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To cope with the sheer mass of military information arising from the war in Ukraine, the French air force's technical

As Intelligence Online understands, ADIT is about to complete the first step to becoming the new owner of Défense Conseil

On a dreary gray day in late June, Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst (JB MDL) sadly said goodbye to a true U.S. Air Force legend and workhorse. Tail number 84-0188, one of sixty KC-10s that has [...]

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Reposting an article that was published today on War on the Rocks. Co-authored with Elizabeth Wishnick, Paul Schwartz, and Brian Waidelich.

There is widespread consensus among analysts that, although Russia and China have been moving toward closer cooperation through the entire post-Soviet era, the trend has accelerated rapidly since 2014. The specter of a Russian-Chinese partnership is deeply threatening to the United States, not only because it makes U.S. military planning more challenging, but also because it raises the possibility of two formidable adversaries joining forces to counter U.S. interests and potentially working in concert to attack U.S allies.

The strategic partnership, first established in 2001, was boosted in the mid-2010s by Russian leaders’ belief that Russia needed to seek out alternative relationships to survive its sudden confrontation with the West. China was the obvious candidate because it had a suitably large economy, was friendly to Russia, and was not planning to impose sanctions in response to the 2014 invasion of Ukraine. Xi Jinping’s rise to power also has contributed to a deepening of the partnership, as China under Xi shares President Vladimir Putin’s concern with regime security and the two leaders increasingly align on issues of global and regional security. Moreover, the two countries had a record of cooperation dating back to the early 1990s that could serve as a basis for expanded cooperation.

This article summarizes a CNA report that tested this proposition. To do so, we focused on measuring military cooperation, specifically on military diplomacy and other political aspects of the defense relationship, military-technical cooperation, and exercises and joint operations. Our goal is to provide an analysis of the dynamic of the cooperative relationship in the period since 2014, including a discussion of what the relationship allows the two partners to accomplish together that they cannot do alone, and what analysts can infer about where this bilateral relationship is headed.

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Twenty-five nations took part in the two-week long “Air Defender 2023” exercise. Allied air forces began the largest deployment exercise in NATO’s history on Monday, Jun. 12, 2023. Around 10,000 personnel and over 220 aircraft [...]

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Mercury Systems, which announced in January that it was launching a review of “strategic alternatives”, including a potential sale of the US-based defence electronics...

The early release of the United Nations report on the rights of children affected by armed conflict, which puts Russia on the UN's blacklist on the matter, is the latest move in a subtle but intense tug-of-war being playing out

Intelligence Online has learned that two Beechcraft King Air aircraft are currently being fitted out with tools aimed to provide

In the aftermath of the weekend's rebellion, the question of internal support for the Wagner parastatal militia has been raised.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in Paris on 19 June between Airbus Group and Scopa Industries, the defence branch

France's military planning law is set to be debated publicly in the Senate from 27 June onwards, but already senators

The United States has been building up its permanent military infrastructure in Europe under the command of the United States

A confidential French government report that Intelligence Online has had access to opposes propositions made 18 months ago by MPs Jean-Michel Fauvergue,

France - French foreign ministry pushes for greater use of OSINT in French embassiesUnder the supervision of Charles Thepaut, under-director

Arctic Challenge 23 exercise provided the opportunity for the first real use of the AIM-120 Air-to-Air Missile by the Italian Air Force F-35s. Earlier this month, two F-35As of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) [...]

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Americas Boeing won an $11.6 million modification, which adds scope to provide continued aircraft integration and engineering manufacturing development software development in support of Engineering Change Proposal 6472, integration of Next Generation Jammer on EA-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri (90%); Whidbey Island, Washington (8%); and Patuxent River, Maryland (2%), and […]

Many aircraft, both from Italy and abroad, were invited to take part in the airshow to represent all types which served with the Aeronautica Militare. As we reported few days ago, last week the Italian [...]

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Thales has been awarded a contract by the French military to integrate most of their “in-service UAVs” into the army's ATLAS (Automatisation de Tir et des Liaisons...

Raytheon Australia has conducted a flight test of a short-range ground-based air-defence (SRGBAD) system at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia, the company said...

The leaders of the United States and India have announced agreements to accelerate defence industrial co-operation including the potential joint production of General...