US juggles the Iran-Saudi Great Game in its fight against ISIS
26 June 2015 – London, UK by Mark Collinson The battle to degrade the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) continues after over a year since their initial gains.…
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…
DefRep Analysis: Finland enters next-generation fighter competition
Espoo, Finland – 11 June 2015 by Timo Mustonen On 11 July 2015, the Finnish Ministry of Defence released its recommendation for the procedure of replacing the F-18 Hornet fleet…
DefRep Analysis: Erdoğan’s slide
10 June 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray and Stewart Webb Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered a major set back in Turkey’s most…
The Weekly Recap: Global security goes to the birds
7 June 2015 – Vancouver, CA The DefenceReport team endeavours to shed light to some of nuances of the global security situation. We are mourning that we were unable to…
The Weekly Recap: Could the Greens save the Canadian Forces
With an election looming, federal party websites are woefully short on their visions for the Canadian Armed Forces… with one exception: The Green Party. 1 June 2015 – Ottawa, CA…
DefRep Analysis: A Fractured Iraq cannot take back Iraq
Vancouver, CA CIA Director John Brennan, in an interview to CBS’ Face the Nation, stated that the battle against ISIS will be a “long fight”. Brennan also commented that the…
Frontline News: Finnish Navy drops “depth charges” on phantom submarine
Espoo, Finland It is not big news to say that the situation in and around Baltic Sea has tensions. Last October, the Swedish Navy was on the hunt for a…
Wires Brief: UK Navy members arrested in Canada, Germans restock Leopard 2s, Nigerian forces enter last Boko Haram stronghold
22 April 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom Four British Royal Navy members have been released on bail after charges of gang rape were laid on them in Nova Scotia,…
DefRep Analysis: Accidental death of ISIS leader may have sparked Jalalabad bombing
Vancouver, CA In the wake of the Jalalabad bombings, there has been much buzz about the ISIS chapter in South Asia. The bombings targeted government workers who were claiming their…
