I found this article very disturbing. The thought of nuclear war with Russia and/or China is not even on the radar screen of the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.
Think about the threats to the United States today. Yes, there are a lot of bad guys out there gunning for us. However, the amount of damage [...]
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Posted by Matt in December 9th, 2008 | no comment
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Russia to cut military to 1 million by 2012
Posted by Matt in October 8th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, 1 Million, Anatoly Serdyukov, Armed Forces, Defense Budgets, Defense Minister, Inefficiency, kremlin, Low Morale, Russia Plans, Steady Increases
Russia plans to trim its armed forces by more than 10 percent by 2012 with radical cuts among the officer ranks, the defense minister said Wednesday.
The Kremlin plans to streamline and modernize the military which has suffered from inefficiency and low morale despite steady increases in defense budgets in recent years.
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said [...]
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