Let the Red Times Roll | Foreign Policy

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

Published in China, 60th Anniversary, beijing, Df, Flatbed Trucks, Foreign Observers, Foreign Policy, Liberation Army Soldiers, Military Hardware, Military Parade, Nuclear Missiles, Range Missiles, Rehearsal, Republic Of China, Showcase, skimming, Snafus, Taiwan, Targets, Yj

Beijing has spared no expense to ensure that the military parade and mass pageant planned for October 1 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China are both spectacular and free from security snafus.
Goose-stepping out: China’s Oct. 1 military parade will showcase some of its most advanced military hardware, perhaps intended to [...]

Russia eyes French warship after Georgia conflict | Reuters

Posted by Matt in September 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Conflict, Exposed, France, French Warship, Georgia Russia, Helicopter Carrier, Military Hardware, Mistral Class, Navy Chief, Reuters, Top Brass

Russia’s navy chief said on Friday that a Mistral-class warship the military wants to buy from France would have helped it fight its five-day war against Georgia last year.
The top brass say they want to buy the 21,300-tonne helicopter carrier from France after the conflict exposed Russia’s military hardware as largely outdated.
Russia eyes French warship [...]

Why the US Weapons Industry Has Lost Brazil and LatAm to China and Europe

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

Published in Americas, Brazil, Brazil, Brazzil, China News, Europe News, Fighter Jets, India, Latam, Latin American Countries, Latin-America, Lawmakers, LOST, Military Hardware, Political Restrictions, Proclivity, Recent History, Russia, weapons, Western Europe

The news that Brazil is planning to buy French fighter jets confirms a trend across Latin America that is based in recent history and the proclivity of US lawmakers to put political restrictions on what customers can and cannot do with their purchases.
This had convinced many Latin American countries that it is more reliable and [...]

The Russian Military Is Facing Severe Crisis

Posted by Matt in July 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Acquisitions, Crisis Planning, Economic Crisis, kremlin, Medvedev, Military Hardware, Military Orders, New Hardware, Nuclear Weapons, Optimism, Poor Maintenance, Rank And File, Rubbles, Russia, Russian Military, Spite, Verge

On paper the Kremlin has allocated plans of military orders totaling 1,300 RUB (billion Russian Rubbles), of which 332 billion RUB will be acquisitions of new military hardware. However, analysts estimate that these figures were set before the world economic crisis eradicated such planning all over the world and Russia would not be excluded from [...]

Analysis: East Fleet prepares — Part 1

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Chinese Navy, East Sea, Investments, Military Hardware, Navy Bases, North Sea, S South, Satellite Photos, Sea Fleet, South Sea, Steady Expansion, Submarine Flotilla, Taiwan

Over the past 15 years, the Chinese navy’s East Sea Fleet has been fortifying its military hardware in preparation for a fight against Taiwan. Along with the steady expansion of the fleet, huge investments have gone into modernizing and upgrading navy bases.
In particular, submarine bases and airport facilities have undergone major revamping. Satellite photos have [...]

China’s weapons — Part 1

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

Published in China, Military, 1950s, Air Force, Airlift Force, Armed Forces, Army Air, Artillery, China Air, Combat Aircraft, Decades, Military Aircraft, Military Hardware, Military Spending, Military Transport Aircraft, Modern China, Soviet War, Successes, War Planes, weapons

Despite successes in the last few decades, China’s armed forces are still rather backward, which is another incentive for increasing military spending. Its ground forces are relatively numerous, but it does not have enough modern military hardware; its army air defense system is weak, and its artillery is insufficiently mobile. The same is true of [...]

Red as in Rust

Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Bluster, Conventional Forces, Deck Defense, First Glimpse, Flight Deck, Geoff Morrell, Intelligence Officers, Military Hardware, Military Observers, Military Parades, New Weapon, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Forces, Pentagon Spokesman, Red Square, Rust, Soviet Army, Steep Decline, Video Russia, Vladimir Dvorkin, Weapon System

Yes, Russia’s military is falling apart. So where do I get off claiming that America needs to worry about a nuclear attack from Russia? It is Russia’s nuclear forces that we need to worry about not their conventional forces.
Russia’s nuclear forces have problems too. They’re falling apart as well. However, these nuclear forces are still [...]

Damascus Talks Peace, Bids for Sophisticated Military Hardware

Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Syria, Air Defenses, Air Force, damascus, Delegation, Israel, Main Categories, Military Hardware, Military Sources, moscow, Munitions Industry, Peace Talks, Russia, tehran

When Damascus confirmed peace talks with Israel on May 21, a secret high-powered military purchasing delegation, headed by air force-air defenses commander Gen. Akhmad Ratyb, was already in Moscow. With a $5 billion allocation in hand from Tehran, the delegation was bidding for the most advanced products of Russia’s munitions industry.
The six main categories of [...]