2014-08-22 by Kim Helfrich The status of South Africa’s currently modest shipbuilding industry is set to change with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) this week confirming it as one that has been earmarked for local procurement. “Local procurement requirements set out in the sixth iteration of the Industrial Policy…
2014-08-12 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Iraq 2014 is really about dealing with an extremist group aggregating power, trying to build an army and shaping a leadership role in a volatile region. The rejection of all groups other than their own or join us or die is the mantra…
2014-08-22 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird A neglected aspect of the ISIS assault is in the domain of information warfare. IW is even more central to US capability than is cybersecurity. Yet IW remains in the fallow ground, while US and Western competitors hone their skills. Is ISIS winning…
2014-08-20 By defenceWeb The Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding company has launched the first of three new C28A corvettes for Algeria, which will be delivered in mid-2015. The vessel was launched near Shanghai on August 16, according to Naval Recognition, and will be delivered in May next year. Algeria in March 2012 signed…
2014-08-20 By Gulshan Luthra and Air Marshal VK Jimmy Bhatia New Delhi. India’s negotiations with French Dassault for the acquisition of 126 Rafale Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) “are progressing well” and the contract is likely “sooner than later in the current financial year 2014-15.” This was stated by…
2014-08-20 Earlier this year we published a Special Report on the modernization of Australian Air Power. The RAAF started by adding C-17s and then KC-30As, as there concern is range and sustainability both for the region their in and for global engagements. [caption id="attachment_62974" align="alignnone" width="300"] C-17 and KC-30A at…
2014-08-13 By Robbin Laird The George W. Bush Administration did not have a rush of allies wishing to join in the invasion of Iraq. And today, there are few who would like to join in the effort to manage all of Iraq and work with the “new” government in Baghdad.…
2014-08-15 The decision by President Obama to conduct, in official parlance, “military operations in support of humanitarian aid deliveries and targeted airstrikes in Iraq to protect U.S. personnel and interests, in response to activities conducted by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists” has brought the significance of…
