New Cold War. America Threatens Russia: War Games on Russia’s Doorstep

Posted by Matt in July 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, U.S., Allies, Army Soldiers, arsenal, Caucasus, Central Asia, Cold War America, Dangerous Crossroads, Deployment, Doorstep, Korean Peninsula, Military Sources, North-Korea, Patriot Missiles, Polish Forces, Regions Of The World, Rotations, U S Army, War Games, World History, world-war-II

The US is building up its weapons arsenal on Russia’s border. Confirmed by US military sources, “for the first time since the end of World War II, U.S. Army soldiers are making regular rotations into Poland”, to train Polish forces to use US made Patriot missiles.
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This deployment is not an isolated event. It is coordinated [...]

Chinese nationalists increasingly strident

Posted by Matt in July 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Aircraft Carrier, Associated Press, Blogger, Brother, China, Chinese Nationalism, Chinese Nationalists, Deployment, Global Times, Guangdong, Imperialists, Military Affairs, Yellow Sea

“The U.S. is directly threatening China by sailing an aircraft carrier into the Yellow Sea,” wrote defense blogger Brother Guangdong on the Western Military Affairs site. “China must respond firmly and show the American imperialists we won’t be pushed around.”
Even the mainstream Global Times newspaper said a carrier deployment would “certainly be a provocative action [...]

Analysis: After new START, what’s next? – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in April 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, general, Cnn, Deployment, Nuclear Capability, Nuclear Weapons, Observers, Pacific Oceans, Submarine, submarines

The submarine leg is the most difficult to cut. There are currently 14 submarines split between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. At any given time, only two submarines in each ocean are in a position to fire nuclear weapons. The others are either in port, under maintenance or traveling to or from deployment. Many observers [...]

China circled by chain of US anti-missile systems

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

Published in China, Europe, Missiles, Afghanistan, Air Force Colonel, Crescent, Deployment, Eastern Europe, Japan, Military Affairs, Military Strategist, Missile System, Missile Systems, Neighborhood, Periphery, Political Science, Russia, Shanghai Institute, South China Sea, South India, Stretches

Air force colonel Dai Xu, a renowned military strategist, wrote in an article released this month that “China is in a crescent-shaped ring of encirclement. The ring begins in Japan, stretches through nations in the South China Sea to India, and ends in Afghanistan. Washington’s deployment of anti-missile systems around China’s periphery forms a crescent-shaped [...]

DEBKAfile – Syria partially mobilizes reserves as tensions rise on Israel’s northern border

Posted by Matt in January 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Syria, Army Reserves, Brigades, Commando, damascus, Debkafile, Deployment, Golan Heights, IDF, Israel, Israeli Border, Military Sources, Mobilization, Northern Border, Syria, Tensions Rise

Friday, Jan. 22, Damascus ordered a Level 4 mobilization of Syria’s army reserves for deployment to the Golan Heights on the Israeli border, to meet what it calls “IDF plans of attack.” DEBKAfile’s military sources interpret Level 4 as referring to Syrian armored and commando brigades.
DEBKAfile – Syria partially mobilizes reserves as tensions rise [...]

Israel’s vaunted missile shield ‘flawed’ – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in January 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Missiles, Ballyhoo, Chinks, Deployment, Fanfare, Israel, Israeli Commentators, Jewish State, Missile Defense System, Missile Shield, Upi, Vaunted Defense

Despite all the media fanfare and ballyhoo about the impending deployment of another missile-defense system, Israeli commentators are warning that the Jewish state’s much-vaunted defense shield has a few chinks in it.
Israel’s vaunted missile shield ‘flawed’ – UPI.com

The Chinese Navy’s Budding Overseas Presence

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Asia, China, Military, China Economic, Chinese Military, Chinese Navy, Creation, Deployment, Economic Interests, Global Nature, Global Presence, Gulf Of Aden, Overseas Presence, Reminder, South China Sea, Taiwan Straits, U S Navy, United States

For the United States, the extended Chinese naval deployment in the Gulf of Aden, as well as discussion of the creation of a Chinese naval base in the region, should serve as a reminder that the U.S. Navy will encounter the PLAN more and more–and not solely in the Taiwan Straits, South China Sea, and [...]

Bulava Launch Failure and the Crisis of Russian Defense Industry – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Advanced Weapons, Amphibious Assault Ship, Analogous Systems, Bulava, December 17, Deployment, Edm, Failure, France, Israel, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Launch, Relative Costs, Russian Arms Control, Russian Defense Industry, Russian Defense Ministry, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Weapons Systems

The recent Bulava launch failure has implications for US-Russian arms control talks (EDM, December 17) and will determine whether the Russian defense industry is capable of delivering advanced weapons systems at qualitative levels competing with analogous systems produced abroad. The issue involves the quality of such systems, their relative costs, and the time for their [...]

DEBKAfile – Huge Saudi-Russian S-400 missile deal stalled over Israeli objections

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

Published in Missiles, Codenamed, Debkafile, Deployment, Eilat Port, Growler, Hanging Fire, Israel, Israeli Objections, Military Sources, Missile Deal, Missile Interceptors, NATO, Negev, S 400, Saudi-Arabia, Triumf

A multibillion transaction for the sale of highly sophisticated Russian S-400 Triumf (NATO codenamed SA-21 Growler) missile interceptors to Saudi Arabia is hanging fire over Israel’s objections to their deployment within easy range of the Negev and Eilat port, DEBKAfile’s military sources report.
DEBKAfile – Huge Saudi-Russian S-400 missile deal stalled over Israeli objections

Radical Steps toward ‘Minimal Nuclear Deterrence’ Continue to Undermine American Security

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

Published in Nuclear, Allies, American Security, arsenal, Assertions, Bombers, Capability, Current Ratio, Deployment, Eventuality, Family Matters, Family Security, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Warheads, Platforms, Radical Steps, Security First, Security Matters, Strategic Risk, submarines, United States

First is the idea that reducing our deterrent force to no more than 500 warheads, (from the current level of roughly 2,200) is somehow a good idea. There is no discussion, only assertions that such a force is adequate to provide deterrence not only for the U.S. but for our numerous allies that rely upon [...]