On April 10, 2014 US destroyer “Donald Cook” with cruise missiles “Tomahawk” entered the neutral waters of the Black Sea on April 10. The purpose was a demonstration of force and intimidation in connection with the position of Russia in Ukraine and Crimea. The appearance of American warships in these waters is in contradiction of…
The French shipbuilder was the victim of a massive leak of confidential technical information about the Scorpene submarines. Countries customers affected by this scandal, are Malaysia and Chile, each with two submarines, India and Brazil who chose technology transfer for six and four submarines. Newspaper The Australian has published on its website excerpts of 22400…
In October 2013, Romania bought 12 second-hand F-16AM/BM aircraft from Portugal to replace part of its fleet of Russian built MiG-21 Lancer fighter aircraft. Romania was rumored to have paid about 638 million EUR with 120 million EUR for the acquisition of the planes. The contract also included modifications and upgrades performed by Lockheed Martin;…
Wagner Group Private Military Company Volume 1 Establishment, Purpose, Profile and Historic Relevance 2013-2023 > Autors: Besenyö, Janos – Türke, András István – Szénási, Endre > Publisher: Helion> EUVI/ CERPESC Contribution: Wagner PMC in Africa> 2024 The Wagner Group is symbolic of Russia’s deployment of private military companies (PMCs) to exercise influence in Africa, the Middle…
