2016-02-01 By Gulshan Luthra The Indian armed forces have suffered from Time and Technology challenges over the last 25 years but apparently to make up for the lost time, the Government has now approved IAF requirements for unmanned combat aircraft, technically called Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs). India has been…
01/31/2015: The Red Flag exercise is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States, its allies, and coalition partners. Red Flag is conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the 2.9M acre Nevada Test and Training Range. It is one of a series of…
01/31/2016: The 2015 annual NATO report provides an overview of NATO activities in 2015. Credit Video: Natochannel:1/27/16 According to a piece written by Murielle Delaporte and published 10/20/15 about This exercise, the largest since 2002 Strong resolve, should not be read as a reaction to Russia’s recent behavior, since it has been…
01/30/2016: The video shows the arrival of the first three Rafale fighter jets for the Egyptian Air Force in July 21, 2015. The first three jets arrived in Egypt in July 2015 as part of the deal, which consists of 24 Rafale jets and a FREMM (Frégate Européenne Multi-Missions) multipurpose frigate. The…
2016-01-30 Recently, our partner defenceWeb looked at the evolving challenges of maritime defense and security seen from South Africa. Thursday, 28 January 2016 Economic growth through development of the ocean economy as part of Operation Phakisa requires effective maritime surveillance and defence, with nearly 4 000 kilometres of South Africa’s…
2016-01-29 According to our partner defenceWeb, the Egyptian air force has received a second batch of three Rafales from France. The aircraft were all two-seat Rafale DM variants – on 16 February 2015, Egypt ordered 16 two-seat DMs and eight single-seat Rafale EMs. The first three delivered were also two-seaters…
2016-01-29 Recently, NATO released the 2015 annual report from the Secretary General. It has been a busy year for NATO and the report highlights and summarizes many of those activities. The executive summary to the report highlights developments during the year. Safeguarding freedom and security has always been NATO’s aim.…
2016-01-28 The November 13th attacks on France reminded the world once again that the battle with ISIS and Islamic terrorism is at once a domestic and a foreign policy challenge. As Murielle Delaporte wrote from Paris, shortly after the November 13th attacks: A new reality is born from the bloodshed…
