Britain’s Defence Equipment Plan

Rapid Fire Jan. 31, 2013: Feds Uncertain Why They’re Spending Less

* Alan Krueger, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (to the White House), on the reason why US GDP contracted by 0.1% in Q4 2012: “Federal defense purchases declined at an annual rate of 22.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, the largest quarterly...
Britain’s Defence Equipment Plan

Rapid Fire Jan. 30, 2013: Defense Dealings Lack Transparency

* Non-profit Transparency International asserts [PDF] that a vast majority of countries exert little, if any, political oversight of defense policy or scrutiny of defense procurement. Only Australia and Germany are ranked as at “very low risk” of...
Britain’s Defence Equipment Plan

Fire & Fallout: Norway’s Mine-Resistant Iveco LMVs

LMV in Afghanistan(click to view full) After some bad experiences with its up-armored Mercedes “Gelendevagen” in Afghanistan, Norway decided that they needed patrol vehicles with better protection. In 2006, therefore, they placed an order for 25...