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ISSUES & TRENDS

French Frigate FS Vendemiaire and USS Murphy Exercise in South China Sea

Posted on December 16, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/16/2014
The allied ships conducted weapons and maneuvering exercises, as well as training for the Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team, during the PASSEX event.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

Learning How to Use Hard Power Effectively: The Missing Ingredient from the U.S. National Security System

Posted on December 16, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/16/2014
The US national security system needs to focus upon how to use hard power effectively.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

A Way Ahead in Iraq: Calibrating a Response

Posted on December 15, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/15/2014
A proposed way ahead in Iraq.  
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Expanding the Effects of the Eurofighter: Missile Modernization

Posted on December 14, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/14/2014
Eurofighter is continuing to progress with its weapons modernization program.    
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, Video, What's New

Northrop Grumman F-35 Assembly Line Delivers First Center Fuselage for Norwegian F-35

Posted on December 13, 2014 | by SysAdmin
12/13/2014
The 2013 Assembly Plant of the Year delivers the first center fuselage for the first Norwegian F-35.
Posted in Manufacturability, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Standing Up European F-35 Sustainment Centers

Posted on December 13, 2014 | by SysAdmin
12/13/2014
Initial F-35 European Maintenance Sites Announced
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Kazakhstan’s Role in Fighting Nuclear Terrorism and Proliferation

Posted on December 13, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/13/2014
Kazakhstan has played a prominent role in the global efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism. Last year, the nuclear diplomacy of Kazakhstan imparted critical momentum toward bringing the long-stalled Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Agreement into force.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

Onboard the A400M Atlas in Support of Operations in Africa

Posted on December 13, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/13/2014
An update from the French Ministry of Defense concerning A400M operations in Africa.
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, What's New
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