Used to be ours...(click to view full) Back in 1991, Canada's Mulroney government sold the country's CH-47 Chinook medium-lift helicopter fleet to the Dutch. They cost a lot to maintain and operate, and Canada didn't need them anyway. Or so they thought. Fast forward...
* Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had taken control of Mosul, a large city in northern Iraq. US Biz Dev * The US Army's Program Manager for Soldier...
WCMD Launched In June 2012, the US DSCA announced South Korea's formal request to buy up to 367 CBU-105D/B Wind Corrected Munition Dispenser (WCMD) Sensor Fuzed Weapons and associated parts, equipment, logistical support and training, for an estimated cost of up to...
Nimrod MR2 at work(click to view full) British naval theorist Sir Julian Corbett saw the navy's proper role as "directly or indirectly either to secure the command of the sea or to prevent the enemy from securing it." Airpower plays a prominent role in both of those...
* Pro-Russian operators have seized Ukrainian government buildings in 3 eastern cities, including Kharkiv where Spectechnoexport has a military vehicle plant. Separatists in Donetsk declared independence and announced a referendum on May 11, right when pro-Russian...
* Reuters: As Russia growls, Swedes, Finns eye defence options, NATO. * The Lithuania Tribune: NATO preps for military exercises in Baltic airspace. * The US Defense Logistics Agency delivered ready-to-eat meals to Ukraine, as ordered by an Administration which is...
T-6C The Royal New Zealand Air Force has made an interesting choice. They're about to begin replacing their 12 locally-designed CT-4E basic trainers, and 4 leased Beechcraft King Air multi-engine conversion trainers, with 11 Textron Beechcraft T-6C basic/intermediate...
Finnish Buk M1(click to view full) Control of the air isn't a cornerstone of Finland's defense, as it is for a country like Australia. Instead, Finland needs to make its airspace dangerous enough to deny enemies full air dominance, while its difficult terrain and...
AASM test fromMirage 2000D(click to view full) France's Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (AASM) is similar in concept to the American GPS-guided JDAM bomb, but its execution includes several key differences. The global trend toward GPS-guided weapons makes a French entry...
RSAF Tornado IDS(click to view full) In February 2010 Defense News reported that Saudi Arabia's fleet of Tornado low-level, medium-range strike fighters would soon be receiving a pair of significant enhancements: MBDA's stealthy Storm Shadow medium range cruise...