Philippines, Japan near long-range missile milestones as they arm up for China

Philippines, Japan near long-range missile milestones as they arm up for China
Philippines, Japan near long-range missile milestones as they arm up for China

By the end of March, the Philippines expects to have its first BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles, and Japan plans to begin training its personnel to operate Tomahawk missiles.

Dassault, Thales, MBDA bank ‘extraordinary’ 2023 sales, with more projected

Dassault, Thales, MBDA bank ‘extraordinary’ 2023 sales, with more projected
Dassault, Thales, MBDA bank ‘extraordinary’ 2023 sales, with more projected

Thales, Dassault Aviation and MBDA all conducted their annual investor events over the last two weeks, with the three firms collectively announcing revenues of €27.7 billion ($30.3 billion) in 2023, a massive haul for France’s defense sector.

Iran’s Parchin Test Site: What UN Nuke Inspectors Think They’ll Find

The IAEA Board of Governors at its deliberations on Iran earlier this month. UN nuclear inspectors have honed in on Parchin, a military testing ground 30 kilometers southeast of Tehran, in their inquest into whether Iran is secretly developing nuclear weapons. Iran is dragging its feet on access to this site, but the UN watchdog…

Peacemaking In A War-Torn Middle East

With continued unrest in the Middle East, an awkwardly tense relationship between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and an ongoing American military effort in Libya, army officials are worried about increasing costs and tightening budgets. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn delivered a speech “The Future of War” recently that focused exclusively on…