India is very much a geopolitical underdog in the Argentinian competition, as it is up against both the US and China.
By Wilder Alejandro SanchezNew President Javier Milei’s top priority is fixing the economy, which could put the brakes on some, but likely not all, planned defense programs, analysts told Breaking Defense.
By Wilder Alejandro SanchezWith little military threat on the immediate horizon, most South American countries continue to rely on decades-old subs. Brazil is an outlier.
By Wilder Alejandro SanchezAbu Dhabi-based EDGE Group has made several high-profile plays to establish itself in the Brazilian market.
By Agnes HelouTo be clear, interest in developing UGVs in South America does exist, albeit it in the early stages and in the face of daunting natural landscape.
By Wilder Alejandro SanchezSeveral nations are buying or installing new radars or sending new planes in the air in hopes of better tracking drug transshipments.
By Wilder Alejandro SanchezThe construction of a second LPD highlights how SIMA, like several other South American shipyards, can now build more complex vessels, reducing the MGP’s reliance on international suppliers.
By Wilder Alejandro SanchezIn an extraordinary international response, a dozen nations have poured assets into the stormy South Atlantic to help find and save 44 Argentine submariners from the missing sub San Juan. It’s a stark contrast to the last great submarine disaster, when Russia was slow to accept international help for the stricken Kursk in 2000 and lost all…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.With the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States and with Trump’s nomination of Gen. John Kelly for Secretary of Homeland Security, life is going to change for the US Coast Guard. Trump’s campaign focused intently on border security, asking a fundamental question: Why do we send thousands of troops…
By Robbin LairdWASHINGTON: The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship is now in the irregular warfare business, the top service official in charge of the program said today. Naval Sea Systems Command is developing a new LCS mission package focusing on irregular warfare operations. Those capabilities will fall more toward the humanitarian and disaster relief-types of missions under the…
By Carlo Munoz
Low-key deployments by citizen-soldiers have strengthened ties with 89 nations – but some crucial partners are missing.
By Bradley Bowman and Thomas Pledger