DefenceTalk“The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia” describes the strategy, force deployments, and the military balance in potential current and future scenarios involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the United States. The analysis in these volumes shows how tensions between the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-evolving-military-balance-in-the-korean-peninsula-and-northeast-asia-48254/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Air Force (USAF) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a two-year, $42.2 million contract to continue work on improving the Air Force financial management system. The contract supports the second phase of continued development activities for the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS), the Air Force’s principal financial transformation initiative. DEAMS integrates data […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-force-awards-accenture-contract-for-financial-management-system-improvements-48239/

DefenceTalkHong Kong has risked the threat of US reprisals in allowing Edward Snowden to leave. But its government insists that the rule of law took primacy for a territory that jealously guards its separateness from mainland China. On social media, there was talk of political considerations at play in allowing the former National Security Agency […]https://www.defencetalk.com/snowden-exit-hong-kong-revels-in-its-rule-of-law-48223/

DefenceTalkBrigadier Duncan Capps has recently completed a tour of duty in Afghanistan where he was Commander Joint Force Support (JFS). He briefed media representatives in MOD Main Building in London about the progress being made processing and redeploying kit and equipment in theatre in readiness for the drawdown of troops in 2014. Redeployment As UK […]https://www.defencetalk.com/redeployment-of-kit-from-afghanistan-48216/

DefenceTalkNew figures published today by UK Trade & Investment’s Defence and Security Organization (UKTI DSO) show that UK defence exports totaled £8.8 billion over the past year, a rise of 62% from 2011 in a global market that grew by 45%. These results mean the UK maintains its position as the second most successful defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-defence-exports-largest-increase-in-5-years-48208/

DefenceTalkUnmanned drones are roaming American skies conducting surveillance on people in the United States, albeit in a “very minimal way,” the head of the FBI revealed to Congress on Wednesday. Federal Bureau of Investigation director Robert Mueller said his agency’s use of a small number of aerial drones is relatively new, and that the bureau […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fbi-director-says-surveillance-drones-used-in-us-48199/

DefenceTalkCrisis stability and the means of maintaining it, crisis management, were central concerns in the Cold War. They are becoming relevant again as nuclear proliferation and the reemergence of great power competitors make dangerous interstate confrontations increasingly likely. When managing an international crisis, U.S. leaders will need to defuse the threat of war without compromising […]https://www.defencetalk.com/long-range-strike-a-comparative-analysis-of-fighters-bombers-and-missiles-48191/

DefenceTalkThe United States and the Taliban cleared the decks for peace talks Tuesday even as a deadly attack on US troops underlined the still furious nature of their decade-long war. US officials welcomed the Islamist insurgent group’s opening of an office in Qatar to serve as a front for talks with Washington and President Hamid […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-open-peace-talks-with-taliban-48181/

DefenceTalkGermany’s foreign intelligence service plans a major expansion of Internet surveillance despite deep unease over revelations of US online spying, Der Spiegel news weekly reported Sunday. Spiegel said that the BND planned a 100 million euro ($130 million) program over the next five years to expand web monitoring with up to 100 new staff members […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-spy-service-plans-more-online-surveillance-report-48140/

DefenceTalkChina’s official army newspaper Sunday branded the United States Internet surveillance programme exposed by former spy Edward Snowden as “frightening”, and accused the US of being a “habitual offender” when it comes to network monitoring. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily hit out at the US for implying that spying on citizens from other countries […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-army-newspaper-hits-out-at-uss-prism-program-48114/