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John Stupart

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25 Sep 2026 Analysis

Taiwan takes its seas seriously. South Africa doesn't

John Stupart 9 Oct 2018 ADR archive

Zimbabwean Presidential Guard identified at Harare election shootings

John Stupart 15 Oct 2017 ADR archive

Sending the army to the townships

John Stupart 9 Nov 2016 ADR archive

Trump and African defence: could mean anything

John Stupart 4 Nov 2016 ADR archive

South Africa's comparative military disadvantage

John Stupart 21 Sep 2016 ADR archive

South African Air Force Capability 2016

John Stupart 26 Aug 2016 ADR archive

Good Order at Sea: South Africa’s Plan B

John Stupart 17 May 2016 ADR archive

Nothing fishy about Chinese vessels in South Africa

John Stupart 2 May 2016 ADR archive

Inside SA's Arms Deal: What did they buy?

John Stupart 23 Feb 2016 ADR archive

Plan B for South Africa's Military

John Stupart 30 Nov 2015 ADR archive

SAAF Pilots, Engineers, Loadmasters Receive Wings

John Stupart 13 Oct 2015 ADR archive

The Future of SANDF Peacekeeping

John Stupart 27 Sep 2015 ADR archive

SANDF UNAMID troops in rebel ambush

John Stupart 21 Aug 2015 ADR archive

South African UNAMID troops in rebel standoff

John Stupart 23 Jun 2015 ADR archive

Red Team: Sudan and the SANDF

John Stupart 11 Jun 2015 ADR archive

Defending the Defence Review

John Stupart 28 Apr 2015 ADR archive

Rheinmetall Denel Defence Day in Pictures Part 1

John Stupart 24 Apr 2015 ADR archive

Saab Signs Contract with Brazil on Weapon Acquisition for Gripen NG

John Stupart 24 Mar 2015 ADR archive

The Case of the Nigerian Contractors

John Stupart 25 Feb 2015 ADR archive

Spies, Jammers and Jihadis

John Stupart 16 Feb 2015 ADR archive

SONA2015: What about defence?

John Stupart 11 Feb 2015 ADR archive

An Election Deferred

John Stupart 22 Jan 2015 ADR archive

First Airbus A400M airlifter for Malaysia rolled out of paintshop

John Stupart 22 Jan 2015 ADR archive

Multinational task forces don't shoot silver bullets

John Stupart 10 Jan 2015 ADR archive

Africa's 2015 Conflict Barometer - Podcast

John Stupart 6 Jan 2015 ADR archive

The Year of Hard Choices for SANDF

John Stupart 1 Dec 2014 ADR archive

Uniform Idiocy

John Stupart 24 Nov 2014 ADR archive

Getting Granular on Peacekeepers

John Stupart 21 Nov 2014 ADR archive

France announces order for Airbus A330 MRTT air-to-air refuelling aircraft

John Stupart 10 Oct 2014 ADR archive

First Airbus A400M for Germany leaves the paintshop

John Stupart 29 Sep 2014 ADR archive

How the World's Terrorists Affect Africa

John Stupart 19 Sep 2014 ADR archive

AAD Day Three: A400M, Impressions, and the Air Show

John Stupart 19 Sep 2014 ADR archive

In Defence of African Aerospace and Defence

John Stupart 18 Sep 2014 ADR archive

AAD Day Two: Soft kills & Hard kills

John Stupart 18 Sep 2014 ADR archive

AAD Day One: Ministers, Thales, Rosoboron

John Stupart 28 Aug 2014 ADR archive

Airbus A400M successfully demonstrates tanker capability

John Stupart 11 Aug 2014 ADR archive

Paramount Group and Boeing Make a Deal

John Stupart 24 Jul 2014 ADR archive

South Africa's Defence Budget Speech - The important bits

John Stupart 18 Jun 2014 ADR archive

STREIT Group’s largest ever contract in Africa

John Stupart 17 Jun 2014 ADR archive

Eurosatory 2014 - Day 2

John Stupart 6 Mar 2014 ADR archive

Squaring Up Against the ADF

John Stupart 4 Mar 2014 ADR archive

SA's Military: Scrabbling for Petrol Money

John Stupart 28 Jan 2014 ADR archive

Structuring the African Military Beyond COIN

John Stupart 2 Jan 2014 ADR archive

While You Were on Holiday: DRC, South Sudan & the CAR

John Stupart 14 Nov 2013 ADR archive

Why the Congolese Government should be flexible

John Stupart 25 Oct 2013 ADR archive

Rooivalk Deployment to the DRC Appears Imminent

John Stupart 22 Oct 2013 ADR archive

Drones and Rooivalk to the DRC

John Stupart 9 Oct 2013 ADR archive

FIB's War on M23 could be heating up

John Stupart 25 Sep 2013 ADR archive

Why Kenya Must Stay in Somalia

John Stupart 19 Sep 2013 ADR archive

What the DRC tells us about South Africa's Army

John Stupart 10 Sep 2013 ADR archive

John Stupart on the DRC - eNCA

John Stupart 5 Sep 2013 ADR archive

Week 1 of FIB's War: 3 Lessons Learned

John Stupart 26 Aug 2013 ADR archive

Managing Editor John Stupart Talks DRC

John Stupart 22 Aug 2013 ADR archive

Fighting Breaks Out in Goma - Communications Tower Destroyed

John Stupart 20 Aug 2013 ADR archive

Historical Scenarios for Egypt - Part I, Brazil

John Stupart 6 Aug 2013 ADR archive

Crying Wolf - When everything is al Qaeda

John Stupart 30 Jul 2013 ADR archive

Why is South Africa Fighting Pirates in Mozambique?

John Stupart 26 Jul 2013 ADR archive

Five Things You Never Knew About the South African Military

John Stupart 22 Jul 2013 ADR archive

About Us

John Stupart 15 Jul 2013 ADR archive

Land Forces Africa Pre-show Podcast