Back in 2002, a Rand Corporation analyst named Laurent Murawiec gave a briefing to the Pentagon’s advisory Defense Policy Board, in which he described Saudi Arabia as the “kernel of evil… active at every level of the terror chain, from planners to financiers, from cadre to foot-soldier, from ideologist to cheerleader.” Every word of that [...]

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Iran has successfully tested a new fighter plane named Azarakhsh (Thunder), confirmed Minister of Defense Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar Monday morning. “Thunder” has been manufactured in cooperation with experts from the Army, Defense Ministry and HESA aircarft manufacturing industries in the central province of Isfahan, the minister told reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony held on [...]

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Trident may be the only U.S. corporate-intelligence firm staffed by ex-KGB agents
In late May, a Russian agent slipped unnoticed into a Moscow movie theater showing Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. He donned night-vision goggles, scanned the theater, and spotted his target. But this was no Cold War spy scenario: The agent was [...]

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The price of petroleum in the international market exceeded $75 per barrel, but local prices of fuel derivatives will not change. The price of fuel oil charged to major industries, including those generating electricity, rose by 70 per cent since May 2006, but the price of electricity will remain the same.
The loss to treasury from [...]

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Apparently expecting petrodollar-fed budgetary infusions, Russia’s navy expects to reinforce its Black Sea Fleet with new units, beef up its Novorossiysk base on Russian territory, and attempt to cling to the Sevastopol base in Ukraine past the 2017 deadline. Such is the gist of remarks by the commander-in-chief of Russia’s naval forces, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, [...]

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Admiral Vladimir Masorin, commander-in-chief of Russia’s naval forces, announced ambitious plans to expand the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s forces and missions during his just-completed visit to the fleet’s main base at Sevastopol in Ukraine. The plans focus on developing Novorossiysk as a major naval base on Russian territory, retaining Sevastopol (past 2017 if it possible), [...]

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Moscow, Aug. 6 (PTI): Russia today deployed its latest air defence missiles near here to protect the capital from attacks by stealth aircraft and missiles and would be ready to offer the systems to foreign buyers after two years of trials by the Air Force.
First S-400 Triumph missile complex (NATO codename SA-21 Growler), commissioned near [...]

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For first time since Iron Curtain’s fall, Russia to set up naval base on Syrian soil.
Another phase in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s imperialistic aspirations is being realized. It was just a matter of time before the Russian navy returned to the Mediterranean and resumed permanent command over the Syrian ports of Tartus and Latakia, which [...]

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BEIJING – China used the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) last Wednesday to send a belligerent message to the pro-independent government of Taiwan that Beijing will not tolerate the island’s increasingly bold steps to gain formal independence.
Showcasing China’s growing confidence as a military power, nationwide celebrations last week brought [...]

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The New Arms Race
The Russian navy plans on producing a new submarine-based missile system in 2008. It is part of a big increase in the country’s spending on research, development and procurement of weaponry, prompting fears of a new cold war.
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