North Korea Massively Increases Its Special Forces – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in October 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Artillery, Korea North, Military Analysts, Missiles, North-Korea, Nuclear Bombs, Preemptive Strike, Regime, seoul, South-Korea, Special Forces, survival, World Stage

But by combining huge numbers of special forces with artillery that can devastate Seoul and missiles that can pound all of South Korea, North Korea has found an affordable way to remain terrifying, ensure regime survival and deter a preemptive strike on the nuclear bombs that make it a player on the world stage, say [...]

Are Saudi Arabia and Iran at war in Yemen?

Posted by Matt in August 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Air Strikes, Artillery, Cold-War, Economist, Foreign Policy, Iran, Katyusha, Katyusha Rockets, Los Angeles Times, Middle East, Northwestern, Proxy War, Rebel Positions, Rebels, Refugees, Saudi-Arabia, tanks, Uprising, Volleys, Yemen

Has a proxy war broken out in Yemen? The Los Angeles Times has reported that 100 Shiite rebels are dead and 100,000 refugees are on the move in the Saada region of northwestern Yemen after the Sunni-dominated government attacked rebel positions with tanks, artillery, and air strikes. According to The Economist, the rebels retaliated with [...]

China to build up arsenal

Posted by Matt in February 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Military, arsenal, Artillery, Authoritative Journal, China, Combat Strength, Missile Force, Strategic Missile

CHINA will accelerate the build-up of its nuclear and conventional arsenal to form a credible deterrent, the general in charge of the country’s strategic missile force said.
‘We will accelerate the building of our nuclear and conventional combat strength,’ said Jing Zhiyuan, the commander of the Second Artillery Corp, in an article he co-wrote for the [...]

China’s weapons — Part 1

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, 1950s, Air Force, Airlift Force, Armed Forces, Army Air, Artillery, China Air, Combat Aircraft, Decades, Military Aircraft, Military Hardware, Military Spending, Military Transport Aircraft, Modern China, Soviet War, Successes, War Planes, weapons

Despite successes in the last few decades, China’s armed forces are still rather backward, which is another incentive for increasing military spending. Its ground forces are relatively numerous, but it does not have enough modern military hardware; its army air defense system is weak, and its artillery is insufficiently mobile. The same is true of [...]

China’s nuclear warhead stockpile rising

Posted by Matt in April 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Nuclear, Artillery, Ballistic Missiles, China, Chinese Nuclear Capability, Exit Strategy, Jl, Military Service, Nuclear Strikes, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Warheads, Opponent, People S Liberation Army, Stockpile, Targets

China’s stockpile of nuclear warheads has increased sharply, with more DF-31A and JL-2 long-range strategic ballistic missiles entering service, giving it preliminary capability to engage in three-dimensional nuclear strikes upon opponent targets.
The changes in the Chinese nuclear capability started in 1995, before which the People’s Liberation Army Second Artillery Force was often teased as “a [...]