Analisi difesa number 31

Defense Analisys

Nr. 31

• 000 - EDITORIAL

• 001 - ITALIAN ANALYSIS

  • CHANGE OF CHIEF OF STAFF OF NATO RAPID DEPLOYABLE CORPS-ITALY
    Solbiate Olona, Italy. Brig Gen Gian Marco CHIARINI will leave the Staff of NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Italy (NRDC-IT), based close to Milan, for assuming an important assignment within SFOR in BOSNIA. Next 26th February Italian Brigadier General...
  • FIRST FLIGHTS FOR EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON SERIES PRODUCTION AIRCRAFT (SPAS)
    17 February, 2003 (Hallbergmoos - 17 February, 2003) Eurofighter GmbH today announced maiden flights of the first four Series Production Aircraft (SPA) in the four Eurofighter Partner Nations - Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. This eve...
  • MODIFICATION COMPLETED ON THE LPD SAN GIORGIO
    The modification has been completed on the San Giorgio, first of the three LPD (Landing, Platform and Dock) of the Italian Navy (San Giorgio, San Marco and San Giusto). Modification works elaborated by the Military Navy have been carried out at the N...

• 002 - WORLD ANALYSIS

  • AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY: A DEFENCE UPDATE
    26 February 2003 - Defence Minister Robert Hill today released a report on the first major review of Australia's strategic environment and defence posture since the Defence White Paper was released in December 2000. The report, Australia's National...
  • DOD ANNOUNCES STATUS OF FORCES SURVEY FINDINGS
    February 25, 2003 Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu announced today the 2002 active-duty Status of Forces Survey (SOFS) findings. The survey was conducted July 8-Aug 13, 2002, to assess the attitudes and opinions...
  • FISCAL 2004 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET RELEASE
    President George W. Bush today released details of his fiscal year (FY) 2004 Department of Defense (DoD) budget. The budget requests USD379.9 billion in discretionary budget authority -- USD15.3 billion above FY 2003. The FY 2004 DoD budget is the f...
  • U.K. AND FRANCE UNVEIL PLAN FOR BOSNIA
    PM Copyright (c) 2001 RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio FreeEurope/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. At the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on 24 February, the United Kingdom and France provi...

• 003 - SECURITY ANALYSIS

  • HAMAS DISPLAYS INDIGENOUS WEAPONS
    Middle East Newsline Gaza - February Hamas celebrated its 15th anniversary of its founding by parading its indigenous weaponry. Hamas displayed a range of weapons during a march on Friday in a stadium in the central Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. Th...

• 004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

  • IRANIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY'S NEW PROJECTS POSE GLOBAL DANGER
    Copyright (c) 2001 RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio FreeEurope/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. Several new Iranian defense projects were unveiled during the Ten Days of Dawn celebration of the revol...
  • OTO MELARA: WEAPON SYSTEMS FOR NEW PATROL SHIP OF GUARDIA DI FINANZA
    10 February 2003 - Oto Melara, a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract with Intermarine shipyard for the supply of 8 12,7 mm naval turrets to be installed on board the new patrol ships Class Bigliani (27 mt) of Naval Dept. of Customs Police. Th...

• 005 - NEWS

  • CHINA MAY BUY MORE RUSSIAN CRUISERS, SUBS
    UNITED DAILY NEWS -- China is planning to purchase two Russian-made Slava-class cruisers and a number of Akula-class nuclear submarines to narrow the naval gap with the United States, Taiwan's United Daily News reports. The Slava-class cruisers carry...
  • RUSSIAN NAVY FACING 20 PERCENT CUT
    Fleet Admiral Vladimir Kuroedov, commander of the Russian Navy, has stated that the navy will be slashed by one-fifth over the next few years, "Krasnaya zvezda" reported on 6 January. Kuroedov said that since 1995 the navy has received abou...

• 006 - INDISCREET

  • PHILIPPINES EXPELS IRAQI DIPLOMAT WITH ALLEGED LINKS TO ABU SAYYAF
    (Kathleen Ridolfo) Philippine Foreign Secretary Blas Ople informed the Iraqi Embassy in Manila on 12 February that it is withdrawing the accreditation of Iraqi Second Secretary Husham Husayn, saying Husayn "has ceased to enjoy the rights and pr...

• 011 - ENDURING FREEDOM

  • CAVE-CLEARING OPS PROCEED IN SPIN BOLDAK AREA
    By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2003 -- Coalition soldiers continue to clear caves in the Spin Boldak area, U.S. officials said in Afghanistan. Between 300 and 350 soldiers are involved in Operation Mongoose, said A...
  • LIMITED TASKS FOR THE ITALIAN SPECIAL FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN
    The italian contribution to the ”Enduring Freedom“ operation in Afghanistan continues to stir up perplexity about some operative limits. ANALISI DIFESA has underlined the quality of staff emphasizing however the lack of helicopters and ar...
  • NORTH KOREAN FIGHTERS 'LOCK ON' TO U.S. JET OVER SEA OF JAPAN
    By Kathleen T. Rhem American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 3, 2003 -- Four North Korean fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Air Force plane in international airspace over the Sea of Japan early Mar. 2, Defense Department officials said. Two No...
  • SPORADIC VIOLENCE STILL POSSIBLE IN AFGHANISTAN
    By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Mar. 3, 2003 -- Even though Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the war on terror is "largely over," it doesn't mean his country is suddenly a safe place. Karzai said that organi...
  • THE 5th OPERATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIT IN ACTION
    Lt. Erminio ENGLARO - 5° Reparto Operativo Autonomo - Italian Air Force Manas (Kyrgyzstan) of 07/02/03 06/02/03 - MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- Since Oct. 22, day of the first mission into Afghanistan, two C-130J of the 46th Air Brigade -Pisa(Italy), o...
  • U.S., PHILIPPINES TO OPERATE AGAINST ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS
    By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2003 -- U.S. and Philippine forces will conduct combined operations against the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group in the Southern Philippines, DoD officials said today. Philippine and U.S....

• 024 - BOOKS & MAGAZINES