06/22/2015: For 200 years now, men from Nepal have been serving as Gurkhas within the British army. Their numbers currently stand at around three and a half thousand. The 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles are currently on exercise in Latvia. They’re taking part in Saber Strike which involves 6000 military…
06/21/2015: Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) as part of Operation OKRA comprises six RAAF F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft. Nearly 400 personnel have deployed to the Middle East as part of, or in direct support of…
06/21/2015: According to an article by Cheryl Pellerin on the DoD website: WASHINGTON, June 18, 2015 – U.S. and Spanish officials yesterday signed an amendment to the nations’ defense agreement that will change the deployment of the U.S. crisis response force at Moron Air Base from temporary to permanent, defense…
06/21/2015: Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) as part of Operation OKRA comprises six RAAF F/A-18A Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft. Nearly 400 personnel have deployed to the Middle East as part of, or in direct support of the…
We have focused on the challenge of Arctic operations as part of the 21st century strategic environment. Although obviously of growing significance, getting the North American states investing in capabilities to do something about is quite a different thing. There are no gaps in terms of publishing analyses; it is…
2015-06-15 By Robbin Laird The Paris Air Show is dominated by the commercial sector which in terms of market and money is clearly the more important. However, if national survival is at stake, it is not the most important market or consideration. As the world meets in Paris in 2015,…
2015-06-20 We have written earlier about UK-US collaboration on the launch of the F-35 global enterprise. This has recently been most visible with regard to F-35B shipboard integration operational tests aboard the USS WASP. https://www.sldinfo.com/the-uk-engagement-with-the-uss-wasp-f-35b-opertional-tests/ https://www.sldinfo.com/aboard-the-uss-wasp-participants-in-operational-testing-provide-a-progress-report/ https://www.sldinfo.com/the-new-uk-aircraft-carrier-reshaping-the-royal-navy-and-the-royal-air-force/ https://www.sldinfo.com/its-in-the-hands-of-professionals-aboard-the-uss-wasp-for-the-f-35-operational-tests/ The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test…
2015-06-20 By Scott C. Truver When naval mine warfare is discussed, the focus usually is on the technologies, systems, platforms and people needed to counter our adversaries’ use of naval mines.[1] Indeed, when Commander Peter Bergen Henegouwen, HNLN, Commander, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1, outlined for Second Line of…
