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First flight for Scorpion light strike jet
Seen just prior to its first flight, the Scorpion is being touted as a cost effective but highly capable light strike jet. Source: TextronPoland seeks new modular vehicles to replace T-72 and BWP-1
Poland has launched a programme to replace its T-72 and BWP-1 vehicles with a new modular tracked vehicle. The PL-01 vehicle concept (pictured), unveiled at MSPO 2013, has been aimed at the DSV variant of the programme. Source: Remigiusz WilkRussia bolsters western air defence capabilities
Coverage area of the Russian Container radar system. (IHS Jane's)Seoul warns of provocation threat after execution of Kim Jong-un's uncle
Chang Song-taek is arrested during an emergency meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on 10 December. Source: PA
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Australian defence minister pledges no further defence cuts
Australia's Defence Minister David Johnston told the Australian Senate on 12 December that the Coalition government will make no further cuts to the defence budget. Johnston criticised the former Labor government's handling of military expenditure, saying it had cut AUD16 billion (USD14.2 billion)
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China, Thailand embark on latest round of joint CT exercises
Thai and Chinese special forces have begun the latest in a continuing series of joint counter-terrorism (CT) training exercises that have become an important element in the gradually expanding relationship between the two militaries. Dubbed 'Strike 2013', the fourth round of exercises was scheduled
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Dutch MoD opts for Amorak
As part of a wider 5,000-vehicle procurement effort, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract on 5 December with Pon Holdings BV for the delivery of 1,667 Volkswagen Amarok DC light vehicles. As an essentially commercial specification product to replace a fleet of far more
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EU nations urged to integrate security and military capabilities
The increasingly acute disjuncture between the European Union's (EU's) external and internal security policies and tools needs to be closed fast, says the Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands' leading security think-tank. Legal barriers at both EU and national level that block the integration of
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Exelis to spin-off military and government services
Exelis Inc. announced plans on 12 December to spin-off most of its military and government services business - Exelis Mission Systems - by mid-2014 in order to focus on "higher-margin military and aerospace products". The move comes just two years after Exelis was itself created from ITT
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French president pledges 100% technology transfer to back Dassault F-X2 bid
French President François Hollande took advantage of an official visit to Brazil during the week of 9-13 December to re-open discussions on the sale of the Dassault Rafale in a bid to secure the contract for supplying the 36 F-X2 aircraft to the Brazilian Air Force. In doing so, Hollande
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Naval power: strategic relevance in the 21st century
Professor Christopher Bellamy examines what navies do, why naval power is important, and how naval activity at and from the sea will continue to have a fundamental effect on the global security balance. -
Annual Defence Report 2013: Introduction
Download extracts of IHS Jane's Defence Weekly's Annual Defence Report 2013 from across www.janes.com starting off with the full introduction on this home page.
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First flight for Scorpion light strike jet
The Textron Airland Scorpion combat aircraft made its maiden flight from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, on 12 December. The intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)/light strike twin-engined jet flew for approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes during the sortie, which took
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Russia bolsters western air defence capabilities
Russia has significantly bolstered its western air defence capability with the standing up of a new long-range radar system and the deployment of fighter aircraft to Belarus, state media disclosed on 9 December. A new over-the-horizon radar system is officially being trialled near the town of
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Astrium, Raytheon join for NATO BMD engineering bid
Key Points A command-and-control system and testing plans are to be delineated in the contract The deal is expected to be worth USD91 million EADS subsidiary Astrium and Raytheon have signed a teaming agreement that formalises the companies' plans to compete for the roles of lead system engineers
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Raytheon UK pursues GroundEye tactical C-IED capability
Raytheon UK is preparing to unveil what it believes to be the "world's first" handheld tactical improvised explosive device (IED) confirm/diagnose system for dismounted soldiers and small- to medium-sized unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The system, known as GroundEye, spins off existing
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Seoul warns of provocation threat after execution of Kim Jong-un's uncle
The execution of a key North Korean political figure could destabilise the Korean peninsula, officials in Seoul have said, and is a sign that the Kim family is closing ranks to strengthen the position of "supreme leader and respected marshal" Kim Jong-un. Chang Song-taek, the uncle by
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Third Malian battalion graduates
The third battalions of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) to be trained by the EU Training Mission-Mali (EUTM-Mali) graduated on 7 December after completing a 10-week course at the Koulikoro facility. A fourth battalion will be trained before the EUTM-Mali's current mandate runs out in May 2014,
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Albanian government likely to accept chemical weapons shipment for decommissioning, triggering further protests
EVENT Around 300 environmentalist activists protested peacefully outside parliament buildings in the Albanian capital Tirana on 12 November. A second protest was staged at the nearby US embassy following a diplomatic request for Albania to host and dismantle Syrian chemical weapons. The Mjekes
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OSINT Summary: Senior Hizbullah commander assassinated in Lebanon
In a series of statements released on its Twitter account on 4 December, the Sunni Islamist militant group Liwa Ahrar al-Sunna Baalbek claimed responsibility for the assassination of senior Hizbullah commander Hassan al-Laqis. He was attacked by two gunmen as he travelled home in the Hadath district
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Seoul warns of provocation threat after execution of Kim Jong-un's uncle
The execution of a key North Korean political figure could destabilise the Korean peninsula, officials in Seoul have said, and is a sign that the Kim family is closing ranks to strengthen the position of "supreme leader and respected marshal" Kim Jong-un. Chang Song-taek, the uncle by
