The State of the U.S. Military

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., arsenal, Collective Decisions, Congress, Jeopardy, Military Equipment, Military Personnel, Planes, Platforms, Republican Presidents, ships, tanks, Tools

Regrettably, the tools required to sustain all of these efforts are in jeopardy. The collective decisions by Congress and both Democratic and Republican Presidents over the past 15 years have left the U.S. military using equipment that is extremely old and, in many cases, outdated.
While compensation for military personnel continues to rise necessarily and deservedly, [...]

White House OKs Taiwan arms package – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Taiwan, Administration Officials, Air Forces, Angry Response, Anonymity, Black Hawk, China, Communications Equipment, Defense Communications, Hawk, jets, Military Equipment, Military Helicopters, Missile Defenses, Patriot Pac, Taiwan Arms, Taiwanese Military, Uh, Washington Times, White House

Angry response likely from China over military equipment
The long-delayed arms package will include offers of sales of UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopters and additional Patriot PAC-3 missile defenses, but not additional F-16 jets that the island’s government has sought to modernize its air forces, according to congressional and administration officials.
Additionally, the Taiwanese military [...]

Iran’s Ardebili Speaks of Iran War Preparations – ABC News

Posted by Matt in December 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, War, Abc News, Ardebili, Government Agent, Iran News, Iranian Government, Military Equipment, Undercover Agents, United States, War News, War Preparations

An Iranian government agent, who was secretly arrested two years ago and extradited to the U.S. for trying to export high tech American military equipment to Iran, told U.S. undercover agents he was helping his country prepare for a war with the United States that Iran was convinced was coming.
Iran’s Ardebili Speaks of Iran [...]

Hezbollah has global fundraising reach – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in November 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Ample Evidence, Banks, Beirut, Cocaine Smuggling, Colombian Law, Fundraising, Global Reach, hezbollah, Hong Kong, Iran, Law Enforcement Authorities, Military Equipment, Panama, Syria, Upi

But over the years, there has been ample evidence that Hezbollah has a global reach and uses its connections to raise funds and to provide smuggled military equipment to supplement what it gets from Iran and Syria.
In October 2008, U.S. and Colombian law enforcement authorities broke up what they said was a Hezbollah cocaine-smuggling ring [...]

Paraguay Expresses Alarm over Recent Bolivian Arms Purchases

Posted by Matt in August 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, 100 Million, Airplanes, Authorities, Bolivia, Defense Minister, helicopters, Military Equipment, Paraguay, Paraguayan Government, Russia, San Miguel

The Paraguayan government requested a bilateral meeting with Bolivian authorities on Saturday to discuss Bolivia’s recent announcement that it will purchase up to $100 million in military equipment with credit from Russia. The deal, which is reportedly for helicopters, airplanes and other military equipment, was announced on August 12 by Bolivian defense minister Walker San [...]

US freezes arms sales to democratic Taiwan

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

Published in Military, Taiwan, arms, Asia-Pacific, Bush Administration, China, Democratic Taiwan, Internal Conflict, Military Equipment, Money, Opportunity, Perspective, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan Taiwan, Tensions

Taiwan had the opportunity to buy arms for several years, but chose not to do so because of internal conflict. A little more than half the island preferred to spend money on social programs instead of expensive military equipment.
From the article:
US says there is no pressing and compelling need at this moment for arms sales [...]