Strategy
Angola's New Su–30Ks
This article originally appeared in the January edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. The only change has been to revise the number of aircraft acquired from 18 to […]
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What the DRC tells us about South Africa's Army
The ongoing fight by the South African Army and its allies in the DRC has thus far been going quite well. With material gains made against M23, who has now been pushed […]
Infographics
Visualizing the Small Arms Trade
Trying to produce intelligent policy responses to, and informed public debate around, the proliferation of small arms across the world requires that the information […]
News
Why is South Africa Fighting Pirates in Mozambique?
Late in December 2010, Somali pirates made an attempted hijacking of a Taiwanese and Liberian fishing vessels sailing in the Mozmbican Channel. A few days later, on […]
News
Five Things You Never Knew About the South African Military
Knowing the military - any military - is a tough task for anyone. The South African National Defence Force, or SANDF, have some particularly interesting characteristics […]
News
The State of South Africa's C-130s
ADR has tracked the ongoing state of the South African Air Force’s fleet of C-130 aircraft, which appear to be in various states of repair. Interesting to note that […]
Podcast
Land Forces Africa, Day 2
Land Forces Africa 2013 concluded its seminars and exhibition portion today, and ADR attended some of the excellent presentations held at the CSIR Convention Centre. In […]
Podcast
Land Forces Africa, Day 1
In this episode, we discuss Saab’s activities in Africa and around the world, including the current state of South Africa’s Gripens, the development of […]
Podcast
Land Forces Africa Pre-show Podcast
Land Forces Africa 2013 is the largest Southern African defence exhibition held in 2013. We sat down with Programme Director Tracey-Lee Zurcher and discussed the coming […]