- Turkish National Police (TNP) Helicopter Project Bid
- Info about PG-7VR ( The RPG-7 charge )
- Modernizing America's Nukes?
- China launches 1st of Class 056 Corvette
- Iran to Unveil Home-Made Cobra Chopper
- Alternatives to the US Navy's LCS program
- UAS / UAV / Airborne (ISR) Solution
- UK sends nuclear submarine to Malvinas amid rising tensions with Argentina
- N.K April Failed Satellite Launch, could we have knocked it down??
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Global Defense Suppliers’ Outlook Survey 2012-2013
Why was the report written? The report provides data and analysis on global defenseindustry suppliers’ media spend, marketing and sales strategies, and practices and business planning within the global defenseindustry. This report includes key topics such as media channel spending outlooks, media budgets, marketing agency selection criteria, business challenges and sales tactics of leading suppliers [...]
Chicago NATO Summit 2012 Declaration
Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Chicago on 20 May 2012 We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, have gathered in Chicago to renew our commitment to our vital transatlantic bond; take stock of [...]
Beirut gunbattles leave 2 dead, Syria spillover feared
Street battles in Beirut during the night between groups for and against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime left two people dead, Lebanon’s state-run news agency said on Monday. The fighting, which also wounded 18 people, erupted after reports emerged that army troops had shot dead an anti-Syria Sunni cleric when his convoy failed to [...]
NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war
US President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his country will no longer be a “burden” for the international community. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s attendance at the summit here had raised hopes his government was ready to lift [...]
NATO moves to share costs of military hardware
NATO on Sunday approved more than 20 joint projects designed to share the costs of weapons and equipment at a time when member states face shrinking defense budgets. Here are the highlights of the alliance’s “smart defense” initiative presented at the NATO summit in Chicago: ROBOTS FOR ROUTE CLEARING Led by Italy, a group of [...]
US Military Role Deepens In Yemen
The United States is expanding its military role in Yemen. Yemeni officials say U.S. forces assisted Yemeni troops in launching a wide air and land offensive against militant groups in the south of the country. The United States has a long history of advising and assisting Yemen in that country’s fight against the al-Qaida in [...]
US Boosts Funding for Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Defense System
The United States has fulfilled Israel’s request for another $70 million to pay for Iron Dome, a missile defense system aimed at protecting Israelis from rockets fired by militants in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak came to the Pentagon Thursday, the latest of several visits in recent months to ask for additional [...]
Pentagon Details Decisions NATO Faces at Chicago Summit
NATO leaders and those of partner nations will finalize major decisions about Afghanistan and the future of the alliance during the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said here today. Little told reporters at a Pentagon news conference that the situation in Afghanistan is not [...]
Reopening Pakistani routes crucial for NATO exit plan
With Pakistan so far unwilling to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan, NATO faces a potential logistical nightmare as it prepares for a costly withdrawal of military hardware over the next two years. In the run-up a NATO summit that opened Sunday, US and Pakistani officials had signaled growing optimism that a deal would be clinched [...]
