2015-10-18 By Robbin Laird The Royal Australian Air Force is shaping a transformation strategy, which they call Plan Jericho. In anticipation of the coming of the F-35, the RAAF is looking to shape a 21st century joint force built around the F-35. The Plan Jericho approach is about shaping a…
10/20/2015: The opening ceremony of NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2015 took place at an Italian military base in Trapani, Sicily on 10/19/15. It was followed by a large aerial display with fighter jets, transport planes and helicopters from various NATO member countries. The base in Trapani is one of the 16…
2015-10-20 By Kenneth Maxwell Lincoln Gordon, former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, wrote a book called Brazil's Second Chance which was published by the Brooking's Institution in Washington DC in 2004. Gordon had been a visiting fellow at Brooking's for many years. He is famous (or rather notorious) in Brazil for his role…
2015-10-13 By Ed Timperlake The Chinese are in the process of an island-building spree in the South China Sea. And Chinese Admirals have claimed that it is the south CHINA sea after all. “The South China Sea, as the name indicated, is a sea area. "It belongs to China,” said…
2015-10-19 In an article by Pietro Batacchi published today on the website of Rivista Italiana Difesa, Batacchi looks at the implications of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and President Obama’s decision to stay longer in Afghanistan for Italy. With the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, there is the question of maintaining…
2015-10-17 By Guishan Luthra New Delhi. India failed in its maiden attempt earlier this month to win consensus support for its entry to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). But, inspiring hope for India, the outgoing Norwegian Chairman of the grouping, Ambassador Roald Næss, tweeted after the meeting concluded on…
10/16/2015: U.S. Navy sailors conduct night flight operations with the F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The aircraft, assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX 23), are aboard the aircraft carrier for the second phase of…
10/15/2015: The Norwegians are serious about defense. And they are investing in capabilities to provide deterrence against their aggressive neighbor, the Russian bear. In the rollout of the first Norwegian F-35, Norwegian defense officials made it clear that there were focused on transforming their forces, with the F-35 as a…
