PwC has adopted a way to examine 60 nations that include the top 50 defense-spending nations in the world, based on recent defense spending trends and other factors.
Air defense planners in Taiwan face a daunting challenge. They need to have enough capacity to deter China, which not only has a large military but, more importantly, for the past 25 years has spent heavily on modernizing that force.
One size fits all generally results in something that is ill fitting, at best. So it is with many attempts — built around the commendable push for cost savings — to field multirole weapons platforms.
Rapidly replacing the aging 707s with a fuel-efficient and low-maintenance aircraft promises huge dividends in operating costs over the life of the JSTARS.
