2015-12-16 The Air Combat Command held a media day on December 15, 2015 to highlight the first trilateral exercise. The origin of the exercise goes back to the establishment of the trilateral agreements in 2010. Murielle Delaporte published an article in 2013 which looked at the process and the focus…
2015-12-07 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The decade ahead is not a repeat of the past 15 years; it is not about a continuation of the land-centric and counter-insurgency slow motion war. It is about global agility, the ability to insert force to achieve discrete and defined objectives, and…
2015-12-06 By Robbin Laird At the beginning of the 20th Century, Italy was a pioneer in combat aviation. Although different at the beginning of the 21st century, Italy has again emerged as an important player in military aviation. They are key players in the two key 21st century multinational military…
2015-12-12 While the Air Combat Command is holding an exercise with F-22s, Typhoons and Rafales at Langley AFB to shape fifth generation warfare integration, the Marines are bringing fifth generation warfare capabilities to close air support. F-35B Expeditionary from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. During our visit to Denmark to participate in a unique…
12/12/2015: The Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, announced the successful completion of a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test from the Point Mugu Sea Range, San Nicolas Island, California. This…
2015-12-12 By Gulshan Luthra The Indian Navy’s Design Bureau is considering nuclear propulsion for future Indian aircraft carriers. Although the final decision is yet to be taken, reliable sources told India Strategic that the Navy and the country’s nuclear scientists have drawn sufficient experience from their success in installing nuclear propulsion…
2015-12-12 During our participation in a B-17 memorial exercise in France, we had a chance to meet the extraordinary people involved with keeping the last flying B-17 in Europe engaged in public events. In the latest issue of the Sally B news, Elly Sallingboe provides an update on the past…
2015-12-11 According to an article on the Norwegian Ministry of Defense website: Norway's naval exercise Flotex might be the most beautiful of all military exercises, at least when it comes to surroundings. The annual naval exercise is held every autumn, and this year in Northern Norway's breath-taking landscape of fjords, mountains and, of course,…
