2013-02-26 By Richard Weitz According to newly released data by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the weapons and military service sales of the largest companies (the SIPRI Top 100) amounted to $410 billion in 2011, a 5 percent fall in constant dollars from the previous year. SIPRI calculates that…
2013-02-26 by Richard Weitz At a press briefing on Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called for calm and that all parties avoid taking action that could worsen the situation on the Korean Peninsula following the Feb 12 nuclear test of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He said…
2013-02-23 By Ed Timperlake Last summer Embraer and Boeing announced a teaming agreement to integrate GPS guided munitions on Embraer's A-29 Super Tucano. The program would start with the JDAM and eventually include the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The Super Tucano has already demonstrated it's ability to deliver laser-guided munitions in…
2013-02-23 America Praises the Work of the French Army By Laure Mandeville, Le Figaro Washington Correspondent Published in French in Le Figaro, February 23, 2013. Translated by Second Line of Defense. Admiration, anxiety and relief. Those are the prevailing sentiments in Washington as Americans watch the French operation in Mali. The…
02-21-2013 Second Line of Defense participated extensively in the coverage of Bold Alligator 2012. https://sldinfo.com/special-report-bold-alligator-2012-and-the-future-of-the-expeditionary-strike-group/ We hope to continue that coverage during Bold Alligator 2013 this Spring. According to Col Bradley Weisz, Deputy ESG 2, BA 13 is designed to continue the revitalization of amphibious warfare expertise at the Expeditionary…
2013-02-20 by Col Bradley E. Weisz (USMC) Humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) operations are a core element, which the US military is tasked to do. It is also a key part of exercising forward presence and for shaping the kind of domain knowledge essential to global operations. In the last 5 years,…
2013-02-19 When the brutal Tsunami hit Japan in 2011, the devastation was significant. The threat from leakage of the nuclear plants was ever-present. The challenge of restoring Japan in the face of significant damage was a daunting one. Earlier we have looked at the challenge of shaping resilient organizations and the…
2013-02-18 Colombia has battled the FARC for a considerable period of time. The FARC operate in the jungles of Columbia and operate in the East and Southeast of the country. The armed forces' participation in counternarcotics operations associated with the FARC is aimed at penetrating one of the areas of…
