N.Korea to boost nuclear weapons capability | World | Reuters

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Nuclear, Barack Obama, Military Force, North-Korea, Nuclear Weapons Capability, Peace, Reuters

North Korea said on Tuesday it would boost its nuclear weapons capability because U.S. President Barack Obama was determined to ignore its calls for peace and bring it down by military force.
N.Korea to boost nuclear weapons capability | World | Reuters

AFP: NATO in ‘crisis’; Europe averse to military force: Gates

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Afp, Atlantic Treaty Organization, Defense Secretary, Europe, European Countries, Faces, Invest, Military Force, NATO, Nato Alliance, Nato Military, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert, Systemic Problems, weapons

The NATO alliance faces a “crisis” as European countries have grown averse to military force and failed to invest in weapons and equipment, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
“Right now, the alliance faces very serious, long-term, systemic problems,” Gates said in a speech to officers and officials from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
AFP: [...]

Russia Reports Thousands Of Chinese Troops Have ‘Gone Missing” In US | Before It’s News

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | 5 comments

Published in China, Air Forces, Armed Police, Capabilities, Chinese Forces, Chinese People, Chinese Troops, Communist China, Communist Republic, Global Powers, Gru, Intelligence Directorate, Land Sea, Military Force, Military Intelligence, Military Organization, Motherland, News Russia, People S Liberation Army, Pla, Republic Of China

These Chinese forces are all a part of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which is the unified military organization of all land, sea, and air forces of the People’s (Communist) Republic of China and is the largest military force in the World.Russia’s Foreign Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) in its end of year report on the [...]

Who should fear Russia’s new military doctrine? | ”RIA Novosti’ newswire

Posted by Matt in October 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Allies, Fear, Military Doctrine, Military Force, military news, New Addition, Newswire, Nuclear Strikes, Opponent, PreemptiveNuclearStrike, Provisions, Ria Novosti, Russia, Russian Citizens, Russian News, Soviet Union, Syria, Top News

Russia’s new military doctrine stipulates the use of preemptive nuclear strikes. Effectively, it can be used when and where necessary, and against any opponent.
In the past they have reserved the use of preemptive nuclear strikes to protect themselves and their allies,which includes Syria.
Who should fear Russia’s new military doctrine? Everyone.
Russia’s new military doctrine, which is [...]

Iranian official: We’ll blow up heart of Israel if attacked | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in October 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Cleric, Heart, Iran News, Iranian Missiles, Iranian Official, Israel, Israel Jerusalem, Israel News, Jerusalem Post, Jewish State, Military Force, Missile, Mojtaba, News Iran, Retaliation, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, United States

Iran will “blow up the heart of Israel” if the United States or the Jewish state attacked it first, a top official with Iran’s most powerful military force, the Revolutionary Guard, warned Friday.
Cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, who is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative in the Guard, said that if a US or Israeli missile lands [...]

The 2009 National Intelligence Strategy

Posted by Matt in September 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, general, Adversaries, Challenges, Espionage, Faces, Few Minutes, Intelligence Strategy, Military Force, Multilateral Action, National Intelligence, National Interests, National Security Environment, Novel, State Actors, United States

The 2009 National Intelligence Strategy is a 24 page PDF file. It may take a few minutes to load.
The United States faces a complex and rapidly changing national security environment in which nation-states, highly capable non-state actors, and other transnational forces will continue to compete with and challenge U.S. national interests. Adversaries are likely to [...]

John Bolton: It’s Crunch Time for Israel on Iran – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in July 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Air Defenses, American Officials, Barack Obama, Central Objective, Crunch Time, Defense Secretary, Foreseeable Future, Guise, jerusalem, John Bolton, Legions, Military Force, Military Option, Military Strikes, Military Weapons, Mr Gates, Nuclear Weapons Facilities, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert, Wsj

Legions of senior American officials have descended on Jerusalem recently, but the most important of them has been Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His central objective was to dissuade Israel from carrying out military strikes against Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities. Under the guise of counseling “patience,” Mr. Gates again conveyed President Barack Obama’s emphatic thumbs down [...]

Russia seeks to weaken US, West: NATO general

Posted by Matt in March 24th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Afp, Aims, Armed Services Committee, Army General, Basic Assumption, Commander Europe, Economic Leverage, Energy Security, Fall Of The Soviet Union, invasion, John Craddock, Military Action, Military Force, NATO, Nato Chief, Nato General, Russia Relations, Security Institutions, Supreme Allied Commander, U S Army, U S Senate

U.S. Army General John Craddock said Russia’s military action in Georgia last year overturned a basic assumption made by NATO after the fall of the Soviet Union — that no countries were under threat of invasion in Europe or Eurasia.
“That assumption has been now proven false,” Craddock, NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe, told the U.S. [...]

Russia’s Coming War with Georgia

Posted by Matt in February 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, War, Belli, Brokered Agreement, Caucasian Mountain, Ceasefire Violations, Coming War, Desire, Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, Military Force, moscow, Opposition, Regime, Russia, Russian Servicemen, Russo, Six Months

Six months after the French-brokered agreement ended the Russo-Georgia war on August 12, 2008 the ceasefire continues to be fragile with constant incidents that both sides describe as “provocations.”
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While snow covers the Caucasian mountain passes until May, a renewed war with Georgia is impossible. There is hope in Moscow that the Georgian opposition may still [...]

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 [...]