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