Platforms Platforms

  • Russia forward deploys new attack helicopters in Syria

    Russia has forward deployed its new attack helicopters in Syria to bring them closer to one of the main fronts in the current offensive against Islamic State militants. Airbus Defence & Space satellite imagery shows that there were four Ka-52 Alligator and three Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopters

Weapons Weapons

  • US approves SDB I bombs for Australia

    The US State Department has approved the sale to Australia of the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment I weapon system, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 6 April. A certification approving the potential sale of up to 2,950 live and 50 inert test/training GBU-39/B SDB

C4iSR & Missions Systems C4iSR & Missions Systems

CBRNE & EOD Defence CBRNE & EOD Defence

  • North Korean nuclear programme advances

    North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, based on the simultaneous development of a weaponisable nuclear device and ballistic missile delivery systems, appears to have advanced incrementally in early 2016. Following Pyongyang's claimed - although widely disputed - test of a 'H-bomb' (thermonuclear)

Country Risk Country Risk

  • B-52Hs arrive in Qatar to bomb Islamic State

    United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived in Qatar on 9 April to join the air campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. The US military released photographs and video footage of two B-52Hs arriving at Al-Udeid Airbase after flying

Military Capabilities Military Capabilities

CBRN Assessment CBRN Assessment

  • North Korean nuclear programme advances

    North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, based on the simultaneous development of a weaponisable nuclear device and ballistic missile delivery systems, appears to have advanced incrementally in early 2016. Following Pyongyang's claimed - although widely disputed - test of a 'H-bomb' (thermonuclear)

Terrorism & Insurgency Terrorism & Insurgency

  • Belgium reshapes after Brussels attack

    Air traffic in Belgium has had to be reconfigured two weeks after the deadly terrorist attack at Brussels Airport. The landside departure hall at Brussels was severely damaged by Islamic suicide bombers on 22 March. Before the attack, Brussels was capable of processing 5,000 passengers per hour,

Industry Industry

  • Israel reports flat defence exports for 2015

    Israel's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed the value of the country's defence exports for 2015. In a statement on the MoD's Twitter feed on 6 April, head of the international defence co-operation department SIBAT Michel Ben-Baruch said that the country's defence companies signed export deals
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