Iran begins production of cruise missiles

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

Published in Iran, Military, Arsenal News, Cruise-Missiles, Missiles Iran, New Element

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

New Syrian-supplied weapon enables Hizballah to shoot down Israeli aircraft

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

Published in Israel, Middle East, Syria, Caution, Cruise-Missiles, damascus, Debkafile, Drones, Espionage, helicopters, hezbollah, Hizballah, Igla, Israeli Aircraft, Military Sources, New Weapons, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missiles, Surveillance Aircraft, Syria, Terrorism Security, Transports, Warplanes, Weather Conditions

Syria has defied Israel’s caution that handing over new strategic weapons to the Lebanese Hizballah would compel Israel to strike targets inside Syria. debkafile’s military sources disclose that Damascus has just smuggled across the border a number of Russian-made IGLA-S surface-to-air missiles capable of intercepting low-flying F-16 warplanes, drones, helicopters, cruise missiles, transports and surveillance [...]

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

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

Published in Military, Atomic Weapons, Barack Obama, Cruise Line, Cruise-Missiles, Government Sources, Japan Sea, Japan Times, Nuclear Missiles, Nuclear Warheads, Sea Cruise, Tomahawk Missiles, United States

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

Underestimating China – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 11th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in China, Aegis Cruisers, Aircraft Carriers, Ballistic Missile, Commercial Container, Container Ship, Cruise Missile, Cruise-Missiles, Defensive Purposes, destroyers, Lyons, Military Forces, Modernization, Russia, Ship Cruise, Ss, Subterfuge, sunburn, Surface Combatants, Washington Times, Weapons System

Though China professes that the modernization of its military forces threatens no one and is only for defensive purposes, it is classic Chinese subterfuge. Every new weapons system it has acquired or developed is designed specifically to target or intimidate U.S. military forces. For example, China’s development of an anti-ship ballistic missile is designed to [...]

China pointing about 1,500 missiles at Taiwan: Taipei official

Posted by Matt in October 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Anonymity, Chinese China, Countries Of The World, Cruise-Missiles, Defence Ministry Spokesman, Google, Google Maps, Indian Border, Infrastructure Upgrades, Major Cities, Nuclear Warhead, Range Ballistic Missiles, Rise Of China, Ruse, Scale Model, Signs, Taiwan Taipei, Underground Bunkers, World China

This is just another example showing how the peaceful rise of China is just a ruse. Another example would be the scale model of the Indian border as found on Google Maps., and the infrastructure upgrades China has made along the Indian border to faciliate the movement of troops. And what about the underground bunkers [...]

South Korea deploys long-range cruise missiles

Posted by Matt in October 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, China, Cruise-Missiles, Government Sources, Japan, Korea South, Leading News Resource, Missile, Munhwa Ilbo, News Report, North-Korea, Pakistan, seoul, South Korean Government, South-Korea

South Korea has deployed new longer-range cruise missiles that could reach not only North Korea but also parts of China and Japan, a news report said on Thursday. Munhwa Ilbo newspaper said Seoul began mass-producing the “Hyunmu-3” missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometres early this year. The paper, quoting US and South Korean government [...]

AFP: Israel gets two more German submarines

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Afp, arsenal, Cruise-Missiles, German Government, German Submarines, Israel, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Platforms, Subs

The submarines, called U212s, can launch cruise missiles carrying nuclear warheads, although when it confirmed the sale in 2006 the German government said the two vessels were not equipped to carry nuclear weapons.
The subs were ordered in 2005 and delivery was initially expected in 2010.
Including the two new ones, Israel has five German submarines — [...]

Wary of an Israeli Attack, Putin Arms Iran | Pajamas Media

Posted by Matt in September 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Russia, Arctic Sea, Cruise-Missiles, Dictatorship, Hijacking, Iran, Israeli Attack, Israeli Security Forces, Lame Attempt, Logs, Maritime Mystery, Missile, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Installations, Outrage, Pajamas Media, Russian Forces, S 300, Smoking Gun, Surveillance, Times Of London

Two days before Netanyahu disappeared, the Times of London solved that maritime mystery. There were no logs in the hold of the Arctic Sea. Instead, there were log-shaped S-300 Russian anti-missile missiles, and their destination was not Africa but Iran. Desperate to interrupt the Russian effort, Israeli security forces who had the ship under surveillance [...]

Did Israel hijack Russian ship [Arctic Sea] to stop Iran arms shipment? | International | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in August 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Russia, Arctic Sea, Classic Conspiracy Theories, Cruise-Missiles, Defense Experts, Enemies, Hijack, Hijackers, International Jerusalem Post, Israeli Officials, Medvedev, moscow, Mossad, Novaya Gazeta, Pravda, Russian Counterpart, Russian Ship, Russians, Shimon Peres, Urgent Request, Worn Path

Pravda’s Web site reported that the ship had been smuggling cruise missiles to Iran on a well-worn path via Algeria, but a “power that has relations with Ukraine” had prevented this. Novaya Gazeta reported that the hijackers had been operating on behalf of the Mossad. It also reported that President Shimon Peres’s visit to Moscow [...]

Showdown with Russia and China: U.S. Advances First Strike Global Missile Shield System

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

Published in Russia, Air Defense Radar, B 52 Bombers, Ballistic Missile Threats, Class Destroyers, Cruise-Missiles, Interceptor Missile, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Missile Batteries, Missile Shield, Mobile Missile, Nuclear Bombers, Nuclear Missiles, Radar Stations, Range Interceptor, Sophisticated Radar, Stealth Bombers, Surveillance Satellites, U S Air, U S Air Force, Weapons In Space

“The U.S. Air Force has finished equipping its B-52 bombers with nuclear-armed cruise missiles, which are probably invisible to Russian and Chinese air-defense radar. And the air force has also enhanced the avionics on its B-2 stealth bombers to permit them to fly at extremely low altitudes in order to avoid even the most sophisticated [...]