A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The Ukrainian tank program T-84 Oplot continues to see delays. Ukraine’s military will not receive any T-84 Oplot main battle tanks in the near future, the Ukrainian publication Defense Express …
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According to a report in local Thai media, the Royal Thai Army (RTA) seeks to add more Chinese-built VT-4 main battle tanks to its existing inventory. The January 16 report …
Read More The U.S. State Department announced the approval of a pair of arms sales to Egypt on November 27, 2018. The potential sales include a deal for tank rounds and another …
Read More Earlier this week, Iraq announced that it had received 39 T-90 main battle tanks from Russia. The tanks are divided among two battalions. Earlier this year, Iraq took delivery of …
Read More Kuwait will receive a ‘unique’ M1 Abrams tank, according to a U.S. Department of Defense contract. On December 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it awarded General Dynamics …
Read More Speaking to Tass News Agency on September 12, 2017, Russian presidential aide for military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin discussed arms sales to various countries, including Middle Eastern clients. Regarding the potential …
Read More Russia will begin receiving the newly modernized T-90M main battle tank in 2018. Speaking to Tass News Agency, UralVagonZavod CEO Alexander Potapov said in reference to the T-90M, “We are …
Read More Russia is looking to begin testing a newly-modernized version of its T-80 tank, according to the Chief of the Main Armored Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry. Tass News Agency …
Read More Russia has signed a ‘major contract’ for the supply of armored vehicles to Iraq. Tass News Agency reported on August 24, 2017 that it had been informed by the director …
Read More Iraq will soon receive its first batch of T-90 main battle tanks. Speaking to Sputnik International on August 14, 2017, Russia’s Ambassador to Iraq, Maksim Maksimov, confirmed that deliveries would …
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