War Games Explore Military Options for Iran

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, War, Confrontations, Hardline, Iran, Iranian Nuclear Threat, Leadership, Military Options, Nuclear Issue, Nuclear Weapons Issue, Prospects, Regime, Serious Games, tanks, Vengeance, War Games

What if Iran’s hardline leadership emerges from the current confrontations at home strengthened and emboldened? If so, the nuclear issue will be back with a vengeance. And three recent war games focused on the Iranian nuclear weapons issue suggest that the prospects for halting the regime’s progress toward nuclear weapons are not good.
The games — [...]

US to hold arms reductions talks with China, Gates says – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, China Gates, China Military, Cold-War, Confrontations, Military Defence, New Delhi, Robert Gates, Telegraph, Us Defence Secretary

The US wants to open Cold War-style arms reduction talks with China to prevent future military confrontations, Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
US to hold arms reductions talks with China, Gates says – Telegraph

China’s Aircraft Carrier Kill Weapon – U.S. Naval Institute

Posted by Matt in September 19th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carriers, Asbm, Ballistic Missile, Blog, China Navy, Chinese Navy, Confrontations, Conjecture, Dong Feng, Hot Zones, Information Dissemination, Military Analysts, Naval Affairs, South China Sea, Surface Forces, Target, Tensions, Territorial Claims, U S Navy

With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a “kill weapon” developed by the Chinese to target and destroy [...]

China urges U.S. to halt surveillance near its shores | Reuters

Posted by Matt in August 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, China Economic, Confrontations, Exclusive Economic Zone, Led, Military Air, Reuters, Sea Surveillance, ships, Survey Operations

Five times this year, Chinese vessels have confronted U.S. surveillance ships in Asian waters, the U.S. Defense Department said in May. China said the U.S. vessels had intruded its territory. There has since been a sixth incident.
“China believes the constant U.S. military air and sea surveillance and survey operations in China’s exclusive economic zone had [...]

Disappearing Act

Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in Israel, Anecdote, Barrack Obama, Barry Rubin, Common Thread, Concessions, Confrontations, Disappearing Act, Doomsayer, Fatah, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Israeli Withdrawal, Jeffrey Goldberg, Mark Twain, Mcclain, New York Times, Oslo Peace Process, Paraphrase, South Lebanon, West Bank And Gaza

by Barry Rubin
Exaggerations of Israel’s demise are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain.
The question is: why is this suddenly happening now and–even more important–what is the impact of this fad going to be? The answer to the second question is very surprising so keep reading.
The suddenness of this trend is illustrated by a telling anecdote. [...]