YID With LID: Defense Secretary Gates Dangerously Naive About Iran

Posted by Matt in July 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Afghanistan, Bomb, Defense Secretary, Financiers, Gates, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Nuclear Attack, Patience, Primary Target, rockets, Terrorist Operations, Troops In Iraq, Weaponry, Yid

Israel’s patience is running out and will attack Iran’s nukes, with or without Obama’s approval. Not only will Israel be the primary target of any eventual Iranian bomb, but keep in mind that Iran has already fired upon Israel. The rockets of Hezbollah and Hamas (as well as other terrorist weaponry) are presents [...]

A battle over ‘the next war’

Posted by Matt in July 22nd, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in Military, U.S., War, Adversaries, Afghanistan, Air Force Maj, Armed Forces, Conflicts, Conventional Conflict, Defense Secretary, Dunlap, Fighter Pilot, Gates, iraq, Military Officers, Pilot Wing, Scale War, Wing Commander

Many military officers are pushing back against Defense Secretary Gates’ focus on preparing for more ‘asymmetric’ fighting rather than for a large, conventional conflict.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr. is not a fighter pilot, wing commander or war planner. But he is waging what many officers consider a crucial battle: ensuring that the [...]

Air Force Purge Stemmed From Future War Fights

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., Air Force Chief, Air Force Chief Of Staff, Brother, Buzz, Chief Of Staff, China, Doubts, Future War, Gates, Interchange, Moseley, North Vietnamese, Outgoing Air, Peer Competitor, Purge, Russia, Sentiments, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Vietnam

Gates expressed doubts that the United States will get into a shooting war with a “peer competitor” like Russia or China any time soon. After he was fired, the outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. “Buzz” Moseley, echoed those sentiments. Not Wynne.
“My response to Secretary Gates in that interchange was my brother was shot [...]

Gates’ reference to Russia’s nuclear capabilities alarming

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Bombers, Colonel, Concealment, Cruise-Missiles, Defense Contracts, Design Bureaus, Deterrence, Gates, General Leonid Ivashov, Missile Systems, Nuclear Capabilities, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Triad, Nuclear Weapons, Promising Projects, Russia, Russian Academy, Strikes, submarines, Topol

Colonel General Leonid Ivashov, president of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Problems, commenting on Russia’s triad of strategic nuclear weapons, including ground-based missiles, submarines and bombers said, “We are really worried by what is happening. The mobile Topol-M missile systems are vulnerable to conventional strikes; their mobility is no longer a guarantee of concealment or [...]

North Korea is “serious adversary” – US’s Gates

Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Military, Adversary, arsenal, Border, Capital Seoul, Gates, Hostile Policy, Last Friday, Military Bases, Military Force, North-Korea, Nuclear Device, Nuclear Weapons, Peninsula, Range Missiles, Sabres, South Korean, West Coast

Last Friday, North Korea, which has more than 1,000 missiles with at least 800 of them ballistic, rattled sabres by launching short-range missiles off its west coast.
Experts said North Korea, which tested a nuclear device in October 2006, developed an arsenal of short-range missiles to threaten the capital Seoul as well as South Korean and [...]

Gates, Chinese defense official spar over military

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

Published in China, Military, China, Chinese Defense, Chinese Military, Countries, Czech-Republic, Deployment, Gates, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Japan, Missile Defenses, Missile-Defense, Offensive Capabilities, Poland, Protests, Spar

Gates took on Ma’s claims that China wants only to defend itself with intercontinental ballistic missiles and is focused on defensive systems.
“I don’t know what you use them for if it’s not for offensive capabilities,” Gates told reporters Sunday. While that kind of system might be considered a deterrent for other countries, Gates said it [...]