NATO response to Vostok 2018 : Trident Juncture 18, abbreviated TRJE18, is a NATO-led military exercise to be held in Norway in October and November 2018 with an Article 5 collective defence scenario. Trident Juncture 2018 will consist of three main parts:– A phase of deployment lasting from August to October,– LIVEX (live field exercise)…
La mise en œuvre de la FAA (Force africaine en attente), fortement soutenu par l`UE et le programme EURORECAMP était annoncée pour 2010 mais quatre années après toujours rien, la FAA censée rendre l’Afrique « autonome » en matière de prévention et de gestion des conflits, n’existe toujours que dans les discours. Le dernier sommet…
France is ready to deploy nuclear-capable fighter jets to Germany in a strong signal to the Kremlin after the United States threatened to withdraw its troops from the continent. The statement could put pressure on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take similar steps. Immediately after the election, future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on…
Poland’s Lodz-based WZL-1 (Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 1 S.A. (Military Aviation Works No. 1) has completed the modernisation, conducts maintenance, repair, overhaul of a Mil Mi-24V (6W-HCA) attack helicopter for the Senegal Air Force. The secondhand rotorcraft is understood to have been acquired from a former Soviet-era operator. Acceptance flights were conducted on 12 January…
Andromeda-D : the automatic control system Ignatov also spoke at length about a new VDV automated C2 system called Andromeda-D, developed by the Scientific-Research Institute of Communications and Command and Control Systems (NIISSU or НИИССУ). He describes Andromeda-D as a division-to-soldier system, with stationary points for commanders down to battalion, and vehicle-mounted systems for tactical…
