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 …
Read MoreBy Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Lockheed Martin formally delivered Turkey’s first two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters on June 21. However, the milestone occurred amidst various moves within the U.S. …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro will serve a second term in office after winning the presidential election on May 20. With 92 percent of voting …
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The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aka the Iran nuclear deal, has quite obviously evoked sharp reaction in …
Read More With billions in proposed defense projects at stake India and Russia are jointly working on an approach allowing them to skirt the new U.S. sanctions enacted by Congress. The financial …
Read Moreby Derek Bisaccio, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Russia is moving forward with export plans for two of its Admiral Grigorovich class frigates (Project 11356M). Under an agreement inked last year, Moscow …
Read Moreby Derek Bisaccio, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Recently, the CEO of Russia’s Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, sat down with The Wall Street Journal for an interview on a range of subjects pertaining …
Read MoreBy Nicole Auger, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. In a deal “not built on trust, but built on verification,” according to United States President Barack Obama, world powers and …
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