Defense Focus: Anti-Submarine Warfare Dangers — Part 1

Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., 21st Century, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Decades, Focus, Strategists, Submarine Threat, Submarine Warfare

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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Defense Focus: Makarov’s mission — Part 1

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Armed Forces, Chief Of Staff, Focus, Gloom And Doom, Important Factors, Military Power, Nikolai Makarov, Odds, Russia, Yury

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 [...]

U.N. Nuclear Inspectors to Visit Syria

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Syria, Albright, 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 [...]

Israel: Russia may be selling Syria arms

Posted by Matt in May 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Russia, Syria, Air Defense Systems, arms, Ballistic Missiles, Fighter Jets, Focus, Golan Heights, Iran, Israel, Israeli Side, Missile Systems, Nuclear Facilities, Russia, S 300, submarines, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missiles, Syria, Target, Targets

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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Defense Focus: Anti-Submarine Warfare Dangers — Part 1

Defense Focus: Makarov’s mission — Part 1

U.N. Nuclear Inspectors to Visit Syria

Israel: Russia may be selling Syria arms

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