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DOD Report Forecasts Future Military Environment | Secrecy News

Posted by Matt in March 16th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Forecasts, Military, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“The challenges that Chinese leadership confronts at present are enormous, and an unsuccessful China is perhaps more worrisome than a prosperous one. China is confronting major internal problems that could have an impact on its strategic course. The country will face increasing demographic pressures as its population ages. Due to its ‘one child’ policy, China [...]

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As Its Arms Industry Withers, Russia Buys Abroad – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in March 12th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Military, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Many experts say the decline began with the end of the Soviet Union. When Russia became capitalist, they say, so did its military industry. Like much of Russian industry, it was privatized haphazardly. For example, factories and the engineering departments that designed what these factories made were sold separately.
Over time, this had a deleterious effect [...]

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Drones Are Lynchpin of Obama’s War on Terror

Posted by Matt in March 12th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Conflict, Military, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

CIA drones are killing terrorists — and civilians — in Pakistan almost every day. The unmanned aircraft are becoming the weapon of choice in the fight against al-Qaida and its allies. But the political, military and moral consequences are incalculable. SPIEGEL ONLINE has investigated Barack Obama’s remote-controlled campaign against terrorism. By SPIEGEL ONLINE Staff more…

Remote [...]

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Mistral Procurement Disguises Weak Condition of the Black Sea Fleet

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Military, Russia, , , , , , , ,

Other independent experts are equally critical of the Mistral procurement as a means of addressing the current condition of the Russian navy. Ruslan Pukhov, the Director of the Moscow-based Center of Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) summarized the venture: “When we cannot build the necessary number of corvettes and frigates, let alone destroyers, throwing [...]

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Iran begins production of cruise missiles

Posted by Matt in March 7th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Military, , , ,

Iran announced Sunday that it has started a new production line of highly accurate, short range cruise missiles, which would add a new element to the country’s already imposing arsenal.
News from The Associated Press

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China, Iran Creating ‘No-Go’ Zones to Thwart U.S. Military Power — Politics Daily

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Military, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

But now the party’s over. The United States, Pentagon strategists say, is quickly losing its ability to barge in without permission. Potential target countries and even some lukewarm allies are figuring out ingenious ways to blunt American power without trying to meet it head-on, using a combination of high-tech and low-tech jujitsu.

As Defense Secretary Robert [...]

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France-Russia Talks: Europe Wary Over Warship Sale – TIME

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Europe, Military, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

As Russian President Dmitri Medvedev wound up a three-day state visit to Paris on Wednesday, he had to be pleased with the results. After all, he virtually cinched an unprecedented military deal, bagged a significant gas contract and watched his French host, President Nicolas Sarkozy, dismiss American and European misgivings about his embrace of Moscow [...]

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U.S. to retire nuclear Tomahawk missiles | The Japan Times Online

Posted by Matt in February 24th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Military, , , , , , , , , , , ,

The United States has informally told Japan it will retire its sea-based Tomahawk cruise missiles carrying nuclear warheads, in line with President Barack Obama’s policy to pursue a world free of atomic weapons, government sources said Monday.
U.S. to retire nuclear Tomahawk missiles | The Japan Times Online

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China, S.Korea Flex Naval Muscle as U.S. Wanes

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in China, Koreas, Military, , , , , , , , , , , ,

China and South Korea are expanding their submarine fleets as the U.S. Navy shrinks its own. The conservative Heritage Foundation in a report last Tuesday said that by 2025 the number of U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean will fall from 30 to 27 while China will have 78 submarines and South Korea 26.
The [...]

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The Doomsday Plane – TIME

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Military, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates flies around the world to war zones and allies, to China and Russia and Suriname, on a Cold War relic called the Doomsday Plane. Forged in the 1970s by Boeing, it was designed to stay aloft even in the midst of nuclear war. It’s an airborne Pentagon. The plane is [...]

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