China circled by chain of US anti-missile systems

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Afghanistan, Air Force Colonel, Crescent, Deployment, Eastern Europe, Japan, Military Affairs, Military Strategist, Missile System, Missile Systems, Neighborhood, Periphery, Political Science, Russia, Shanghai Institute, South China Sea, South India, Stretches

Air force colonel Dai Xu, a renowned military strategist, wrote in an article released this month that “China is in a crescent-shaped ring of encirclement. The ring begins in Japan, stretches through nations in the South China Sea to India, and ends in Afghanistan. Washington’s deployment of anti-missile systems around China’s periphery forms a crescent-shaped [...]

China’s Conventional Cruise and Ballistic Missile Force Modernization and Deployment – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in January 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, Bomber Forces, Cruise Missile Attack, Force Modernization, Inf Treaty, Intermediate Range, IRBM, Iskander, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Missile Force, Missile Programs, Missile System, Missile Systems, November 14, Novosti, Nuclear Warhead, Range Ballistic Missile, Russian Forces, Russian Threats, Tbm

China’s IRBM and cruise missile programs have caught Moscow’s attention, but Russian forces are limited in their ability to respond with a counter strike to a TBM or cruise missile attack, short of using their strategic bomber forces or inter-continental ballistic missile systems (ICBMs). The lack of a credible intermediate range strike system against China [...]

Russian Bulava failure blamed on defect – UPI.com

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

Published in Russia, Attempts, Ballistic Missile, Bulava, Industry Source, Missile System, North Sea, Novosti, Russia, Russian Missile, Self Destruct, Submarine, Test Failure, Unidentified Source, Upi

A defense industry source said Monday the failure of Russia’s Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile was due to a defective steering system.
The unidentified source said the July 15 test of the missile in the North Sea resulted in a self-destruct during its first stage because of the defective system. RIA Novosti said the test failure marked [...]

US to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010: US official

Posted by Matt in October 19th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Air Missiles, Alexander, Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary, Batteries, International Security, Missile System, Patriot Missiles, Poland, Rotations, Secretary Of Defence, United Air, United States, Warsaw

The United States will deploy ground-to-air Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010 and is discussing its plans for a new anti-missile system with Warsaw, a US defence official said Friday.
“We presented some detailed information on how the rotations of our Patriot batteries would be conducted over the next few years under the August 2008 agreement” [...]

Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in October 3rd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Consultation, Europe, Iran Nuclear, Medium Range Missile, Middle East, Military Dimensions, Ministry Of Defense, Missile System, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Payload, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons, Nytimes, Shahab-3

The report, titled “Possible Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program,” was produced in consultation with a range of nuclear weapons experts inside and outside the agency. It draws a picture of a complex program, run by Iran’s Ministry of Defense, “aimed at the development of a nuclear payload to be delivered using the Shahab 3 [...]

Israeli MP says S-300 missiles may force airstrike on Iran – WashingtonTV