DefRep’s Stories to Watch During 2016
4 January 2016 – Vancouver, CA * Updated on 4 January 2016 to include the cyber section at the end. Compiled by the DefenceReport staff 2015 was a turbulent year…
Happy Holidays from the DefRep team – 2015
Yearly Recap: Happy Holidays from all of us at DefRep 20 December 2015 – Canada, Finland, the US and the UK From everyone at the DefenceReport team, we wish you…
Book Watch: From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy
Review by Stewart Webb 19 December 2015 – Vancouver, CA From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy by Jean-Pierre Filiu – Oxford University Press,…
Iraq and Turkey’s Kurdish dilemma should be addressed now, not after ISIS
13 November 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Next week the G20 summit will be held in Turkey’s southern city of Antalya. The G20 has begun to tackle other…
Wires Brief: Pakistan has low-yield nuclear weapons, Canada to call back CF-18s, Russia expands military bases in Arctic
22 October 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom British industry is now warning that the country’s national security will be at risk if there are any delays to replacing the…
Wires Brief: Taliban on offensive, Russian airstrikes in Syria, US-Canadian joint force being pondered
30 September 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has refused to say if he supports military action in Syria, reports Bloomberg. in New York, Prime Minister…
Weekly Recap: F-35’s gaps can be filled by other aircraft
22 August 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb News about the F-35 seems to be a daily reminder of how it has gone vastly awry. We are reminded that…
DefRep Analysis: ISIS shows signs of internal rifts
6 August 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Videos of executions broadcasted in gruesome detail is nothing new for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In late…
Weekly Recap: Canada’s Conservatives use ISIS propaganda for political attack ad
28 June 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Well, it is election season in Canada. The television is full of political ads espousing that each political party will fulfill…
Navy’s Fire Scout UAV compromises BAE’s precision weapons upgrade
Edinburgh, UK – 12 October 2012 By Fiona Pringle Fire Scout UAV problems mark poor start for hi-tech APKWS integration The decision to upgrade the US Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout…