2015-06-06 By Captain (Dr) Gurpreet S Khurana New Delhi. In comparison to the Defence White Papers published by China in the preceding years, the 2014 document is very concise. Nonetheless, it reveals substantial content and context, disproportionate to the size of its text. While much of the revelation is likely…
2015-06-06 On June 4, 2015, Defence Minister Pinotti testified before the joint Italian House and Senate Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees with regard to the recently released White Paper. According to a piece published on the Italian MoD website on June 4th: The White Paper is a concrete initiative of…
2015-06-06 In this video released by the Dutch MoD on June 2, 2015, one gets the perspective from a Dutch F-16 cockpit of flying in an exercise. These images are from the cockpit of a Dutch F-16. After the taxiing and taking off from Airbase Leeuwarde, the North Sea is…
2015-06-06 According to a piece published on the South Korean Ministry of Defence website on May 28, 2015, the South Korean navy working with allies is shaping more effective defense capabilities by maritime forces. Our Navy has improved combined operation capability during the pass exercise with a multi-national Navy. The…
06/05/2015: ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 18, 2015) The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) conducts a 5-inch missile live fire event, flight quarters and a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training evolution. Forrest Sherman, home-ported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet…
2015-05-29 By Robbin Laird The continuous sorties of F-35Bs aboard on the USS Wasp on May 26, 2015 witnessed by visitors from the foreign and the U.S. press was almost numbing. There are six planes aboard the ship, 4 from the Green Knights squadron at Yuma and 2 from the…
Recently, the Norwegian Defence Minister opened an F-35 partners meeting held in Norway by this comment with regard to the arrival of the F-35 for the US and the partners: “We’re turning the future into the present.” This report looks at the services and the allies as they prepare to introduce…
2015-06-02 By Robbin Laird When I first encountered maintainers of the Osprey several years ago at New River, North Carolina, those pioneers referred to themselves as members of the Osprey nation. As the Osprey became a reality for the USMC, and many Ospreys joined those early few, the term would…
