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Defence Weekly
A military entente cordiale
France and the UK expect to have their bilateral Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) in place by 2016, according to a statement released by ...
03-Feb-2012
Analysis: Arleigh Burke update costs and challenges mount up
Efforts to adapt the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG 51) hull design - now more than 30 years old - to support the US Navy's ...
03-Feb-2012
*Opinion: Predicting the Arab Spring: what we got wrong
In late 2010 all looked quiet on the Arab front: authoritarian regimes, established for decades, ruled most of the 22 member states of the ...
31-Jan-2012
Analysis: UK courts partnership to re-join carrier club
The catapult launch of a Phantom FG.1 jet from HMS Ark Royal on 27 November 1978 appeared to mark the end of an era...
20-Jan-2012
Analysis: US/Pakistan: degrees of separation
Since foreign forces entered Afghanistan more than 10 years ago Pakistan has worked closely with the US and other member countries of the International ...
06-Jan-2012
*Time marches on: what next for infantry rifles?
Over the next few years the armed forces of the UK and the United States will decide on replacements for their infantry rifles, which ...
03-Jan-2012
Analysis: China may be heading for a hard landing
The rise of China as a military superpower has begun to seem effortless - a simple fact of geopolitical life in the 21st century. ...
23-Dec-2011
Analysis: Spain faces strenuous battle in defence arena
National defence was not a major issue among the voting public in the lead up to Spain's general elections on 20 November. However, it ...
01-Dec-2011
National Guard moves closer to JCS membership
US Senators have taken a step closer to passing legislation that would make the head of the National Guard a member of the Joint Chiefs...
30-Nov-2011
*Opinion: Libya resolutions pose international questions
As he lowered his hand, having abstained from the vote to invoke United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, must ...
25-Nov-2011
ISTAR's future following 'Unified Protector'
In the aftermath of the Libya conflict, intelligence, surveillance, targeting, acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations are emerging as one of the key aspects of...
24-Nov-2011
Analysis: Ghadaffi is gone, but what next for NATO?
NATO's imminent termination of its UN-mandated mission in Libya points to operational success - the country's former dictator is dead and a new government ...
27-Oct-2011
Analysis: the UK MoD's revolving door
The resignation of Liam Fox and the immediate selection of transport minister Philip Hammond on 14 October as UK defence secretary marks the sixth ...
17-Oct-2011
Analysis: Germany's Bundeswehr prepares for reform
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizìere unveiled the final plans for restructuring the Bundeswehr on 20 September, broadly following the findings of the Weise ...
12-Oct-2011
Analysis: US drone victim Awlaki had 'shown the way' to Yemen Al-Qaeda
The ageing survivors of Osama bin Laden's generation in Al-Qaeda's offshoot within Yemen still hold the will to attack the West, but with the ...
07-Oct-2011
Instilling combat support in the ANSF
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) development "is the exit strategy", Wing Commander Simon Ling from the UK Joint Force Support HQ (JFSpHQ) at Camp...
23-Sep-2011
Analysis: Interpreting China's carrier ambitions
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has made asymmetric warfare its own particular forte. With a core mission that remains the prevention of formal Taiwanese ...
08-Sep-2011
Arab Spring trickles down to industry sales
Arab states are increasingly concerned about civil unrest, and are expected to divert their procurement budgets away from acquiring heavy weapons and towards advanced ...
25-Aug-2011
Vulnerable supply chains: the impact of austerity
UK aerospace and defence (A&D) group Umeco has rescued a German composites business from administration in a deal highlighting a growing number of company ...
11-Aug-2011
Israel trains combat units for riot control
As the Palestinian Authority (PA) moves forward with plans to unilaterally declare statehood in September, the Israel Defence Force (IDF) is preparing for mass ...
10-Aug-2011
*Opinion: Preparing for a cyber war in the digital age
Collecting intelligence on one's potential adversaries is a military necessity. Sun Tzu dedicated an entire chapter in his famous work The Art of War...
10-Aug-2011
Analysis: Allied forces in Libya look to the long haul
In late July NATO's southern regional commander, Admiral Sam Locklear, toured several units participating in the alliance's Libya campaign and warned against missions becoming ...
10-Aug-2011
Analysis: Sweden rolls towards new tracked ATV requirement
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) issued a request for quotations (RfQ) in June for a tracked, articulated all-terrain vehicle (ATV) called the Bandvagn ...
27-Jul-2011
India struggles to break free of imports
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is struggling to break free from its decades-long dependence on imported materiel by developing indigenous capabilities to replace the ...
13-Jul-2011
Contract opportunities are on the horizon
Following a decade of budgetary growth, the juxtaposition of strategic and economic challenges has led to growing uncertainty for the US government, the Department ...
11-Jul-2011
*OPINION Canada's next warplane: a practical perspective
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Why the Canadian ...
11-Jul-2011
*Opinion: Did reform panel deliver what the doctor ordered?
It is no secret that while in opposition UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox thought the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was part of the problem ...
29-Jun-2011
Analysis: Patching the fabric of Asia-Pacific security
The Asia-Pacific region needs better security institutions: that was the rub at the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit held in Singapore at the start ...
28-Jun-2011
*Opinion: Doctor's orders
It is no secret that while in opposition Liam Fox thought the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) was part of the problem when it ...
28-Jun-2011
Analysis: Paris Air Show sees a shifting international focus
This year's Paris Air Show saw the usual glut of press releases as new equipment was unveiled, teaming arrangements founded and programme milestones reached, ...
28-Jun-2011
Briefing: Russia and Mistral - the shape of things to come?
The conclusion in June of the Russo-French agreement to supply Moscow with two DCNS-designed Mistral-class amphibious assault ships was a milestone in global defence ...
28-Jun-2011
Analysis: Collaboration on BMD prompts as many questions as it answers
Russia's ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities, progress towards the planned US phased adaptive approach and future European contributions to BMD were all key themes ...
24-Jun-2011
*Opinion: Exploiting the potential of cyber operations
Cyberspace is likely to be the pre-eminent domain to deliver strategic, tactical and operational effects in the 21st century. In order to fully exploit ...
24-Jun-2011
*Opinion: Taking account of the new security paradigm
By improving the protection of its cyber systems, NATO is responding to one of the most serious security challenges of the 21st century. The ...
09-Jun-2011
Private military companies eye new markets in difficult times
Over the past two decades the global market for private military companies (PMCs) grew in leaps and bounds. However, there is evidence that this ...
09-Jun-2011
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