2013-07-31 by Richard Weitz The PRC-Russian relationship is the process of further development. Three recent measures of that development are the following: Their growing energy trade, Their collusion in helping NSA leaker Edward Snowden gain asylum, and their renewed arms sales. In another sign of a deepening relationship, they recently…
2013-07-31 The Osprey has often been under fire Inside the Beltway. Recently, the pilots of an Osprey team have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for surviving under combat fire. The two Osprey pilots are the recipients of the first Distinguished Flying Crosses along with their Air Crew, which received…
2013-07-29 by Guy Martin The Special Forces are a potentially useful asset that can be used by the SADC Standby Force as a force multiplier, according to South African Army Colonel Renier Coetzee. Coetzee, speaking on behalf of Brigadier General Rudzani Maphwanya, head of the South African Special Forces, at…
2013-07-29 By Robbin Laird Last year, I provided an update on Osprey from the perspective of several years of combat under its belt. http://breakingdefense.com/2012/08/23/the-osprey-after-five-years-leading-a-tsunami-of-change/ This year, my visit to New River Air Station brought into focus the maturing of the Osprey and the preparation of the USMC for the next…
2013-07-29 By Kenneth Maxwell It is curious how bad news multiples while good news diminishes. I suppose the international press had a new royal baby in Britain to swoon over this past week, and London is closer to home for most of them than Rio de Janeiro. But good news…
2013-07-28 By Robbin Laird As an American defense analyst and journalist, I recently had a chance to review the challenges facing Canadian defense during a visit to Ottawa. During this interview with Editor-in-Chief, Chris Maclean, and Richard Bray, long time reporter and senior writer from FrontLine Defence magazine, we discussed…
2013-07-26 In American discussions of the re-shaping of Pacific defense, naturally the primary focus is upon the American role and contribution. Lost in such a focus often is how the Asian allies are shaping their defense and security futures and shaping those futures in part by building upon evolving European systems.…
2013-07-26 The French operation in Mali opened up a space within which to deploy coalition forces and to shape the opportunity for African forces to perform a peacekeeping mission in that country. But to do so requires assets for the African nations to play their role. No asset is more…
