By Olivier Azpitarte 11/30/2010 - Since the announcement by the French former Minister of Defence Hervé Morin about the start of withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan in 2011, the issue of the evaluation of Afghan security forces is more relevant than ever. Foremost among the concerns are the maintenance,…
By Caroline Mükusch 11/28/2010 - When it comes to the North Pole and the question of who wins the race for the Arctic, two major interests are rising: energy and security. Therefore Arctic neighbor states regularly assert their national interests in this region. Predictably, they are increasing their civil and…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 11/28/2010 - "The EU Lisbon Treaty, which came into force last year, has concrete provisions allowing EU members to collaborate more in the military field, but much additional European defense industrial cooperation has yet to occur."
An Interview with Cpl. Warshek and Sgt. Fante 11/28/2010 "[In Afghanistan,] the space issue was probably our major focus. If a rotor head were to go down, we didn't really have the space at I-level to fix that rotor head. We were working out of the vans. And for the…
By Vince Martinez 11/23/2010 - "We have collectively used up our operational resources and are now willfully putting them away wet. We have been reluctant to spend the money necessary to keep our operational resources ready for war, and now we have transitioned to a point where we are even…
An Interview With Colonel Arthur Tomassetti 11/18/2010 - "We can start building those maintainers that will have to go out and take care of these airplanes wherever they go. We expect to train about 100 pilots a year, here at Eglin, when we’re up and running. We expect to train…
By Caroline Mükusch 11/18/2010 - The opening of the Arctic raises simultaneously energy security, environmental questions, and strategic competition. There are five states which claims based on extensions of their rights under international law to parts of the Arctic region: Norway, Denmark (Greenland), Russia, Canada and the United States.
An Interview With Armando Martinez 11/18/2010 - "There's more teardown on the F-16 to get the seat out. I'm not saying it's harder, it's just more time consuming. For combat you don't want to waste time in pulling the seat out. You have to be able to pull the seat…
