by Editorial Staff | May 9, 2013 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DID site, India, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Russia, South Korea, USA
* Israel told the US that they suspect Russia intends to sell 4 S-300 missile batteries – for a total of 144 missiles – to Syria, according to the WSJ. For what it’s worth, Russia is also setting up an international conference with the US to resolve...
by Editorial Staff | May 8, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Logistics, Policy - Doctrine, USA
Spilling her guts out * In response’s to the Pentagon’s latest assessment of Chinese military capability, China issued their usual credulity-stretching denials. Of course everybody spies on everybody, and China has been caught again and again with their...
by Editorial Staff | May 7, 2013 | Africa - Other, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Materials Innovations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Russia, Science - Basic Research, USA
No lack of friction points * The Pentagon released its annual report [PDF] to Congress on military developments in China. The excitable media is getting their panties in a bunch over the explicit denunciation of Chinese attacks that could help map “military...
by Editorial Staff | May 6, 2013 | Budgets, Chemical Weapons, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, India, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Ballistic, USA
* Operations and maintenance were the first to be hit by sequestration. Pentagon Comptroller Bob Dale told Defense News that the impact of sequestration on acquisition programs will be known soon, with some noticeable but not huge cuts in units ordered, and delays...
by Editorial Staff | May 3, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Northrop-Grumman, People, Think Tanks, USA
* Australia released its 2013 defence white paper [PDF] earlier today. The last one dates from 2009, and the government said it would publish updates at most 5 years apart because of the fast-changing environment in the Asia/Pacific region. They acknowledge the...
