... Following a memorable game round when Ankara, much to its own surprise, ended up purchasing Russia’s S-400 ABM systems, Turkey has now decided to update its fighter fleet.
Turkey’s... ... increasingly striving to provide itself with domestically-produced weapons, including hi-tech arms. There remain major “gaps,” however, particularly in the most sophisticated... ... the attempted coup. It is hard to say what kind of response Ankara expected to its accusations and demands—in particular, the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, who was accused...
... circumventing sanctions and advancing its military plans under pressure shows that it can fix the problem
Lifting or extending the UN arms embargo on Iran, which according to SC
Resolution 2231
is supposed to be ended in October 2020, has led to a new confrontation ... ... development.
The fourth goal aims to develop, through arms interactions, military-political cooperation with countries such as Russia, China, as well as others in the region. Iran, Russia, and China held joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf ...
... otherwise taken focus from an informative debriefing of the Russian Federation’s main defense hierarchy. Additionally, there is a discussion concerning the core military capabilities possessed by the current Russian state. The report takes care to mention Russian involvement in multilateral arms reduction treaties, somewhat contradicting the accusatory tone that followed the statement criticizing Russia’s refusal to adhere to “no-first-strike” agreements earlier in the report. The Russia-U.S. “New START” (New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) signed into agreement on 8 April 2010 set ...
... military cooperation agreement of December 10, 2014 remains merely a drafted project.
The Russian government’s response in case of a second Korean war is unclear.
China... ... today, China is North Korea’s most certain ally. 4 Chinese armies (3 combined-arms armies and 1 tank army) totaling about 250,000 soldiers are deployed in the border... ... minefield. And landing a large army is not an easy task; even when several tens of thousands of troops have landed and secured their position, they will face a front line...
U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip to Vietnam and lifting of the arms embargo will no doubt boost bilateral relations. But for Hanoi it is still a rebalance, not a pivot, as Vietnam still has a strong reliance on Russian military exports.
Earlier this week, in a farewell trip to Asia, U.S. President Barack Obama concluded a visit to Vietnam. It was literally a roaring success. The people in the streets of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City greeted the President with flags ...
... with Havana amounts to about $1.8 billion and is expected to increase by 25% in 2015. Russia’s was just $185.1 million in 2013.
Having supplied Cuba with weapons and... ... trading with Cuba, is a vivid illustration of this. Against this backdrop, selling arms to Havana openly was very risky.
We can only guess how the Cuban authorities skirted... ... in view of the incident with the
North Korean vessel
in the summer of 2013 and accusations of China sending secret arms shipments to Havana sparked by the rumor that...
