A Russian general says placing elements of a U.S. anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic would be a “clear threat” to Moscow.
Lieutenant General Vladimir Popovkin, the chief of Russia’s Space Forces, disputed the U.S. contention that the system’s sole aim was to defend Europe against intercontinental missiles fired by hostile states outside the [...]

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JERUSALEM — Iran’s nuclear program seeks first-strike capability against Israel, a leading strategist said.
The Israeli strategist and former intelligence officer said Iran believes it could destroy the Jewish state with one nuclear weapon.
“Iranians believe that it holds, may hold, a first strike capability against Israel once it has a nuclear capability,” said Shmuel Bar, director [...]

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US plans to expand its embryonic missile defence shield to the Czech Republic and Poland are an “an obvious threat”, Russia military officials say.
Poland has confirmed the US wants to negotiate the use of its territory to build part of its missile defence base.
On Sunday, the US asked permission from the Czech Republic and received [...]

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In the last few weeks and months, two important new military capabilities were apparently demonstrated by China to show the U.S. emerging — and some say troubling – new Chinese military powers. First, in October of 2006, a Chinese Song Class diesel electric submarine crept covertly to within five nautical miles of the USS Kitty [...]

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A few inquiries from colleagues here Stateside led this blog to do some investigative work recently on the level of anti-Semitism among Sweden’s left. The result was disturbing, to say the least. This post is a first effort to respond to those inquiries, and to shed light on one of the most dangerous trends in [...]

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TZEELIM MILITARY BASE, Israel: Under the cover of thick smoke, a Muslim call to prayer ringing in the background, masked Israeli commandos stormed a concrete building in a dense mock neighborhood and “killed” a pair of guerrillas — preparing for the next round with the Lebanese Hezbollah after last summer’s 34-day war.
The Monday war drill, [...]

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Buoyed by billions of dollars in subsidies pushed through Congress by the Bush administration, the U.S. nuclear power industry says 2007 is the year its plans for a “renaissance” will reach critical mass.
“We see a wave,” said Steve Kerekes, a spokesman with the Nuclear Energy Institute, the industry’s chief lobbying arm, pointing to letters of [...]

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The arrival of the 21st century has seen the emergence of a new, modern ‘cold war’. This ‘cold war’ could even be called the Third World war because of its large scale and dynamics. This phase of global rivalry is different from antecedent conflicts in that today’s violence is more covert than the violence [...]

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A country halfway between militarism and democracy.
China’s generals have not just blown to bits a satellite. They have made China’s diplomats look like fools or knaves. The Foreign Ministry, which put huge effort last year into promulgating President Hu Jintao’s “peaceful rise” slogan, is not amused.
That charm offensive was designed to convince the world that [...]

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The global view of the United States’ role in world affairs has significantly deteriorated over the last year according to a BBC World Service poll of more than 26,000 people across 25 different countries.
As the United States government prepares to send a further 21,500 troops to Iraq, the survey reveals that three in four (73%) [...]

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1913 Intel monitors open source information of strategic and geopolitical significance to individuals who follow international developments.
Some of the general types of information followed:
1. Direct and indirect threats to the United States and its allies such as Israel.
2. Developments in Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
3. Military and political changes in the world that [...]

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The startling disclosure that China successfully launched a long-range precision missile strike that obliterated one of its own satellites has definitely spooked defense analysts in Washington, Taipei, and Tokyo who are worried about the mainland’s push to develop anti-satellite capabilities. Yet the news is also sure to embolden critics about the need to toughen export [...]

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LONDON [MENL] — Iran has discussed additional missile technology and systems from North Korea.
Western intelligence sources said an Iranian delegation has arrived in North Korea for talks on ballistic missile development. The sources said the delegation was comprised of senior officials authorized to acquire warhead and missile technology from Pyongyang.
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Moscow’s latest spat with Minsk over oil and gas prices effectively ended the pretense of forming the Union State between Russia and Belarus as well as making it obvious that regardless of its energy superpower status, Russia has no reliable allies and is forced to act as a lone ranger on the international scene.
The gas [...]

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NEW DELHI: The Dragon has done it again. China’s test of a ballistic missile to knock down a satellite in space, apart from evoking widespread concern around the globe, has sent alarm bells ringing in India’s defence and security establishment.
Though it is believed that China’s ASAT (anti-satellite) weapon system test on January 11 was [...]

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he hoped to bring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to international trial for incitement to genocide.
Ahmadinejad has provoked international outcry by referring to the killing of six million Jews in World war Two as a “myth” and calling for Israel to be “wiped off the [...]

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Although most of the world press has done an admirable job reporting on the developments of the Iranian nuclear program, the threat to both Israel and the world that Iran presents cannot be understated. This special report has been produced as a resource to use when discussing the Iran threat. It is currently unclear what [...]

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The Russian Parliament has approved a new Bill to consolidate all of Russia’s nuclear fuel production and export companies into a single state-owned holding company, called Atomprom.
Sergei Kiriyenko, the former Prime Minister who heads Rusatom, the Russian nuclear industry agency, said: “There is a renaissance of atomic energy in the world, and our task is [...]

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Nine hundred Chinese missiles are pointed at Taiwan.
That’s what a United States Defense Department report said on Monday.
The report said that China keeps increasing the amount of missiles aimed at Taiwan. It also said that China could destroy Taiwan’s air force if war breaks out.
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China’s recently acquired ability to disable space-based satellites received due attention by practically every major power around the world. Much of the analysis surrounding the January 11 test has centered on the threat that this capability poses for the United States. Clearly, the U.S. position in space has been somewhat compromised by the Chinese since [...]

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This report was released about a week after the satellite shoot-down.
The very respected author covers a lot of ground in the development and doctrines behind China’s ASAT thoughts and programs.
Its 80 pages long so read at your leisure.
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