ANALYSIS: More `near-nuclear’ states may loom

Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, 1950s, 1960s, Bomb, bombs, Building Bombs, Gulf War, infrastructure, iraq, Nuclear States, Nuclear Weapons Capabilities, Nuclear Weapons Programs, Pakistan India, Rollback, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Scientists, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, War Weapons

Those are the 40-plus countries with the scientists, engineers and infrastructure for building bombs — and in at least one other case, that of South Africa, a history of having done so.
About a dozen are nuclear “rollback” states, ranging from Sweden and Switzerland, which seriously researched the weapon option in the 1950s and 1960s and [...]

When the nukes start dropping …

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Syria, War, 6 Million, Armageddon, Biological Weapon, Carthage, Chemical Weapon, Civilian Buildings, Cnn, Counterattack, infrastructure, Iran, Israel, Israeli Population, Launch, Mid East, Missile Strike, Nuclear Capacity, Nuclear War, Population Centers, Roman Destruction, scenarios, Syria, Third Punic War

The rest of the report speculates on various other assorted scenarios for Mid-East Armageddon. Syria, generally assumed to be many years away from possessing a nuclear capacity, might, for some reason, decide to launch a CBW (chemical, biological weapon) missile strike on Israeli population centers.
Israeli dead under this scenario would once again be between 200,000 [...]

Russia’s New Militarism

Posted by Matt in May 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Banner, Communist Symbols, Economy, Former President, Inaugural Address, infrastructure, Key Role, kremlin, Medvedev, militarism, Military Flag, Nostalgia, Political Opposition, Presidency, Realization, Russia Flag, Russians, Soviet Anthem, Style Control, Virtual One

Former president Putin initiated Russia’s move to regain “great power” status by consolidating Soviet-style control over resources, infrastructure, the economy, and security. He used the Kremlin’s full powers to quash all serious political opposition by recreating a virtual one-party state. He tapped national nostalgia by restoring former communist symbols such as the Soviet anthem and [...]

America’s Fading Military-Industrial Base

Posted by Matt in May 6th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Uncategorized, America History, Base History, Despots, Germany, Globe, History Dictates, infrastructure, Japan During World War Ii, Military Base, Military History, National Security, S Industrial, Terrorism, world-war-II

History dictates that protecting and maintaining a nation’s industrial base is critical to its national security and to winning wars. This is why taking out an enemy’s manufacturing infrastructure, as America did to Germany and Japan during World war II, is the first step in rendering it defenseless.
Yet today in America, despite the menace of [...]

Iranâ€™s long Term Energy Problems

Posted by Matt in April 1st, 2007 | no comment

Published in Energy, Iran, Oil, Energy, infrastructure, Iran, kazem, natural_gas, Oil, oil_exports, oil_minister, opec

While Iran has the worldâ€™s second largest reserves of Natural gas and also one of the worldâ€™s largest reserves of oil the long term energy situation here is far from bright. This is the life line of its economy yet the Iranian government is investing surprisingly rather small sums in maintaining the infrastructure and [...]