Russia’s Only Way to Stay Relevant: Play the Pest – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in March 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Bearing, Boris Yeltsin, Eastern Europe, Fall Of The Soviet Union, Gambit, Good Faith, Intolerable Breach, Iran Plans, kremlin, Missile-Defense, moscow, Newsweek, Nuclear Arms Reductions, Nyet, Operatives, Relevance, Sanctions On Iran, Satellite Nations, Sovereignty, Vocabulary

Is there any word in the Kremlin’s vocabulary besides nyet? It seems to be the only phrase heard by U.S. officials negotiating with Russia on sanctions on Iran, plans for missile defense in Eastern Europe, and nuclear-arms reductions—even when the American plan has little or no bearing on Russian interests. Once upon a time, the [...]

Israel Warned To Prepare For Ballistic Missile Threats – The Philadelphia Bulletin

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

Published in Israel, Ballistic Missile Threats, Defense Ministry, Egypt, Intermediate Range, Israel, Israel Military, Middle East States, Missile-Defense, Philadelphia Bulletin, Political Constraints, Range Missiles, Saudi-Arabia, Turkey, Umbrella

Israel has been urged to prepare for ballistic missile threats from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
A senior defense executive warned that Israel’s military and Defense Ministry might not have been allowed to prepare its missile defense umbrella to combat possible future threats from Middle East states, which are not directly threatening Israel at this time, [...]

Russia warns US on missile defense

Posted by Matt in October 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Associated Press, Foe, Foreign Minister, Georgia Russia, Missile Shield, Missile-Defense, NATO, Nato Nations, Neighbors, News Agencies, Russian Diplomat, Russian News, Ukraine

A top Russian diplomat suggested Thursday that the U.S. should not talk with non-NATO nations about a prospective missile shield, Russian news agencies reported.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov’s remarks appeared to reflect alarm over the idea that Western-leaning neighbors such as Ukraine or Georgia, Russia’s foe in a war last year, could potentially host U.S. [...]

DEBKAfile – Russia halts TOR-M1, S-300 air, missile defense missiles to Iran

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

Published in Iran, Russia, Air Missile, Air Missiles, Batteries, Brigades, Contingent, Debkafile, Defense Missiles, Expectation, Iran, Missile Hardware, Missile-Defense, moscow, Negotiations, Russian Army, Russians, S 300, S 400, Saudi-Arabia, Saudis, TOR-M1

According to our Moscow sources, the Russians froze the transfers of anti-missile, anti-air missiles to Iran in the expectation of Saudi Arabia following through on negotiations for the purchase of the latest word in Russian anti-missile hardware, the S-400, which is more advanced than the S-300 system now withheld from Iran. It has never been [...]

Is the U.S. Losing the Pacific? – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in September 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, American Enterprise Institute, Ballistic Missiles, beijing, Blumenthal, cyberwarfare, denial, Engagements, Estimates, Expansion Plans, Fifth Generation Technology, Fighter Jets, Kissel, Missile-Defense, Navy, Signals, Stealth, Submarine Fleet, submarines, weapons, Wsj

Yet the trend is not in America’s favor. The Obama administration has curbed the Navy’s expansion plans and sent signals that it doesn’t believe in expanding missile defense. Beijing has meanwhile poured money into access denial capabilities, including antiship ballistic missiles, cyberwarfare and antisatellite weapons. The American Enterprise Institute’s Dan Blumenthal estimates that China has [...]

Russia abandons plans to deploy missiles near Poland — latimes.com

Posted by Matt in September 19th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Russia, Czech-Republic, Defense Ministry, Kaliningrad Russia, Latimes, Ministry Spokesman, Missile Facilities, Missile Shield, Missile Systems, Missile-Defense, Missiles, moscow, Obama, Poland, Russian Enclave

Russia will drop its controversial threat to deploy missiles near Poland in a reaction to shifts in U.S. missile shield plans, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Saturday.
After President Obama decided last week to scrap the U.S. plan for missile facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, Moscow was widely expected to follow suit and abandon [...]

With missile move, Obama hands Russia a gift | Reuters

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Barack Obama, Eastern Europe, George W Bush, Iran, Missile Attack, Missile System, Missile-Defense, missiledefense, Predecessor, Republican George, Reuters, Russia, Russian Government, United States

President Barack Obama essentially handed Russia a gift on Thursday with his decision to roll back a planned U.S. missile defense in eastern Europe.
The Russian government had loudly protested U.S. plans begun by Obama’s predecessor, Republican George W. Bush, to deploy an anti-missile system in eastern Europe that the United States insisted had been aimed [...]