Posted by Matt in July 4th, 2009 |
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U.S. airpower depends on the ability to overcome surface-to-air missile (SAM) defenses, and one of the key weapons for this role is the AGM-88 High Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM), which homes in on radar emissions. (You can see them, under the F/A-18’s wings in the picture, above.) The defenders can either turn off their [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 |
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China, Economy, American Exports, Argentina, Brazil, Distortions, Emerging Market Economies, European Union, Export Subsidies, Fiscal Stimulus, Government Procurement, India, Indonesia, International Trade, Licensing Requirements, Mercantilism, Mexican Trucks, New Mercantilism, Pledge, Retaliation, Russia, summit, Tariffs
The “new mercantilism” takes many forms. Despite their pledge at the first G-20 summit last fall, most of its members have erected new distortions to international trade. A number of major emerging-market economies (including Brazil, India and Russia) have raised tariffs. Argentina and Indonesia have imposed new licensing requirements on imports. The European Union and [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 |
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China, India, Military, Air Force Plane, Airbase, Army Divisions, Border, Capabilities, China Army, Chinese Territory, Combat Jets, Force Multiplier, Guwahati India, India Indian, India Military, Indian Air Force, Induction, Military Deployment, Military Officials, Military Plane, Military Presence, Plane Crash, Positioning, Potent Force, Ramps, Squadron, Su 30 Mki, Sukhoi Su 30, Times Of India
India is ramping up its military deployment along the border with China, positioning two army divisions, each comprising around 25,000 to 30,000 personnel, as also a squadron of frontline Sukhoi Su-30 MKI combat jets at a key airbase in the northeast, military officials said.
This apart, the induction of the first of three airborne warning and [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 |
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The Air Force Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published an update to its Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat. The document, which I obtained from NASIC, is sobering reading.
The latest update continues the previoususer-friendly format and describes a number of important assessments and new developments in ballistic and cruise missiles of many of the world’s major [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 |
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Australia, China, Iran, Missiles, Nuclear, arsenal, China, Intelligence, International Debate, Investigations, Iran, Kh 55, Military Officers, Missiles, Nuclear Warheads, Parliament, Shadowy Group, Speculation, Ukraine, Ukrainian Parliament, weapons
In the Ukraine, in 2001, some of this arsenal disappeared.
Up to 20 nuclear-capable Kh-55 missiles — with a 3000km range — and four 200-kiloton nuclear warheads were stolen by a shadowy group of former Russian and Ukrainian intelligence and military officers.
What happened to these weapons is the subject of international debate and much speculation.
But one [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2009 |
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The experts had visited the No. 3 military dock of the Changxing Island Shipyard — the new location of the Jiangnan Shipyard, known as the cradle of China’s defense industry — based in Shanghai, where they acquired exclusive photos of the interior of the shipyard. From these it can be deduced that China is ready [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2009 |
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China, Financial, U.S., Bank Of America, Banks, Billions Of Dollars, China Construction Bank, Chinese Banks, Chinese Money, Economy, Financial Crisis, Hand Over Fist, Making Money, Merrill, Money Hand, Net Profit, Stake
Last year China Construction Bank’s net profit soared 10% to $11.9 billion. In the same period, Bank of America, which at the time owned some 19% of the Chinese lender, earned just $4 billion, down 73% from 2007. That’s all you need to know to understand why Bank of America in May sold a 5.8% [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2009 |
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Australia, China, Australia, Australians, Bedrock, Birthright, Breast, Brim, Chill, China, Chunk, Coal, Copper, Iron Ore, Leather Hats, Mineral Riches, Nickel, Opera House, Outlanders, prosperity, Trove, Uranium
If outlanders tend to associate Australia with kangaroos, broad-brim leather hats and an opera house, many Australians are different. They think of iron ore and bauxite, copper and coal, nickel, gold and uranium, a trove of mineral riches that is their nation’s birthright and the bedrock of its prosperity.
Which explains much of the breast-beating that [...]
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