Latest Military Balance Press Coverage
- 09 February 2012 - - Guardian - UK sells arms to repressive regimes- official
Britain is among the world's top five arms suppliers, selling more than £2bn in 2009, according to the latest figures from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The most lucrative markets, notably in the Middle East, but also the Indian subcontinent, are those where the citizens are not in a position to object or where arms sales further destabilise an already unstable region.
- 19 December 2011 - - Guardian - North Korea: 10 facts about one of the world's most secretive states
According to the IISS Military Balance 2011, North Korea has 1.19 million people on active duty (1.02 million army personnel, 60,000 navy and 110,000 air), plus 189,000 active paramilitary personnel, and a further 600,000 reservists. 5.7 million North Koreans are reservists in the worker/peasant red guard, which is compulsory to the age of 60.
- 14 December 2011 - - New York Times - Unfinished Business
Unofficial estimates vary widely. The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies credits the United States with 500 operational warheads, with fewer than half of those deployed in Europe. The 2009 report of the bipartisan U.S. Strategic Posture Commission cited reports that Russia has 3,800 operational tactical nuclear warheads, plus numerous reserves. Although others offer different estimates, Russian weapons clearly outnumber U.S. weapons by an overwhelming margin.
- 14 December 2011 - - PolitiFact - Jon Huntsman says the U.S. spends more than all other countries combined on defense
In London, for instance, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, an international think tank considered among the worlds foremost military spending authorities, summarizes the military budget of countries across the globe in its annual report, "The Military Balance." The report does not, however, compare the United States budget to the world totals. Instead, Michael OHanlon, a military analyst at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. took up that task while researching his recent boo
- 05 December 2011 - - Defence Web - Two Bell 412 helicopters delivered to Sri Lanka Air Force
The Bell 412 is mainly used for VIP transportation and was initially introduced to the Sri Lanka Air Force in 1985. It currently has eight Bell 412 helicopters in its fleet, in addition to ten Bell 212s and five Bell 206 Jet Rangers, according to the IISSs The Military Balance 2011.
- 24 November 2011 - - Bloomberg- Chinas Pacific Reach to Spur U.S. Spending on Anti-Sub Warfare
China already has 60 submarines, including eight that are nuclear powered, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, and has been conducting sea trials with its first carrier, a reconditioned former-Soviet vessel.
