Secret raid on Korean shipment.
IT was just after midnight when the 69th Squadron of Israeli F15Is crossed the Syrian coast-line. On the ground, Syria’s formidable air defences went dead. An audacious raid on a Syrian target 50 miles from the Iraqi border was under way.
At a rendezvous point on the ground, a Shaldag air force [...]

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Russia Flexing Its Military Muscles
CBS News, NY - 3 hours ago
But, as CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, Russia’s military expansion isn’t just for home consumption. At London’s international arms fair …
Putin’s man vows to restore Russian power
The Age, Australia - 13 hours ago
Since Mr Putin came to power in 2000, the Kremlin has poured large amounts of cash [...]

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Less than a decade after its humiliating debt default, Russia’s economy is booming as never before. But President Putin is using his country’s newfound wealth to boost the military, stoke nationalism and, increasingly, to confront the West. Is this the beginning of a new cold war?
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My Comment:
Of course this is a new cold war. [...]

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The Scud-C is strategically worrying to Israel because Syria has deployed it with one launcher for every two missiles. The normal ratio is one to 10. The conclusion: Syria’s missiles are set up for one devastating first strike.
The second cause for concern is that the Scud-C is a notoriously inaccurate weapon. It is better for [...]

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Chinese President and General-Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) told US President George W. Bush at this year’s APEC summit that the next two years will be “a highly dangerous period” for the Taiwan Strait.
Late last month, the Chinese government pointedly expressed, through pro-Chinese media in Taiwan, its strong opposition [...]

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Amid reports in the American media that the alleged Israeli raid into Syria 10 days ago targeted a North Korean-Syrian nuclear facility, John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the UN, told The Jerusalem Post over the weekend that “simple logic” suggested North Korea and Iran could have outsourced nuclear development “to a country that [...]

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US strikes on Iran predicted as tension rises over arms smuggling and nuclear fears.
The growing US focus on confronting Iran in a proxy war inside Iraq risks triggering a direct conflict in the next few months, regional analysts are warning.
US-Iranian tensions have mounted significantly in the past few days, with heightened rhetoric on both sides [...]

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The U.S. Army, built around divisions of ten thousand to fifteen thousand soldiers since World war I, began a radical reform of its organizational structure in 2004 that designates the much smaller “brigade”—with three thousand to five thousand soldiers—as the linchpin of the army’s structure. The reforms, which took on new urgency as the strain [...]

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Report: Suspected nuclear shipment prompted IAF raid over Syria
Ynetnews, Israel - 3 hours ago
According to the Washington Post, the expert said Israel’s attitude was a sign that it had learned a lesson since destroying the Osiraq nuclear reactor in …
US Official Says Syria May Have Nuclear Ties New York Times
Syria linked to ’secret supplies’ of nuclear equipment [...]

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A careful look at articles and seminars on the topic of “information warfare” from within the People’s Liberation Army reveals that the PLA is now placing high priority on this type of computer warfare. A top-level information warfare command has been established under the Fourth Department of the PLA General Staff Headquarters.
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Taiwan Criticizes Lack of US Support
Washington Post, United States - 14 hours ago
Beijing has threatened to attack if Taiwan declares independence, and has stationed hundreds of missiles opposite the island. In 1971, the UN seat Taiwan …
Taiwan leader criticizes US saying Washington would rather improve … International Herald Tribune
Shanghai holds air-raid drill with eye on Taiwan Mail [...]

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It has become increasingly clear that Presidents Bush and Roh don’t much like each other and that their respective administrations don’t trust each other. In policy, the two capitals have fundamentally different ideas on how to treat North Korea, Washington taking a hard line while Seoul comes close to appeasing Pyongyang’s dictator, Kim Jong Il.
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