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Derek Bisaccio

Analyst, Forecast International

Derek Bisaccio is lead analyst for international defense markets at Forecast International, a sister company to Defense One.
Business

Is Azerbaijan buying Pakistani fighter jets?

Neither Baku nor Islamabad has confirmed a reported purchase of JF-17s.

  • Derek Bisaccio, Forecast International
Threats

Questions surround Russia's stealthy combat drone

Publicly unveiled in 2019, an early version of the Sukhoi-made Okhotnik-B has already made its combat debut in Ukraine.

  • Derek Bisaccio, Forecast International
Ideas

Belarus adds nukes to its military doctrine

Alexander Lukashenko has been pressing Russia's Vladimir Putin to return Soviet-era nuclear weapons to Belarus.

  • Derek Bisaccio, Forecast International