A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The Australian government announced on March 25 its intended procurement of a new short-range air defense capability involving the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) from Norway’s Kongsberg and U.S.-based …
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by Larry Dickerson, Missile Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The Lockheed Martin precision-guided Joint Air-to-Surface Missile (JASSM) made its official combat debut in 2018 during an attack on Syrian chemical warfare …
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Middle Eastern countries have shown interest in the Pantsyr-ME surface-to-air missile system, according to Russian officials.
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by C. Zachary Hofer, Defense Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. In an announcement released on February 21, Raytheon announced that it would be competing in “the Olympics of radar.” This turn of …
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The South African military has shown off a Gecko all-terrain vehicle paired with the Starstreak man-portable air defense system at the South African Armed Forces Day. a south African army …
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by Larry Dickerson, Missile Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Since the 1990s, demand for precision-guided munitions has grown with usage rates reaching 100 percent during certain combat operations. This market will …
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State trials of the Poliment-Redut naval air-defense system have concluded.
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by Larry Dickerson, Missile Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Navy is enhancing the lethality of its surface combatants. Naval officers have long warned of the declining ability of U.S. …
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The Russian defense industry can develop a ground-based version of the Kalibr cruise missile by the end of 2019.
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The German government has reportedly blocked the sale of Meteor air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia.
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