Online discourse by users of social media can provide important clues about the political dispositions of communities. New research suggests it can even be used by governments as a source of military intelligence to estimate prospective casualties and costs incurred from occupying foreign territories. In a new University of California San Diego study, researchers examine […]

Today the Department of Defense provided to the Congress the semiannual report, “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan,” covering events during the period of June 1 to November 30, 2019. The report was submitted in accordance with requirements from the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, as well as subsequent amendments. The principal goal […]

The “Pakistani Defense Market – Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2024” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets’s offering. Pakistan is expected to spend US$48.5 billion on defense over 2020-2024 to manage internal instability and bolster its defense capabilities with respect to India. The country’s total defense budget, excluding US aid has increased at sluggish […]

As 2018 turned to 2019, growth in the global defense environment moderated slightly, according to a new white paper from Forecast International. The Global Defense Spending Annual Snapshot produced by Forecast’s International’s Military Markets group highlights the factors behind the modest deceleration, while noting that the short- and medium-term military investment climate remains stout. Buoyed […]

British defence company BAE Systems on Monday said it had agreed to buy key electronic systems from US peers Raytheon and United Technologies whose planned merger has necessitated asset sales. In a statement, BAE said it would pay $1.925 billion (1.734 billion euros) in cash for the military global positioning system (GPS) belonging to United […]

Apple and the US government are at loggerheads for the second time in four years over unlocking iPhones connected to a mass shooting, reviving debate over law enforcement access to encrypted devices. Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday that Apple failed to provide “substantive assistance” in unlocking two iPhones in the investigation into the December […]

Ukraine has stepped up its efforts to join services and partnership of NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). In this way, Ukraine will have full access to the Alliance’s procurement system. This was discussed at the Alliance Headquarters in Brussels on 14-15 January at a meeting of the Ukrainian delegation headed by the Deputy Prime […]

New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. The projectiles were fired 30 seconds apart and explain why the plane’s transponder was not working as it hurtled to […]

China must accept that Taiwan is already independent, President Tsai Ing-wen has said, warning Beijing that any attempt to invade the democratic island would be “very costly”. Tsai won a second term over the weekend with a record 8.2 million votes, an outcome that was seen as a forceful rebuke of China’s ongoing campaign to […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned Silicon Valley not to bolster China’s “Orwellian” state, two days before the world’s two largest economies sign a partial trade deal. Speaking to a tech-heavy crowd in San Francisco, Pompeo trumpeted the “phase one” deal to tame a two-year trade war but told businesses that they […]