Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2008 |
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U.S. naval strategists followed these developments closely. They were far slower, however, to recognize that the really serious 21st century submarine threat was going to come from a technology they had abandoned decades earlier as obsolete.
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Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2008 |
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Gen. Nikolai Makarov has replaced tough, old Gen. Yury Baluyevsky as the chief of staff of Russia’s armed forces and has been tasked with rapidly modernizing them — but the odds are against him.
Despite all the stories of gloom and doom about them that regularly appear in the Western media, the Russian armed forces [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 |
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Nuclear,
Syria,
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American Intelligence,
Building Material,
Chemical Traces,
Focus,
Foundations,
Graphite,
Intelligence Agencies,
Interviews,
Piping,
Reactor,
Suspicions,
Syria,
Syrians,
Vienna
At the Euphrates site, Mr. Albright said, the agency’s inspectors should look for evidence like special piping, old foundations and chemical traces of graphite, a basic reactor building material.
“If the Syrians think that a quick visit and some interviews” will clear up the nuclear suspicions, he said, “they’re sadly mistaken.”
The senior official in Vienna said [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 21st, 2008 |
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According to the reports, the talks will focus on arms sales - including submarines, anti-aircraft missiles, the latest model MiG fighter jets and advanced surface-to-surface ballistic missiles.
Israel is particularly concerned with a Syrian request for long-range S-300 surface-to-air missiles that could threaten IAF jets flying on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights.
The S-300 is [...]
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