2015-02-12 We have written a great deal on the website as well as in our book on the evolution of Pacific strategy about the shifting approach to threats to Japan. Japan is building out what it calls a "dynamic defense" strategy which is being crafted to deal with the regional…
2015-02-11 The UK has added new tankers and is starting the process of adding a new airlifter to its lift fleet, the A400M. The arrival of the A400M at its new base in the UK was announced by the UK government as follows in a November 27, 2014 press release:…
2015-02-11 The UK is a key partner in the global F-35 program. And as Group Captain, Paul Godfrey, QBE, an aviator involved in the introduction of the aircraft into the British forces. has noted: Godfrey has been involved with Typhoon training with the F-22. Based on that experience, Godfrey commented…
2015-02-10 The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is assisting residents and fire fighting efforts in Western Australia. The Australian Army’s 13th Brigade has established temporary accommodation for fire fighters and potential evacuees from areas threatened by the fires currently burning in the state’s south west. A convoy of 10 trucks carrying…
2015-02-10 The annual Nordic-Baltic Chief of defence meeting was conducted in Norway 29th and 30th January this year. The purpose of this annual meeting is to discuss regional challenges and to identify common opportunities. Topics beeing discussed are military developments concerning equipment, training, exercises and operations. Among this years topics…
2015-02-10 In its first deployment outside of Spain, Spanish air defense forces deploy to Turkey. Spanish troops joined NATO’s Patriot anti-ballistic missile deployment in Adana, Turkey on Monday (26 January 2015), replacing a Dutch unit which had been stationed there since January 2013. For the past two years, NATO’s Patriot…
2015-02-09 The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, the region, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group's ability to…
2015-02-09 by defenceWeb Embraer on February 3 performed the first flight of its new KC-390 military transport. Test pilots Mozart Louzada and Marcos Salgado de Oliveira Lima and flight test engineers Raphael Lima and Roberto Becker flew the aircraft for 1 hour and 25 minutes, evaluating flying qualities and performance."This…
