complicates attempts at full coverage. Tensions over the last couple of decades have been centered on...
