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Well it's been awhile, though the focus of these are on air power issues this is the place for these and not the JET...thread. The source is familiar (First two.) but it's their "air" side I accidentally stumbled upon while looking into a couple of the "JET" issues I was dealing with in the last patch post.
EFAPS up to and beyond 3035.
http://www.airforce-technology.com/d...sion/file1011/
Alternatives for modernising US fighter forces.
http://www.airforce-technology.com/d...ance/file1698/
Israel and the F-35.
http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/...4714eb8e09c95b

Regards,
Pat

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Sorry of course 3035 should be 2035. That would've been one helluva crystal ball!

Regards,
Pat

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For those wanting more with a bonus today on a topic I've covered for sometime now and have offered my own opinions on as well. But first up...

1. 2009 UK paper on countering international terrorism.
http://www.army-technology.com/downl...ures/file1170/

2. EU Security and Defence issues for 2010-2020. It's a scary world out there!! Well maybe, maybe not.
http://www.army-technology.com/downl...rity/file1480/

3. Bulgaria and it's military as it's entering NATO.
http://www.army-technology.com/downl...tion/file1955/
I'll have more on them in "the news of the last week" APC thread.

And here's your bonus: India is to increase it's defence budget by 11.6 percent during 2011 - 2012. Think about that number in this economic environment, that's commitment.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...8?pageNumber=1
Taken from the "did.com" site. Also Defpro reported on 1 Mar.
the Indian MOD got it's increase.

Regards,
Pat

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1. PLA disarming? Only if you believe the sky is falling!
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/24297/

2. Overview of Australia's and Norway's upcoming defence budgets.
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/24337/
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/24276/

3. A good read on Taiwan's efforts to modernize it's military.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...ization-04250/

4. Are joint forces the way of the future? Ask the UK and France!
http://www.army-technology.com/features/feature118448/

Regards,
Pat

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Well I'll provide fair warning if you don't have an interest in how the geopolitical economic situation has affected defence spending, then this post isn't for you. Russia has or will overtake China in the export of tanks and jets within the last year, where political realities in the U.S. has the DOD scrambling to figure out ways to maintain a premier military force and determine it's future composition, abilities and equipment needs to meet those goals. Many countries are on the rise, others are maintaining while still others are drastically cutting back. So a little defence economics 101 and house cleaning for me...

First an overview then a little "TIT for TAT" between Russia and Algeria...
http://www.armyrecognition.com/febru...2_1702121.html
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...everage-02024/

Tha Panda is still rising...
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/32999/

Shared information makes the process of weapons procurement easier and cheaper "lessons learned" if you will though the next is a little out of the ordinary between India and Brazil...
http://www.dmilt.com/index.php?optio...rica&Itemid=58

A series of stories on the U.S. DOD Budget. How does it work and a look at the 2011-2013 budgets...
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...slation-07303/
http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2011/
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/31711/
http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/...a4c92215277e27
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...-budget-07304/

A look at how the USAF is dealing with this...
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/docum...120201-027.pdf

If you can't afford to buy, try a lease as Hungry has done for the GRIPEN. The original lease is now extended until 2026.
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/31785/

Austria has armor? Well yes but not much after 2013...
http://www.army-technology.com/news/...hicles-by-2013

Well this should keep some of you busy!?!

Regards,
Pat

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Well its been a longtime since I posted anything here but, I think it's time to separate out items like the below that work their way into the more equipment orientated threads I use for my submission work and for others as they see fit. So this will be more for the "bigger picture" items.

1. EU President calls for a unified EU Army and Air Force. The article concerning a unified AF is more in depth as it appears in full length and touches on the first issue. Once in a while JANES will present you with a gift and the latter is just that.
http://www.janes.com/article/49843/e...-european-army
http://www.janes.com/article/49838/a...pean-air-force

2. The next is perspective on Germany's military situation, recently Lithuania had asked for light armor but, last week was refused for a variety of reasons to include internal security. However it's likely they will still receive the PHZ- 2000 SPA units also requested. For background I've included Lithuania's situation as well driven by Russia's resurgence in Europe.
http://www.janes.com/article/49362/l...e-conscription
http://www.armyrecognition.com/febru...ania_army.html
http://www.defence24.com/news_german...itzers-anyway#
http://www.defence24.com/analysis_ge...the-bundeswehr

3. Eurocorps Commander warns that Europe cannot continue to rely on "soft power"...
http://www.janes.com/article/49619/e...ommander-warns

4. Is it time for us to come back to Europe with more armor?
http://www.defence24.com/news_americ...eastern-europe

5. Is the "Hybrid War" in Ukraine working for Russian?
http://www.janes.com/article/49469/u...ine-is-working

This is a good start for now. Any feedback on Defence24 from Items 2 and 4 would be appreciated here by SERIOUS readers please.

Regards,
Pat

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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH

Well its been a longtime since I posted anything here but, I think it's time to separate out items like the below that work their way into the more equipment orientated threads I use for my submission work and for others as they see fit. So this will be more for the "bigger picture" items.

1. EU President calls for a unified EU Army and Air Force. The article concerning a unified AF is more in depth as it appears in full length and touches on the first issue. Once in a while JANES will present you with a gift and the latter is just that.
http://www.janes.com/article/49843/e...-european-army
http://www.janes.com/article/49838/a...pean-air-force


This is a good start for now. Any feedback on Defence24 from Items 2 and 4 would be appreciated here by SERIOUS readers please.

Regards,
Pat

As of early 2016 I don't see very much chance of unified EU Armed Forces, nor do I think they would be a good thing.

NATO is the basis of Western European security and I think it should remain so.

The UK is, of course, due to vote on leaving the EU in June. I for one support the UK leaving and regaining real political independence, while remaining a full part of NATO and continuing to cooperate with our friends and allies on Defence and security.

http://grassrootsout.co.uk/

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1. Let's just call these...He kept his word...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...id=mailsignout

2. Austria seeing "shadows"...
http://www.janes.com/article/58745/a...efence-decline

3. ISIS and the use of "technicals"...
http://www.army-technology.com/featu...-isis-4789324/

Regards,
Pat

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Europe will you please allow us to send more troops there? This and more for what I've called the "Warm War" for awhile, it seems it's getting "chillier" as time goes on. Russia in it's long history has always looked to the West to provide a "buffer" to "Mother Russia" it's understandable to some degree given their long history of invasion. They've lost that option now with the break up of the Soviet Union and collapse of the Warsaw Pact. So with NATO to the West and China to the East you can see things are getting harder. Crimea will I believe be lost to the West for a very longtime and maybe beyond due to it's strategic location and it's importance to it's NAVY, which has been more actively involved in operations in the Mediterranean than it has probably going back to the end of the Cold War. Georgia would become a flash point as well, it would be hard for Russia to accept Georgia as a member of NATO, and I wonder if the process was to start if the Russians wouldn't just change the landscape there. It's a hypothetical, but what's not is though requested by Georgia to become a member, NATO has thus far only taken it under "advisement" if that far.

Now there's a campaign maybe for someone to tackle!?!

Anyway here's the latest on what the U.S. hopes to accomplish in the city of my birth. "I "R" ARMY Brat after-all!" I've also posted from NATO the current members list-somehow I missed Croatia getting in.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...id=mailsignout
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/nato_countries.htm

This next I thought might be interesting to some, I seem to remember a similar controversy over this topic I thought a few years back along the same lines without identifying the personnel involved. Anyway something a little different for a change anyway.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mar...id=mailsignout

Regards,
Pat

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This next is an in-depth report on the top 15-20 acquisition programs of the 2000's and how they died by sequestration and other means tied to the budget (See page 4/Table 1-PDF page 10.) and future acquisitions into the 2030's again by all services. The source is well respected. For most of you Pg. 4 might be enough as Table 1 also shows how much was spent and what the alternative to the cancelled program was as well. Beyond that it's how the budget has dictated the future acquisition programs of the various services as described above. Just started it myself and am finding it interesting, but, of course that's me!?!
https://csis.org/files/publication/1...zation_Web.pdf

Regards,
Pat