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Defence Briefing— Global
Preface
US budget cuts and Russian naval ambition.
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01Last line of defence
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02Soldier 2.0
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03Spent spending
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04Top flight
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Iraq's military shopping list, Israel's luxury blowholes, plus a global army update.
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Trouble in the Indian Ocean, India modernises its military, and sales of South Korea's jets experience lift off.
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Fiji's dictator is this issue's style leader, Australia makes friends to handle cuts to military spending, and why new boats are part of New Zealand's defence forces' shake up.
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Issue 63
The world goes to cyber-war, Brazil prepares a new rang of submarines and we meet Washington's man in Yangon.
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Issue 9
They cost just €70 to make, but Hezbollah rockets have forced some Israeli towns to be abandoned. So Israel is building Iron Dome, an anti-missile shield. If it works, it could change the pace of diplomacy in the region and…
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Issue 33
Beijing and Delhi announce their defence budgets almost simultaneously, Egypt vies to build its own fighter aircraft and Israel unveils its text message air-raid warning system.
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Fly the flag
Issue 56
Despite the pressures of new technology in its own ranks and a fast-developing Chinese navy sailing into view, the ‘USS George Washington’ continues to rule the Asia-Pacific seas. Monocle climbs aboard the American aircraft…
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Why modesty replaced lavishness on the stalls at Europe's largest arms fair held in London, and Russia turns to the French and Dutch in search of four new warships after admitting its own shipyards aren't up to the task.