The remaining three Project 941 Akula submarines (Hull numbers TK-208, TK-20, & TK-17) also known by their NATO reporting name “Typhoon,” will reportedly be dismantled for scrap in 2014, despite a planned rise in Russia’s defense spending. The submarines, immortalized in Tom Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red October,” created a huge stir among naval bloggers in […]
**This piece was originally written in January 2012 but is reproduced here for reference information. While news of Iran’s Veyelat-91 naval war games dominated the press throughout December and early January, very little attention has been paid to Iran’s shipbuilding capacity. On 24 December 2012, Deputy Managing Director, Salman Zarbi of the Iran Marine […]
Although a nascent industry, one of the UAE’s primary drone programs was started by a consortium of companies under the aegis, Advanced Communications Research and Development Center, more commonly referred to as ADCOM Systems. Thus far, the company has manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aerial targets, air traffic control radar systems as well as advanced […]
After much hullabaloo over December’s pictures of China’s Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, Boeing announced the delivery of India’s first C-17A Globemaster III aircraft for flight testing at Edwards AFB in Palmdale, California. The January 23rd press release indicates Boeing is on track to deliver an additional four C-17A before year’s end. The remaining five will […]
Iranian press reporting from 17FEB13 suggests Iran will build a new naval base near its Southeastern border with Pakistan further bolstering its naval presence in the Gulf of Oman. “The Iranian navy has so far had no military presence in the region, but now, we will have a presence in the region in a bid […]
As of 18FEB13, China took control of Pakistan’s Gwadar port after problems operating under the previous administrator, the Port of Singapore Authority. In a typical fashion, threat assessments about the ports potential use have been growing. Although many authoritative analysis have been reiterated in the press including the ubiquitous ”string of pearls” analogy, the likelihood that Gwadar […]
