A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
On November 12, against the backdrop of French President Emmanuel Macron’s declaration in a recent The Economist interview that the NATO Alliance is currently experiencing “brain death,” the European Union …
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Following a multiyear modernization effort, the Russian military is able to provide for Russia’s security, even with some recent cuts to the defense budget. The military has passed the “peak …
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The first Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet for the Russian Aerospace Force should be delivered soon. Speaking to journalists on November 8, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said, “As for …
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The Ukrainian defense budget will increase next year. In a statement this week, Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zahorodniuk said that the combined defense and security budget for 2020 will total …
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The Russian drone Okhotnik will perform its first weapons test next year. Speaking to TASS Russian News Agency on Wednesday, a source in the Russian defense industry said, “The Okhotnik’s …
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The political climate in Washington, D.C. of late has a way of training the spotlight on a particular country or issue, usually in some connection to U.S. President Donald Trump, …
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The Russian Navy is preparing to receive a number of submarines over the next year. Speaking to reporters on September 9, 2019, Sevmash Shipyard Director General Mikhail Budnichenko said that …
Read More An Israeli defense firm is said to be in talks with the Ukrainian defense industry over a contract to modernize the Ukrainian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jets. The Defense Industry …
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Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov recently discussed a number of aircraft procurement programs for the Air Force and Navy in an interview with Interfax. On the subject of …
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The first Su-30SMs for Belarus’s Air Force have been seen. Over the weekend, an image of the first two Belarusian Su-30SM fighter jets emerged on Russianplanes.net, a plane-spotting website. The …
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