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The Military Balance 2006 Press Coverage

 
  • NATO chief calls for better ties with EU MB07Cover smallCollectively the EU countries spend some 190 billion U.S. dollars on defense every year compared to the U.S. expenditure of 290 billion U.S. dollars, according to figures from theInternational...
  • Merkel's U.S. visit The German military is still in the process of restructuring -- changing a Cold War force into one more easily deployable and better suited to missions like those it faces in Lebanon and Afghanistan....
  • Battle-hardened Ethiopians test limits The Ethiopian army is relying largely on Cold War-era hardware from the former Soviet Union, but it is also benefiting from more recent training by the U.S. military, with which it is allied in...
  • Ethiopia's armed forces Jane's World Armies and the International Institute of Strategic Studies estimate the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) at between 150 000 to 180 000 personnel, backed by solid but...
  • Unique missile baffles diplomats in Egypt Other countries have asked Vashchuk's company to upgrade their S-125 SAM systems. The Military Balance, an annual report published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, says...
  • Analysis: North Korea test a sign of weakness North Korea is also sandwiched by two economic powerhouses: South Korea and China. Though according to the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the north has 1.1m under arms, its...
  • The State of Military Affairs in the Caucasus For Oksana Antonenko, director of the Russia-Eurasia program at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, these radar systems “have the official objective of controlling contraband,...
  • Kim Jong Ils Bombe Etwas wahrscheinlicher ist ein konventioneller Krieg. Das kleine Nordkorea mit nur 23 Millionen Einwohnern verfügt über die fünftgrößte Armee der Welt mit 1,17 Millionen...
  • Pakistan's defence capability According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies, India's defence budget was 2.7 per cent of its GDP during 2003-04 as compared to 3.9 per cent for Pakistan, 4.1 per cent for China, 3.3...
  • A Progressive Response to Terror Today, according to The Military Balance, an annual publication of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, there are 2.8 million people enlisted in the military, roughly 1 percent of the...
  • The challenges in Afghanistan According to the 2006 edition of "The Military Balance," published annually by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the United States spends about 4 percent of its gross...
  • Lebanon's army light on firepower The Lebanese army, which was Thursday dispatching troops to the south in the first such deployment for decades, counts 60,000 active soldiers but lacks significant firepower and fighting experience,...
  • Can Lebanon's army be deployed? The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) puts the strength of the Lebanese Army at 72,000 men, including revervists, but other experts would see this rather at 40,000.  At most...
  • Singapore shows off its arsenal The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said recently that Singapore allocates nearly 10 percent of its military budget to research and development, information...
  • Lebanese army faces no-win situation At the same time, Israel’s demand that the army replace Hezbollah in the south ignores the relative weakness of the official military compared with what some Lebanese, along with Iran and...
  • Strength of Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah Following is a brief summary of the military strengths of Israel, Lebanon and the Hezbollah militia, according to experts' estimates, notably the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the...
  • Hitting Lebanon army seen as risky strategy According to the "The Military Balance ", an annual report published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Lebanese army numbers 70,000 troops, including...
  • Army ill equipped to take on Hezbollah "It is not a fighting force," Alani told AFP when contacted from London. "Hezbollah is far stronger than the Lebanese Army." According to the "The Military Balance...
  • Hezbollah a force to be reckoned with By contrast, Israel's military is made up of more than 170,000 full-time soldiers, along with 408,000 reservists, according to The Military Balance, published by the International Institute of...
  • Comparing Hezbollah And Israel's Military Estimates from the International Institute for Strategic Studies put the fighting strengths of Hezbollah at around 2,000 men. Of course, Hezbollah's main military threat is from its stockpile of more...