Over the last decade, African arms imports dropped by 22 per cent, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), but Algeria, Morocco and Nigeria continued to order large quantities of weapons and equipment. According to an article published by our partner defenceWeb, the trends were discussed leveraging a…
During 2017 Russia exported some $15 billion worth of weapons around the world. This included African nations, which received an array of equipment from fighter jets to ballistic missiles – Africa accounted for 13% of Russian arms sales over the last five years. An article published by our partner defenceWeb…
Israeli arms sales to African countries are growing steadily, with defence exports increasing 70% between 2015 and 2016 to reach $275 million. According to an article published on March 19, 2018 by our partner defenceWeb and written by Arie Egozi the dynamic was analyzed as follows: 2017 numbers are not…
Our partner defenceWeb has highlighted a South African input to the Australian Defence Force, namely, in terms of land munitions capabilities. Rheinmetall will deliver the first qualification lots of 155 mm Assegai ammunition to the Australian Defence Force this year, with further partial deliveries taking place next year. After successful…
An overview on South Africa’s shipbuilding industry.
India Strategic highlights a key Russian view of the future of the Indian-Russian defense industrial relationship.
Sikorsky is ramping up its engagement to prepare its CH-53K offering to the German military.
The potential impact of such an acquisition of the F-16 Block 70 on India would be a significant one.
