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The Realist Resurgence

Posted by Matt in October 11th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Military, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Russia is weaker than it looks, which is why NATO’s soft-power strategy can still prevail.

That was the point Sean McCormack was making about Russia’s rickety fleet. Moscow is not the threat that it wants to appear. With more than 5,000 nuclear warheads and its status as the world’s largest energy exporter, it cannot really be [...]

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India targeting China’s oil supplies

Posted by Matt in September 14th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in China, India, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Military planners in India are eyeing a crucial junction of the world which serves as the conduit for 80 per cent of China’s imported oil.
If these tensions were ever to boil over into war, India would probably exploit a crucial advantage. Its navy, which eventually plans to deploy three aircraft carriers and two nuclear-powered attack [...]

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Why Russia lacks aircraft carriers

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Military, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Soviet military policies never called for building full-fledged aircraft carriers operating multi-role warplanes. Nor did Russia draft any clear carrier construction program at the turn of the century.
On July 4, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, former chief of the Russian Navy’s Main Headquarters, said the country had to build a carrier fleet in the near future. This [...]

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Sanya base to float Chinese naval ambition

Posted by Matt in May 25th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in China, Israel, Military, general, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The question is, should we be concerned about Sanya? The answer: Yes.
The naval base centres on a huge underground complex even the most sophisticated spy satellites cannot penetrate.
It is being prepared with berths for up to 20 of the most advanced Chinese submarines, the C94 Jin-class boat, which will be capable of firing both anti-satellite [...]

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Britain Gives Go-Ahead For Two “Super Aircraft Carriers”

Posted by Matt in May 21st, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Britain, Military, , , , , , , , , ,

Britain has given a green light for the construction of two new “super-aircraft carriers” for the country’s Royal Navy, the defence ministry said Tuesday. The carriers, to be named Her Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, will be the biggest and most powerful surface warships ever constructed in Britain, the Ministry [...]

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Defense Focus: Subs vs carriers — Part 3

Posted by Matt in April 11th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Military, U.S., ,

However, as respected defense analyst David Crane pointed out in an important article in Defense Review in November 2006, U.S. nuclear-powered super-carriers today don’t carry anything lie that armor. They rely on their own speed, the size of their protective support groups and their ability to stay far out in the ocean, launching their aircraft [...]

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Subs vs. carriers — Part 2

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Military, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Similarly, neither U.S. policymakers nor the American public realize the vulnerability of giant aircraft carriers to torpedo attacks from modern fast submarines was demonstrated in 1968 when a fast Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine matched the USS Enterprise at top speed in the Pacific Ocean. That moment, vividly and thoroughly discussed in Patrick Tyler’s “Running Critical,” [...]

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Navy Lacks Plan to Defend Against `Sizzler’ Missile

Posted by Matt in April 4th, 2008 | 1 comment 
Published in China, Iran, Missiles, Russia, , , , ,

The U.S. Navy, after nearly six years of warnings from Pentagon testers, still lacks a plan for defending aircraft carriers against a supersonic Russian-built missile, according to current and former officials and Defense Department documents.
The missile, known in the West as the “Sizzler,” has been deployed by China and may be purchased by Iran. Deputy [...]

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