A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
In early March 2024, press reports of the battle at Berdychi, five miles northwest of Avdiivka, asserted the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade lost three M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, at …
What About Ukraine’s Abrams Tanks? Read More
A snapshot of recent news from sources around the world on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Political Developments The Wall Street Journal published a report this week detailing French President Emmanuel Macron’s …
This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (April 5) Read More
Throughout the first three months of the year, Russia has used its new 3M22 Tsirkon anti-ship cruise missile five times to perform ground strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the city’s …
Five Russian Tsirkon Strikes on Kyiv This Year Read More
A snapshot of recent news from sources around the world on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Political Developments The foreign ambassadors from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as London’s ambassador …
This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (March 29) Read More
A snapshot of recent news from sources around the world on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Political Developments The European Union disbursed EUR4.5 billion to Kyiv this week, to help backstop …
This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (March 22) Read More
The Russo-Ukrainian War has generated a lot of talk about which weapons are changing warfare. Well, let us add some more to all that noise. There is a lot of …
A Winner of Russo-Ukrainian War – Air Defense Systems Read More
A snapshot of recent news from sources around the world on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Political Developments EU powers France, Germany and Poland met in Berlin to bridge divides over …
This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (March 15) Read More
A snapshot of recent news from sources around the world on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Political Developments Ukraine’s military leaders recently discussed their warfighting requirements with U.S. Defense Minister Lloyd …
This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (March 8) Read More
The flaming eye of the media is focusing on attack drones. Not since the 1980s when Israel used unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to clear air defense missiles from the Bekaa …
20th Century Weapons Defeating 21st Century Attack Drones Read More
A snapshot of recent news from sources around the world on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Political Developments Pro-Russian politicians in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria have issued appeals for …
This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (March 1) Read More