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…
Russia’s homegrown North Caucasus insurgency pushes for Islamist state
London, UK – 20 September 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Salafist Islamic insurgency in North Caucasus goes on offensive A volatile form of salafist…
China missile test unveils fear of US in Asia Pacific
London, UK – 29 August 2012 By Sania Farooqui China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces staged a live-fire test of what appears to be a…
DefRep weekly recap: Sukhoi’s T-50 to trump F-35 stealth capability
London, UK – 26 August 2012 By Robert Densmore T-50 stealth comparisons Funding is expected to be approved shortly for the next phase of development…
DefRep weekly recap: British defence industry fraud and malpractice
London, UK – 19 August 2012 By Robert Densmore Handling the UK defence industry with kid gloves The close connection between non-standard business practice and…
Assad must create “Srebrenica” genocide for West to help Syria
London, UK – 16 August 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Syria’s rebel fighters can not expect assistance in the form of armed intervention from an outside…
DefRep weekly recap: British civil-military relations, Turkey’s purge and Afghanistan’s
London, UK – 10 August 2012 By Robert Densmore United Kingdom civil-military relations The way in which service members’ remains are handled may often be…
PKK destabilises Turkey in face of looming Syrian border conflict
London, UK – 26 July 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Turkey’s growing armed conflict with internal Kurdish ethno-political groups has weakened its role as a…
DefRep weekly recap: Israel plans next Lebanon war
London, UK – 8 July 2012 The DefenceReport weekly podcast blog takes on this week’s bombshell: the Israeli Defense Forces’ unveiling of attack plans against…
DefRep weekly recap: David Axe on Korea, the Flame virus and Assad’s latest victims
London, UK – 1 June 2012 DefenceReport staff take on this week’s biggest special operations controversy – defence blogger David Axe’s reporting on a Spec…
