Arms Sales
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:30
In a clear signal of the worsening security situation in the war-torn country, President Ashraf Ghani has appealed for help from the Kremlin. He asked Moscow for artillery, small arms and Mi-35 helicopter gunships for his country's stuggling military, according to officials.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:28
Washington has reportedly nixed a fighter jet deal worth $400 million, over concerns about technology leakage.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:25
Tajikistan's government provided the Taliban in Afghanistan with weapons in exchange for the release of four soldiers who had been captured by the Taliban on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, a Taliban official has said.
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 07:08
Kremlin’s more-assertive foreign policy raises potential for clash with U.S.
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 07:00
The U.S. government has refused to allow Korea to export $400 million worth of indigenous supersonic training jets to Uzbekistan, Korea Times said on Sunday referring to its source.
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 06:41
“What happened in Kunduz is happening multiple times a day in Yemen,” stated Tariq Riebl on an October 20 panel entitled “Humanitarian and Security Consequences of Military Support to the Region.” Riebl, who recently returned from three months in Yemen with Oxfam International, was joined by experts William D. Hartung, Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy and Senior Advisor to Security Assistance Monitor, Martin Butcher, a Policy Advisor at Oxfam International, and moderator Natalie Goldring, a Senior Fellow for the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University.
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 06:34
Swedish and Brazilian government and industry officials will meet in November to discuss how a US $4.7 billion Gripen NG deal may create significant industrial investment opportunities.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:55
The United States should immediately lift the ban on the purchases of Russian-made rocket engines "for strategic security purposes," according to The Diplomat magazine.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:48
The Obama administration is preparing to sell eight new F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, senior American officials said, an overture intended to bolster a tenuous partnership despite persistent concerns about Islamabad’s ties to elements of the Taliban and quickly expanding nuclear arsenal.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:05
Saudi Arabia is close to buying new U.S. warships and helicopters so that they can hunt submarines and ships in the Persian Gulf directly from Iran.