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The Gulf Military Balance Volume I: The Conventional and Asymmetric Dimensions
The Burke Chair is issuing the first Volume in a new series of reports on the Gulf Military Balance. This first volume is called The Gulf Military Balance, Volume One: The Conventional and Asymmetric Dimensions. This volume builds on, updates, and expands previous work. It analyzes the balance of Iranian, US, and Gulf Arab forces [...]
Readiness, Modernization In Flux, Air Force Secretary Says
The Air Force will see few force structure changes this year, but readiness and modernization accounts will be in flux this year and next, Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley said here today. The secretary also told the Defense Writers’ Group that now is the time for another base realignment and closure process. Readiness and [...]
The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012
This article was first published in the Winter 1992-93 issue of Parameters. The letter that follows takes us on a darkly imagined excursion into the future. A military coup has taken place in the United States—the year is 2012—and General Thomas E. T. Brutus, Commander in-Chief of the Unified Armed Forces of the United States, [...]
New Book Explores Military Acquisition After World War II
A new book published by the Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense describes changes in military weapons systems acquisition during the 15 years following World War II. “Rearming for the Cold War 1945-1960″ by retired Air Force Col. Elliott V. Converse III is the first in a five-volume series of books focusing on the [...]
China Drone Completes Military Mapping Mission
An unmanned Chinese military drone recently completed its first digital mapping mission near north China’s Helan mountain, capturing high-definition imaging data during more than five consecutive hours of aerial photography. Conducted by the Lanzhou Military Area Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the mission marked the first time for such type of unmanned [...]
World Military Spending Levels Out After 13 Years of Increases
World military expenditure in 2011 totalled $1.74 trillion, almost unchanged since 2010 in real terms, according to figures released today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The comprehensive annual update of the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database is accessible from today at www.sipri.org. The small rise of just 0.3 per cent in 2011 marks the [...]
DOD Demonstrates Non-Lethal, Directed-energy Prototypes
A state-of-the-art millimeter-wave system developed by the Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate gives warfighters something more persuasive than shouting but less harmful than shooting when dealing with potentially hostile crowds, Defense Department experts said during a recent demonstration. At a training area on Marine Corps Base Quantico in northern Virginia, members of the media gathered March [...]
General: Syrian air defense complicates US options
The advanced air defense weapons Russia has provided to Syria’s regime would make it difficult to establish a no-fly zone there as part of an effort to help the rebellion, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East told senators Tuesday. Marine Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, declined to detail any military [...]
Military Helicopter Market will Reach $19.4bn in 2012
Analysis indicates that the military helicopter market will reach a value of $19.4bn in 2012, as militaries worldwide continue to develop and upgrade their rotorcraft capabilities for a number of military settings and roles. The analyst commented that ‘Whilst established military nations in the West will aim to fight financial constraints and continue to spend [...]
