Jane's Defense News

Key Points Russian Borey-class SSBN scheduled to complete transfer to Pacific Fleet Russia plans to base four Boreys in the Pacific The Russian Navy's Borey-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Alexander Nevsky is scheduled to arrive at its Pacific Fleet home base in early

Key Points Singaporean, Indonesian navies co-ordinated to foil an attack at sea, with three arrested Incident highlights the ongoing risk of robbery and piracy in the region A bid to rob a Malaysian-flagged tugboat in the eastern approaches of the Singapore Strait has been foiled by a

The Spanish government is being pushed to explain its position on the continued deployment of Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries in Turkey after the other two NATO allies (the United States and Germany) announced the withdrawal of theirs at the end of August. The opposition party, Geroa Bai,

The US Navy (USN) has begun initial integration of the Lockheed Martin's Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) onto the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-borne strike fighter. Fit checks are being conducted at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, ahead of the start of airworthiness

Hull sections of the US Navy's (USN's) 14th Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) have been joined to form a watertight unit, the shipyard responsible for completing the boat announced on 1 September. Washington (SSN 787) achieved 'pressure hull complete' status at Huntington Ingalls

Americas 1 September 2015 - Brazil: In Brasília, police officers from the Federal District went on an indefinite strike to demand wage increases. 1 September 2015 - Mexico: Guerrero state had the highest number of murders in the country in the first seven months of 2015, with 1,122 cases,

Key Points The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a USD35.3 million contract for CIRCM The company will continue EMD work and deliver 21 ship sets initially, but the army has options for additional purchases and production The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a USD35.3 million contract with

Key Points Four USAF F-22s arrived at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany on 28 August The aircraft are part of the ERI to assuage allies' concerns of recent Russian activity Four US Air Force (USAF) Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor combat aircraft arrived at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany on 28 August,

The first four of eight Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have been placed on contract, according to a 27 August Pentagon announcement. Boeing has received a USD1.49 billion contract modification for four full-rate production (FRP) Lot II P-8A

Australian shipbuilder Austal has delivered the last of eight Cape-class offshore patrol vessels on order for the Australian Border Force (ABF). The vessel, Cape York , is being supplied under an AUD330 million (USD234 million) contract awarded by the Australian government in August 2011, the order

A new Australian-built landing craft to be donated to the Kingdom of Tonga is currently undertaking final sea trials and will be delivered to the archipelagic country in early September 2015, the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 31 August. The donation, first revealed in May 2014

Belarus has ordered new combat aircraft from Russia, the commander of Belarus' Air Force and Air Defence Forces has stated. Major General Oleg Dvigalev told reporters that the country has signed two contracts for four Yakolev Yak-130 'Mitten' trainer/strike aircraft and confirmed than an order for

US Air Force (USAF) Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft begun bombing Islamic State targets in Syria from Incirlik on 12 August, three days after they arrived at the Turkish airbase, a US military spokesman said. The six F-16s arrived at Incirlik on 9 August, two weeks after Washington

The Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft will return to Europe in the next few months, the US Air Force (USAF) confirmed on 11 August. In total, 12 A-10s from the 23rd Wing will deploy from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, to Europe as part of a Theatre Security Package (TSP)

The Afghan Air Force (AAF) is to convert the five unarmed MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) MD 530F platforms it uses for training into light attack gunships, a company spokesperson told IHS Jane's on 13 August. The five training helicopters that are currently flown out of Shindand Air Base in Herat

One humble platform has proven instrumental to China's ongoing construction of seven island bases in the South China Sea: the civilian inland roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) barge. Satellite images of the larger newly built islands at Fiery Cross, Subi, and Mischief reefs show scores of ro-ro

EVENT On 12 August 2015, the Ukrainian General Staff claimed that the separatist militants were preparing an offensive, most likely on Mariupol. The same day, Ukraine claimed government positions were fired on a record 152 times in 24 hours. The focal point of confrontation since 10 August has

Key Points China's current economic slowdown will lead to increased numbers of business failures and layoffs, resulting in increased labour unrest in the three-year outlook, particularly in the manufacturing and transport sectors. The risk of violence and property damage during such unrest is

Key Points Lockheed Martin will examine technologies from its previous MKV effort MOKV could be a fielded capability as early as 2025 The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on 11 August awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to define a proof-of-concept prototype and demonstrate risk

EVENT The strike force of Algeria's state intelligence service (Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité: DRS) was dissolved on 8 August, the latest in a round of military restructuring by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Groupe d'intervention spéciale (GIS), an elite