2016-11-23 By Danny Lam The South China Sea “Sea Grab” is no less an egregious violation of international law than a “Land Grab” by Russia in the Ukraine. Both cases are virtually identical in that a treaty defined international boundary or limitation was violated. Though in the SCS case, it…
2016-11-17 By Robbin Laird Secretary Wynne recently visited, the Final Assembly and Check Out Facility, which has been built at Cameri Air Base near Milan. When he last dealt with the FACO it was the germ of an idea in working through how best to involve Italy in the F-35…
2016-11-22 According to a news item on the RAF website published on November 8, 2016, between 4 and 10 November 2016, the Republic of Korea (ROK) Air Force hosted "Invincible Shield," the first ever combined air exercise with the US and the UK. Four Eurofighter Typhoons from Royal Air Force…
2016-11-22 By Richard Weitz The Russian speakers at Valdai differed on the impact of the Western sanctions applied against Russia’s energy, defense and banking sectors in response to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and its support for the separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Since 2014, the United States…
2016-11-21 In a recent story published on November 19. 2016 by Lt. J.G. Madeline Sanchez, with a dateline of San Diego, California, the F-35 helmet is highlighted a key part of the F-35 as a combat system. When the DoD launched the acquisition process for the revolutionary multi-service, multi-role, single…
2016-11-20 Earlier this month, the UK and France announced a new agreement involving MBDA, the missile company, which provided a venue to expand their cross-channel collaboration. According to Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon: Sir Michael made the announcement, which further deepens the UK-France defence relationship, at the Franco-British Council meeting today…
2016-11-20 A new Special Report highlights perspectives from the operators at RAF Lossiemouth. The Royal Air Force is in transition as the Tornado is retired, the Typhoon is modernized and the P-8 and F-35 are introduced. Infrastructure of key bases is being modernized as well. This transition as seen by officers…
2016-11-19 By Robbin Laird I first visited RAF Lossiemouth in April 2016. In a return visit in June, I was able to get updates on the RAF preparation for P-8s, an update on the Typhoon and operations in the Middle East, a discussion of the ground support system for Typhoon,…
