Report: Russia may arm Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads

Posted by Matt in August 18th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Baltic Fleet, Caucasus, Cruisers, Europe, Fighter Bombers, Lithuania, Missile Defense Shield, Nuclear Warheads, Poland, Russia, Russian Threat, submarines, Sunday Times

New Russian threat comes in response to war in Caucasus, US-Poland deal for missile defense shield in Europe. According to Sunday Times, nuclear warheads could be supplied to submarines, cruisers and fighter bombers of Russia’s Baltic fleet based between Poland and Lithuania
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China Deploys Bomber Coverage Of Korea And Taiwan From Shandong Peninsula

Posted by Matt in June 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, 7a, Aerial Support, Aircraft Hangars, Aircraft Maintenance, Attacker, China, Fighter Bombers, Jh, Jining, Line Maintenance, Military Airport, Military Bases In Korea, Shandong Peninsula, Taiwan Strait, Underground

The JH-7A fighter-bombers of China’s No. 5 Attacker Division deployed on the Shandong Peninsula theoretically could cover all the U.S. military bases in Korea and the Taiwan Strait.
They also could receive aerial support from the J-11 fighters deployed at the No. 19 Fighter Division at Jining in southwestern Shandong. Jining has the best military airport [...]

The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria

Posted by Matt in June 25th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Syria, 1 Billion, Aviation, Bashar Al Assad, Business Daily, Defense Missile, Fighter Bombers, Georgia Russia, Israel News, Jet Fighters, jets, Kommersant, M2, Medium Range Missile, Mig, Military, Military Engineers, Military Ties, Missile System, Missile Systems, Monopoly, moscow, Novgorod, Planes, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Embassy Officials, Sokol, Stockpile, Strange Story, Syria, Syrian President Bashar Al, Tartous, Timesonline, Ynetnews

Moscow’s respected business daily Kommersant reported that Russia’s arms-trading monopoly Rosoboronexport has begun to fulfill an arms deal it secretly signed with Syria this year to sell five MiG-31E jet fighters, considered among the best in the world, and an additional unspecified number of the newest MiG-29M/M2 fighter-bombers.
The paper reported the total price to be [...]