Christopher Harress
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 07:35
The process of selling U.S. weapons to overseas customers is so cumbersome that it's forcing foreign militaries to buy from Russia instead, the head of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Gen. Frank Gorenc, said in an interview Monday.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 07:08
Saudi Arabia is looking to scale back its reliance on U.S. weapons and could turn to Russia as an alternative supplier. However, the sheer scale of Riyadh’s defense relationship with the U.S. means that such a move could be more than a decade away.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 07:08
Saudi Arabia is looking to scale back its reliance on U.S. weapons and could turn to Russia as an alternative supplier. However, the sheer scale of Riyadh’s defense relationship with the U.S. means that such a move could be more than a decade away.
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 07:39
A huge, Russian-led military exercise will take place over the next seven days, bringing together the six members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the post-Soviet bloc equivalent to NATO. The exercise, which started Thursday in Tajikistan, comes amid a flurry of U.S.-led NATO exercises that have sprung up across Europe.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 07:16
As increased fighting on the ground in eastern Ukraine threatens the already fragile ceasefire, members of the U.S. Congress once again are pressing President Barack Obama to request lethal military aid for Ukraine to combat Russian-backed rebels. The president already has ignored a resolution urging lethal U.S. aid for Ukraine that the House passed by 348 to 48 votes.