A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Beijing continues to build its stature as a global arms exporter, according to the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on the military and security developments of the People’s Republic of …
China’s Arms Exports: Up, Up and Away – VIDEO Read More
Beijing continues to build its stature as a global arms exporter, according to the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on the military and security developments of the People’s Republic of …
China’s Arms Exports: Up, Up and Away Read More
The Indian Navy launched the fourth of its eventual six Scorpene submarines in its Project 75 effort on May 6. The launch marks an inflection point for a program that …
With Launch of INS Vela Submarine, India’s Project 75 Gains Momentum Read More by Stuart Slade, Senior Naval & Marine Power Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The first ballistic missiles to be deployed on board warships were installed on diesel-electric submarines of the Soviet …
The Return of the SSB Read More China continues its onward march toward building up its powerful military and firmly cementing itself as its region’s hegemonic power. Beijing released its official 2019 figures for defense spending on …
China’s Decades-Long Defense Spending Climb Continues Read More Following two years under the Trump administration, it’s safe to say that relations between Washington and Europe are as raw and tense as at any time since the end of …
Transatlantic Drift Read More India’s federal government presented its fiscal year 2019 Union Budget to Parliament on February 1, with an eye on the upcoming April-May electoral cycle. Tucked within this latest budget was …
India’s New Defense Budget: Rising Inputs, Shrinking Outputs Read More Pakistan is reportedly interested in purchasing more Chinese surface-to-air missiles. On December 6, 2018, the Times of Islamabad reported, citing TASS, that the Pakistani Army is looking to buy three …
Pakistan Seeking Long-Range Chinese SAMs Read More
The Taiwanese military is ready to forsake its previous ambition to acquire the F-35 Lightning II stealth combat aircraft in favor of a government-to-government contract for 66 F-16V Block 70 …
Giving Up the Ghost: Taiwan Seeks F-16V Procurement as F-35 Dream Abandoned Read Moreby Carter Palmer, Power Systems Specialist, Forecast International. Ansaldo Energia has been supplying gas turbines worldwide for decades. Up until now, China has been a small market for the Italian manufacturer. That …
Ansaldo Energia on a Power Trip in the Chinese Market Read More