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Cover Story
The first night-flight of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter was completed on 19 January out of Edwards Air Force Base...
20-Jan-2012
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Nuclear triad lives on, Prompt Global Strike resurrected
The US nuclear 'triad' of nuclear-armed submarines, nuclear-capable strategic bomber aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) will remain untouched in the Pentagon's Fiscal Year ...
27-Jan-2012
US DoD outlines budget priorities, sets out cost-cutting measures
Top Pentagon officials on 26 January outlined some of the major budget and force structure changes associated with the US Department of Defense's (DoD's) new...
27-Jan-2012
Experts say cyber 'won't replace shooting war'
Cyber warfare will never replace conventional kinetic operations, but military actors will increasingly partake in cyber operations to support deployments, according to speakers at the...
27-Jan-2012
India commissions first nuclear-powered sub
India commissioned the Akula -class (Project 971) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) INS Chakra on 23 January in a ceremony in the Primorye region in...
27-Jan-2012
*US budget cuts to hit airlift fleet
The Obama administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2013 Pentagon budget will include some significant changes to the department's aviation portfolio, according to senior defence officials. ...
27-Jan-2012
*Marines ground UH-1Y helos after defect found
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has grounded four of its 54 Bell UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters following the discovery of a defect with the...
27-Jan-2012
*UAE seeks wheeled combat vehicle
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued an international request for proposals for up to 600 8x8 wheeled combat vehicles, with responses due in ...
27-Jan-2012
Missile defence mostly escapes budget cuts
US missile defence programmes are to be largely protected in the Department of Defense's (DoD's) forthcoming budget proposal, but some elements are set for ...
27-Jan-2012
*China reveals developments in ro/ro maritime lift
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is expanding its use of civilian sealift by exploiting China's modernisation of its merchant shipping construction sector. On...
27-Jan-2012
Philippines confirms talks with US over more troop exercises, aircraft rotations
The Philippines Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 27 January confirmed that Manila is seeking to expand its military ties with the United States nearly 20...
27-Jan-2012
EU gets go-ahead to revitalise common ops centre
The 27 EU nations have agreed to finally unfreeze the use of their common operations centre (EUOC) for planning and overseeing European security and ...
27-Jan-2012
JLTV fights off Humvee in budget battle
The US Army on 26 January released a request for proposals (RfP) for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) programme's engineering and manufacturing development ...
27-Jan-2012
Cruisers and catamarans take hit in US budget cuts
Seven Ticonderoga-class cruisers and two Whidbey Island-class landing ship docks (LSDs) are to be retired early by the US Navy, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ...
27-Jan-2012
GAO highlights rising cost of Arleigh Burke destroyers
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a scathing report chastising the US Navy's planned procurement of a Flight III variant of the ...
27-Jan-2012
Spanish defence minister outlines path through Spain's defence debts
Spanish Defence Minister Pedro Morenés announced plans to rejig the long-term spending of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in his first address to parliament ...
27-Jan-2012
Laser Maverick completes developmental and operational testing
The US Navy (USN) has completed developmental and operational testing of the latest-variant Raytheon AGM-65E2/L laser-guided Maverick air-to-surface missile, the company announced on 24 ...
26-Jan-2012
*Jihadist veterans join Syrian uprising
A new jihadist group calling itself Jabhat al-Nusrah has announced that it has joined the rebellion against the Syrian regime. In a video released to...
26-Jan-2012
Pro-Ghadaffi uprising is over, says NTC
The situation in Bani Walid, a stronghold of support for deposed Libyan leader Moammar Ghadaffi, has been stabilised, according to the country's new defence ...
26-Jan-2012
Venezuela shows off Pechora-2M system
On 20 January the Venezuelan military displayed its recently acquired S-125 Pechora-2M self-propelled surface-to-air missile system on a 6x6 Ural 4210 launch vehicle. The...
26-Jan-2012
Czechs court Iraqi delegation over prospects of L-159 sale
A high-level Iraqi government delegation visited the Czech Republic on 23 January to hold negotiations with the Czech Ministry of Defence (MoD) over closer ...
26-Jan-2012
AIFV remains priority, says Spanish Army chief
Procuring a new 8x8 armoured infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV) remains the "top priority" for the Spanish Army, according to Chief of Staff General Fulgencio ...
26-Jan-2012
*Inspectors confirm Ghadaffi failed to declare all stocks of chemical weapons
International inspectors have confirmed that Moammar Ghadaffi's toppled regime did not declare all its chemical weapons, raising the possibility that some could have gone missing...
26-Jan-2012
Colombia-Brazil defence agreement signed
The Colombian and Brazilian defence ministers, Juan Carlos Pinzon and Celso Amorim respectively, signed a 17-point agreement on 18 January designed to deepen defence ...
26-Jan-2012
Turkey moves to block Israeli raid on Iran
Turkey has deployed additional air defence assets to Hatay to prevent Israel flying over the province in the event of an attack on Iran,...
26-Jan-2012
*US Army seeking intra-theatre air lift solutions
The US Army is negotiating with the US Air Force (USAF) to provide tactical 'intra-theatre' lift for ground forces, with the future of the ...
26-Jan-2012
UK MPs criticise MoD's handling of redundancies
The House of Commons Defence Select Committee has branded the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) handling of compulsory redundancies for the armed forces as ...
26-Jan-2012
US Army chief says ground forces will play vital role in Asia-Pacific strategy
US Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno has outlined his vision for how the service will adjust to a new defence strategy that focuses...
26-Jan-2012
Pakistan rejects US report on 26 November airstrike
An official Pakistani report has rejected the US Central Command (CENTCOM) findings of an investigation into the 26 November NATO airstrike that killed 24 ...
26-Jan-2012
Update: Genocide law jeopardises France's bid to supply missiles to Turkey
A French bid to provide air defence systems worth USD4 billion to Turkey is under threat from a French law regarding the official definition ...
26-Jan-2012
Iranian Tomcat lost in crash
An Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Grumman F-14A Tomcat fighter aircraft crashed near the Gulf coast in the early hours of 26 ...
26-Jan-2012
Eurocopter pessimistic over military helicopter sales
Despite being responsible for delivering a fifth of the world's military helicopters in 2011, Eurocopter is pessimistic over the market's long-term prospects once the ...
26-Jan-2012
*British Army receives its first Terrier CEV
The first production Terrier combat engineer vehicle (CEV) has been handed over to the British Army at BAE Systems Global Combat Systems' Newcastle-upon-Tyne facility ...
26-Jan-2012
Gen Dempsey asks Israel to give Iran sanctions a chance
The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, visited Israel on 20 January for talks aimed at reassuring the ...
25-Jan-2012
*US Navy completes developmental testing of latest variant JSOW munition
The US Navy (USN) has successfully completed developmental testing of the C-1 variant of the Raytheon AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), the Naval Air ...
25-Jan-2012
Russia orders Bulava missiles
Russia has ordered submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental missiles under a deal signed in December following successful tests that month. According to state-run news service RIA...
25-Jan-2012
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