2014-11-25 By Robbin Laird Both the UK and Italy will operate a mixed Eurofighter and F-35 fleet. Both have operated the Tornado, which is reaching the end of its service life. Both will sort through evolutions of the Eurofighter to encompass some of the mission sets for Tornado as the…
2014-12-03 by defenceWeb Nigeria, long targeted as a potential customer for the Chinese/Pakistani JF-17 Thunder jet, is close to ordering one or two squadrons, according to reports from Pakistan. IHS Jane's Defence Weekly quoted a senior Pakistani Ministry of Defence official at the IDEAS 2014 exhibition in Pakistan as saying…
2014-12-03 By Gulshan Luthra The Government is fast-tracking modernization of equipment with the armed forces, and it was “comforting” for the Navy to know that long-pending requirements were now being procedurally cleared. Stating this, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Robin Dhowan told India Strategic in an interview that notwithstanding the delay in…
2014-12-03 According to a BBC news story, the Royal Navy's first squadron of unmanned aircraft, commonly known as drones, has been formed in Cornwall. The 700X Naval Air Squadron has been established at RNAS Culdrose, Helston, to fly the pilotless aircraft. The Royal Navy said the establishment of the new squadron…
12/03/2014:Lake Erie (CG 70) perform morning colors before departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego. Lake Erie is replacing guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as a rotational Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) destroyer out of San Diego. [maxgallery id="69364"] Credit:Navy Public Affairs…
12/02/2014: The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Nov. 25, for a change of homeport from Commander, Submarine Squadron 4 in Groton, Conn. to Commander, Submarine Squadron 1. The arrival of Mississippi makes her the 4th Virginia-class submarine to be home ported in…
2014-12-02 Our colleague Amatzia Baram has recently published a new book on Iraq. We have interviewed Baram, a leading expert on Iraq, published an essay by him and have leveraged his work to suggest a shift in US policy towards Iraq. http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/isil-and-a-cascading-regional-crisis-a-conversation-with-amatzia-baram-2/ http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/in-iraq-back-to-the-tribes/ http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/president-obama-and-his-historic-opportunity-in-iraq/ His new book looks at the evolution…
12/01/2014: A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) prepares to embark the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) during a personnel transfer with the USS Makin Island. Comstock, part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, is on deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. [maxgallery id="69188"] Credit: Commander, U.S.…
