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ISSUES & TRENDS

The Rolling Air Frame Missile: A Very Successful International Program

Posted on January 23, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
01/23/2016
RAM is one of the most successful US-German arms collaboration efforts ever.
Posted in Manufacturability, Market Opportunities, Slideshow, Video, What's New

Training Peshmerga

Posted on January 22, 2016 | by SysAdmin
01/22/2016
This article provides a series of updates on the training effort.
Posted in Slideshow, Strategy, Video, What's New | Tagged Ash Carter, Bernd Prill, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq, Italy, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Kurdistan Training Coordination Center, Netherlands, Norway, Peshmerga, Training Peshmerga, United Kingdom, US Department of Defense

The Fight Against ISIS: The Russians and the French Go After Fixed Targets With Cruise Missiles

Posted on January 22, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
01/22/2016
The Russians and the French started to use cruise missiles against ISIS fixed targets starting in December.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

Military Sealift Command’s Tanker Fleet: Sea Services Con-Ops Drives Up Demand

Posted on January 20, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
01/20/2016
The Military Sealift Command fleet is being modernized but is facing the challenge of supporting the evolving concepts of operations of the US fleet.
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, What's New

Iranian Nuclear Deal Starts: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?

Posted on January 20, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
01/20/2016
We need access to Iran’s military and other undeclared possible sites since that is where Iran would attempt to develop nuclear weapons.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

The Second Italian-Built F-35 Takes to the Skies

Posted on January 19, 2016 | by SysAdmin
01/19/2016
The second Italian built F-35 (AL-2) was flown for the first time at the Cameri air base on January 15, 2016.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

A Very Capable Multi-Mission Support Ship in the MSC Fleet: Demand Drives Operational Diversity for the T-AKE Ship

Posted on January 19, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
01/19/2016
Given the shortage of ships for the USCG and the US Navy, the T-AKE ship has been asked to do far more than fleet replenishment.
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, What's New

Spain and Operation Sophia: Migrant Rescue at Sea

Posted on January 19, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
01/19/2016
The Spanish Navy is participating in the effort to regulate and control the migrant flow from sea in the Mediterranean.
Posted in Security, What's New
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