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China’s counter to GPS targets SE Asia en route to global market

By Geostrategy-Direct on September 22, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

China’s counter to GPS targets SE Asia en route to global market

China is aggressively pressing its global positioning service, known as the Beidou, into service throughout the entire Southeast Asia region. The goal is to extend coverage regionally, before achieving (more…)

Moscow: Unmanned tank could counter ‘existing NATO counterparts’

By Geostrategy-Direct on September 15, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

Moscow: Unmanned tank could counter ‘existing NATO counterparts’

Future land and amphibious armored warfare will likely be transformed by an emerging new operational platform: the unmanned tank. Russia is racing to have one of the first such (more…)

Russian naval flotilla stages an anti-U.S. show of force in Venezuela

By Geostrategy-Direct on September 8, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

Russian naval flotilla stages an anti-U.S. show of force in Venezuela

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued another challenge to U.S. global military influence by dispatching a large naval flotilla to the vehemently anti-American regime in Venezuela. Thus far, a (more…)

Report of planned U.S. base in India excites locals, rattles Beijing

By Geostrategy-Direct on September 1, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

Report of planned U.S. base in India excites locals, rattles Beijing

Indian media and military forums are abuzz about various reports that the Pentagon is considering building a military base in India, with the ostensible purpose of checking China’s growing (more…)

Indian sub tragedy blamed on mishandling of Russian-made missiles

By Geostrategy-Direct on August 27, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

Indian sub tragedy blamed on mishandling of Russian-made missiles

Last week’s disastrous submarine explosion in India which killed 18 Indian sailors was caused by Russian-made Klub missiles inside the vessel, according to the Indian newspaper Mumbai Mirror, citing (more…)

Israeli firms enjoy boom in exports of advanced weapons systems

By Geostrategy-Direct on August 27, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

Taking advantage of its excellent reputation in developing effective, battle-tested weapons systems such as those deployed in the Iron Dome anti-rocket network, Israeli defense firms are conducting brisk business. (more…)

Amid crisis in Egypt, USS Harry S Truman sails through the Suez

By Geostrategy-Direct on August 27, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

In a not so subtle show of force to press America’s military presence in the volatile region, the U.S. super carrier, USS Harry S Truman chose an opportune time (more…)

Cambodia says no to U.S. aid in role as China’s client in SE Asia

By Geostrategy-Direct on August 27, 2013   BACKGROUNDER  

Days after the general election in which the ruling and opposition parties both claimed victory, the Cambodian government suspended some of the key U.S. military aid programs until a (more…)

Egypt’s counter-insurgency offensive, begun under Morsi, intensifies

By Geostrategy-Direct on August 13, 2013   BACKGROUNDER, Exclusive to Paid Subscribers  

Egypt’s counter-insurgency offensive, begun under Morsi, intensifies

WASHINGTON — Egypt assigned an Army general in May to head the counter-insurgency mission in the Sinai Peninsula, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy identified (more…)

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