2013-11-10 Recently, Don De Marino sent the editor of Second Line of Defense Forum, Ed Timperlake the following letter. The SLD team believes this provides an exciting opportunity to support Wounded Warriors in honor of Veterans for this year's Veterans Day. SLD itself will donate $100 to this effort. We…
2013-11-10 by Özgür Ekşi With respect to the Long-Range Air Defence Missile Project on which Turkey has been working for a long time, the final outcome has led to some public disquiet. The rumors of what might happen have turned out to be true. Upon the selection of the missile system…
2013-11-10 by Robbin Laird We have focused frequently on what Paul Bracken has called the Second Nuclear Age. Put succinctly, the rules are being made with every crisis involving the smaller nuclear powers or aspirational nuclear powers. These powers are not deterred by the old rules of the Cold War…
In this special report, we look at the Italian engagement with the F-35 and the thinking of Italian airpower leaders about the impact of the F-35 on the future. As of January 2014, we have a version in Italian for our Italian readers which can be downloaded below: Italian F-35…
2013-11-09 By Baris Kirdemir Recently, Turkish authorities decided to start talks with China Precision Machinery Export Import Corporation (CPMIEC) to procure FD-2000 air defense missile systems. On September 26, Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) announced that the “Defense Industry Executive Committee” decided to start negotiations with CPMIEC to sign a…
11/08/2013: The B-52 is truly one of the most amazing aircraft ever built. Besides being one of the meanest looking planes to look at, and to suffer under its percussion bombs whether in Iraq or Vietnam, the venerable plane has evolved with technology into a close support aircraft, or with…
11/08/2013: The MEADS missile defense system developed by the United States, Italy and Germany intercepted and destroyed two targets simultaneously in a final test. The system provides unique 360 degree capabilities for protection of mobile forces as well as fixed sites. Credit: White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs:11/6/13 Lockheed, which…
In honor of Veterans Day, we have a tribute to the USMC presented by Go.Daddy.com and they have established fund to help warriors in need as well. Now on to the video: Some of us at Second Line of Defense can legitimately say: Semper Fi! For the rest of us,…
