9/27/2011INTERNATIONAL – Defense Budget Tracking for 2011/12
AMI continues to receive information on defense budget projections for 2011/2012. Listed below is one that was announced in April. The following graph includes 2011 budget, budget for 2012, percentage change and direction (up, down or the same) from 2011 levels:.. more
8/16/2011IRAN - Missile Test
On 28 June 2011, during the Great Prophet 6 war games, the Iranian Republican Guard Corps (IRGC) test fired fourteen surface-to-surface missiles, including nine Zelzal, two Shahab-1, two Shahab-2, and one Shahab-3... more
8/16/2011ALGERIA – New Amphibious Ship from Fincantieri
On 27 July 2011, AMI received information that Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN) of Italy, the export marketing arm of Fincantieri, had signed a contract with the Algerian National Navy (ANN) for the construction of an amphibious transport dock ship (LPD)... more
8/16/2011SAUDI ARABIA – BMD Requirement Leads to Arleigh Burke Consideration
As of early August 2011, AMI continues to receive information from source and press reporting that the Saudi Arabian Navy (SAN) is interested in the acquisition of up to five US Arleigh Burke class destroyers. The interest in the Arleigh Burke is due to the Kingdom’s increased interest in acquiring a sea-based Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability. The BMD interest has grown over the past..... more
8/1/2011ALGERIA – Corvette Program Preferred Supplier Still Being Considered
As of mid-July 2011, AMI continues to receive information concerning the Algerian Corvette Program. It appears that the program is again moving forward... more