The Vostok 2018 (or Orient-2018) military exercise, between 11-17 September, will mobilize for four days no less than 300 000 soldiers (virtually all forces of Central and Western Russian military districts of Russia), 36 000 armored vehicles and more than a thousand aircraft (planes, helicopters and drones). The Chinese and Mongolian armed forces will be…
L’Union africaine, successeur légitime de l’OUA a lancé des projets très ambitieux pour le continent africain surtout en 2003, depuis la présidence nigériane d’Olusegun Obasanjo et son secrétaire général malien, Alpha Konaré. Konaré a envisagé un plan stratégique de l’Union africaine de 1,7 milliard de dollars, pour créer un Parlement panafricain (en Afrique du Sud),…
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) enter into force today, 24 December 2014. Ninety-one states have ratified, and a further 42 states have signed but not ratified the ATT adopted on 2 April 2013, by the UN General Assembly. The ATT is an attempt to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons for the purpose of…
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…
