The “Five Eyes” and Managing Strategic Dependency on China

05/26/2020
Our colleague John Blackburn has highlighted the publication of a new report published by the Henry Jackson Society, based in London. A new report by a UK Think Tank, the Henry Jackson Society, addresses the supply chain dependence on China by the "Five-Eye" powers. Of the five powers, Australia is…

Memorial Day, May 25, 2020: A Turkish Colleague’s Perspective

05/25/2020
All over the world, at different tough geographies, there are immortal signatures of U.S. soldiers and their friends to let the democracy, human rights, and justice become sovereign over the countries and the people. This is the day we all remember of those ones as President Reagan said " Heroes…

Laser Kill for the Maritime Kill Web

05/24/2020
According to a U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs article published on May 22, 2020, Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD…

Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Air Power in the Indo-Pacific Region

05/24/2020
Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark of the Royal New Zealand Air Force spoke recently to the virtual RAAF Airpower Conference on the Indo-Pacific Region. Originally, the conference was to be held in March 2020, but was postponed due to COVID-19. But the RAAF's Airpower Development Centre has moved ahead with a virtual conference,…

Blue Water and Blue Skies: Working Air-Maritime Integration

05/22/2020
It is clear that when either looking at the North Atlantic or the Pacific theater of operations, neither the USAF nor the USN are in a position to dominate as stove-piped services or without integrated operations with core allies. In building out the integrated distributed force, a core challenge facing…

Training for Force Integration: The Perspective from the Air Warfare Center, Nellis AFB

05/21/2020
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We visited the USAF Warfare Center in 2015, when Major General Jay Silveria, was the commanding officer. A visit last month was postponed due to the COVID-19 impacts, but, hopefully, we can return later this year. But we did have the opportunity to have…

Russian SU-35s Being Produced for the Egyptian Air Force

05/20/2020
by defenceWeb Russia has started production of Su-35 fighter jets for Egypt as part of an order for two dozen of the jets. This is according to TASS, which reported over the weekend that the Gagarin Aircraft Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has launched the production of the Su-35s for Russia that…