A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Russia has maintained its arms exports portfolio despite pressure from external sources, Russian officials have said, and the volume of sales should rise in the future. Speaking to Zvezda TV …
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Russian arms exports since the start of 2019 have totaled nearly $6 billion, according to Rosoboronexport chief executive Alexander Mikheyev. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June …
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France has reportedly lifted its arms embargo on Azerbaijan, ahead of a push to sell arms to the country. Interfax quoted an Azeri media outlet, the military-focused AzeriDefence, as reporting, …
Read More Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has made his first visit to the White House, the first visit from an Uzbek president since Islam Karimov’s in 2002. President Mirziyoyev is in the …
Read More Argentina has approved payment to France for five secondhand Super Etendards. The approval was posted in the official gazette of the Argentine government on May 11. It follows an agreement …
Read More The U.S. is considering sending military weapons to Ukraine, according to the U.S. special representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker. Speaking to the BBC, Kurt Volker said that the U.S. government …
Read More Saudi Arabia will not seek to purchase weapons from Germany, according to a Saudi official. Saudi Deputy Economy Minister Mohammed al-Tuwaijri told Der Spiegel, a German magazine, in an interview …
Read More The Director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, Dmitry Shugayev, stated on April 11, 2017 that Russia had reached military export and cooperation contracts totaling over $9 …
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