While the 3 major world military powers, the United States, China and Russia, seem to have entered a new technological arms race, European industries remain engaged in programs whose timetable seems to be out of sync with the technological tempo given by these superpowers. However, if counter-programming…
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Huawei affair: update on the China-US standoff and its consequences for Defense
After first issuing a presidential decree to prohibit the purchase by American companies of technologies developed by Huawei, the American Department of Commerce finally grants a 3-month reprieve to the Chinese manufacturer. On the surface, these changes of course may have suggested that the American government was sailing at…
Read the articleIs the S-400 just an intermediate system?
As information comes in about the S-500 system, it is clear that the Russians have great ambitions for this system. It alone will fulfill the functions of medium, long, very long range, anti-ballistic missile and probably anti-satellite systems. In fact, it will cover, on its own,…
Read the articleThe US Senate puts in place safeguards to prevent an exit from NATO
President Donald Trump's positions on NATO are unpredictable. Moreover, the plural used in "the positions" is not a figure of speech, the American president having clearly stated, depending on the context, very different, and even divergent, positions concerning the Atlantic alliance, ranging from threats of unilateral exits…
Read the articleUK wants to extend NATO Article 5 to Cyber attacks
NATO member countries can, if they are the subject of military aggression, appeal to Article 5 of the Alliance, known as the “Collective Defense Article”. In fact, the attack against this member country would become an attack against all the countries of the alliance. Each country would, however, be free of the means it would commit…
Read the articleBetween fantasy and conservatism, is there a place for a European Army?
On this last day of the electoral campaign for Europeans, the idea of creating a European army returns to the forefront, with the publication of a column co-signed by more than sixty deputies and senators of the presidential majority, advocating a European Army to guarantee…
Read the articleBelgium and the Netherlands formalize the order for 12 mine warfare vessels from the Naval Group / ECA consortium
After validation by their respective parliaments, Belgium and the Netherlands have officially notified the consortium formed by the French Naval Group and the Belgian ECA of the order for 6 new generation mine hunters for the Royal Belgian Navy, and as many for the Navy Royal Dutch, accompanied by a…
Read the articleThe US Navy is betting on lasers to protect its combat ships
To explain the extent to which the US Navy is ready to invest in Laser technology, particularly to defend its combat ships, the Chief of Naval Surface Operations, Rear Admiral Ron Boxall, gave the example of Cortez , who sank his ships upon arriving in the new world, in order to…
Read the articleThe Tornado-S Multiple Rocket Launcher equips a first Russian brigade
Heir to the Red Army, the Russian army has retained a certain appetite for artillery systems. Not only does it have much more than its Western counterparts, with a mobile artillery system for 120 men, one for 500 on average in NATO, but it is also developing numerous systems so…
Read the articleThe XQ-58 Valkyrie combat drone could quickly support the American F35 and F15XE
According to the Pentagon's director of major acquisitions, the US Air Force could acquire the XQ-58 Valkyrie combat drone to accompany the F35 and F15XE combat aircraft during dangerous missions. Designed to be able to accompany fighter planes, with supersonic speed, a range exceeding…
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