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Global Defense Market
January 2023
JUST IN: How Russia Is Using U.S. Electronics to Attack Ukraine
U.S. sanctions and export controls are intended to prevent Russia from obtaining semiconductors and other sensitive electronics components, yet dozens of weapons systems Russia has deployed against Ukraine are loaded with — and can’t function without — U.S. and western electronics, according to a U.K. think tank. -
International
December 2022
How U.S. Can Compete With China in Latin America
By R. Evan EllisLatin America’s latest “turn to the left” is both broader than the region’s last “pink tide,” and arguably more problematic for the United States in strategic terms, with increased challenges to U.S. security, migration, and economic cooperation with the region’s partners, decreased leverage to pursue its policy objectives in bilateral and multilateral forums, and possibly greater opportunities for the People’s Republic of China to expand its presence in the region. -
Global Defense Market
December 2022
U.S. Officials Give Advice on Doing Business in Middle East
It was a tale of two nations at the SOFEX trade show in Jordan in November. -
Global Defense Market
December 2022
New X-Ray Machines to Make Job Easier For Bomb Techs
Among the several new defense and security products Australian companies featured at the recent SOFEX exhibition in Jordan were next-generation x-ray machines that promise to make life easier for explosive ordnance disposal personnel. -
International
December 2022
Japan Seeks Deeper Defense Ties with NATO
Japan has been building its collaboration with NATO for a little more than a decade in order to discuss shared security challenges and promote defense collaboration. -
International
December 2022
JUST IN: China’s Xi Should Pay Attention to Ukraine, PACOM Commander Says
SIMI VALLEY, California — Ever since Russia attacked Ukraine last spring, comparisons of that war to a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan have been a source of debate among military analysts. -
Global Defense Market
November 2022
Postcard from Aqaba: U.S. Vendors, Embassy Shine
Aqaba is the new location for SOFEX, the only trade show in the Middle East devoted to special ops. -
International
November 2022
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Sweden to Move Deadline Up for NATO’s 2% GDP Threshold Requirement
In light of its pending NATO membership, Sweden will begin spending 2 percent of its GDP on defense two years earlier than planned, the nation’s minister of defense said. -
Global Defense Market
November 2022
SOFEX NEWS: Jordan Company Gets Into ‘Shoot and Scoot’ Market
AQABA, Jordan — A government-owned Jordanian company is the latest to offer a mobile mortar that allows operators to quickly fire a round and drive away before an enemy can find and fix its position. -
Global Defense Market
November 2022
SOFEX NEWS: Colt Enters Deal to Manufacture Small Arms in Jordan
AQABA, Jordan — Colt’s Manufacturing Co. LLC, one of the United States’ oldest and most venerable small arms makers, has inked a deal with a Jordan-based company to co-produce hand guns and rifles in the kingdom.
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