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China circled by chain of US anti-missile systems

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

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 [...]

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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, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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 [...]

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

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

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

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The Chinese Navy’s Budding Overseas Presence

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

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 [...]

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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, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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 [...]

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

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Israeli Army To Protect Soldiers From Rockets With ‘Shock Absorber’ – The Philadelphia Bulletin

Posted by Matt in October 10th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Israel, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Israel Military Industries developed the “Shock Absorber,”
the first system of its kind in the world, which locates the launching
of anti-tank rockets at ground forces and disrupts their flight.
Shock Absorber is a mobile system mounted on the back of infantry
troops that enables deployment on the ground within minutes. After the
system is stationed on the ground, near [...]

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Chinks in the armour – China – World – NEWS – The Times of India

Posted by Matt in October 3rd, 2009 | no comment 
Published in China, India, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“All this talk of the ‘peaceful rise’ of China should not lull us into sleep,” says a senior army officer. He draws attention to Chinese deployment of medium-range ballistic missiles on the Tibetan plateau, which clearly target India. Besides, a satellite pictures analysis shows 58 missile launch pads and command and control facilities spread over [...]

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Nuclear Submarines Deployed to Deter U.S. Interference in Russia’s Confrontation with Georgia – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in August 9th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The sharp increase in tension between Georgia and Russia and the deployment of the Akula nuclear submarines close to the U.S. mainland might not be coincidental. Moscow sees the confrontation with Georgia as a proxy standoff with the U.S. and NATO. In September 2008 after the August war, the Russian military staged major strategic exercises [...]

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