A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
With war raging in Ukraine, the Polish government is readying a procurement of an undisclosed number of MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drones. The MQ-9 Reaper is capable of conducting …
Alarmed by Events in Ukraine, Poland Opts for Accelerated MQ-9 Reaper Purchase Read More
The Soyuz rocket, a workhorse of Russian launch vehicles, will no longer launch from French Guiana due to the current war in Ukraine. Directly citing Western sanctions, Dmitry Rogozin (head …
Ukraine Crisis Brings an End to Soyuz Launches from French Guiana Read More
Jarred awake from its 30-year slumber by events in Ukraine, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in a special session of the Bundestag on February 27 that a massive shift in …
Confronting Reality, Germany Pledges a Stronger Military Read More
Invasion of Ukraine Forces Reckoning over Europe’s Deep Energy Links to Russia by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced a reckoning in Europe …
Europe and Natural Gas: Time to Eliminate Dependency on Energy Imports from Russia Read More
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given rise to uncertainty about the broader security situation in Europe, and raises questions about U.S. defense investment as Washington weighs its response options. With …
Will Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Change the U.S. Defense Budget Calculus? Read More
The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on February 17 that the U.S. State Department had approved a government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request by Poland for M1A2 …
U.S. State Department Approves Poland’s Request for Abrams Tanks Read More