How the United States Lost the Naval War of 2015

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Conflict, U.S., Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carriers, Decline, Dominance, East China Sea, Force Structure, George Washington, Hegemon, Impressive Systems, Liberation Army Navy, Maritime Strategy, Naval Strategy, Naval War, Nuclear Submarines, Oceans Policy, Pacific Ocean, Political Fallout, Range Ballistic Missile, Submarine, Uss George Washington

Years of strategic missteps in oceans policy, naval strategy and a force structure in decline set the stage for U.S. defeat at sea in 2015. After decades of double-digit budget increases, the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) was operating some of the most impressive systems in the world, including a medium-range ballistic missile that could hit [...]

Why Does Brazil Need Nuclear Submarines? – U.S. Naval Institute

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, Nuclear, 17 December, Defense Strategy, Economic Factors, Global Prominence, Government Of Brazil, Grand Strategy, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva, Maritime Areas, Maritime Coast, Naval Strategy, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Submarine, Nuclear Submarines, Peaceful Country, Power Projection, President Luiz Inacio Lula, President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Salt Layer, Submarine Project

Brazil’s developing nuclear program shows its increasing global prominence.
The National Defense Strategy the government of Brazil released on 17 December 2008 provides little plausible military justification for the recently accelerated nuclear-powered submarine project.1 The document stresses that this traditionally peaceful country has no problems with its neighbors, acknowledging that it has been difficult, therefore, to [...]

How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works – Perimeter – Gizmodo

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

Published in Russia, Ballistic Missiles, Bombers, Doomsday, Icbm, Inter Continental, Launch, Missile, Nuclear Submarines, Nuclear Weapon, Perimeter, Russian Nukes, Scary Stuff, Silos, Soviets, Ss

Yesterday we learnt that the Soviets still have a working doomsday system in place. This is an SS-17 ICBM master missile, which are launched first. Once they are in the skies, they activate the launch for all the Russian nukes.
That includes every single nuclear weapon, every one of the Russian Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles in ground [...]

Nuclear Submarines Deployed to Deter U.S. Interference in Russia’s Confrontation with Georgia – The Jamestown Foundation

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

Published in Russia, Air Sea, Conflicts, Confrontation, Deployment, Exercises, Firestorm, Georgia Russia, Interference, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, kremlin, Land War, Mainland, Medvedev, moscow, Nuclear Conflict, Nuclear Submarines, Real War, Russian Military, standoff

The sharp increase in tension between Georgia and Russia and the deployment of the Akula nuclear submarines close to the U.S. mainland might not be coincidental. Moscow sees the confrontation with Georgia as a proxy standoff with the U.S. and NATO. In September 2008 after the August war, the Russian military staged major strategic exercises [...]

Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S. – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in August 4th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Russia, Attack Submarines, Coasts, Cold-War, East Coast, Eastern Seaboard, Echoes, Fleets, Intelligence Agencies, Military Secrets, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Submarines, Nytimes, Pentagon, Russian Attack, Russian Military, Russian Submarines, Russian Subs, Soviet Union, United States

A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.
The episode has echoes of the cold war era, when the United States [...]

India rising, and flexing military muscles

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

Published in India, Air Force, Aircraft Carrier, Army, Aspiration, Australia, Carrier Battle Groups, Constructive Role, Fleet, Global Arena, India Military, Indian Ocean, Military Capacity, Military Power, Muscles, No Doubt, Nuclear Submarines, Ranjan, Research Foundation, Weapon Systems

As its military capacity swells, India’s potential to project its growing military might in the Indian Ocean – a region of great strategic importance to Australia – could be relatively unimpeded.
Deba Ranjan Mohanty, a strategic analyst at Delhi’s Observer Research Foundation, says that by about 2025 India is likely to have three to four aircraft [...]

Russia lays down 2nd Graney class nuclear sub | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire

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

Published in Russia, Anastasia, Blogged, Cruise-Missiles, Fire Control Systems, Flock Browser, Kazan, Newswire, Nuclear Submarines, Nuclear Warheads, Ria Novosti, Russia, Russian Navy, Russian News, Severodvinsk, Spokeswoman, Submarine, Surface Warships, Targets, Top News

Graney class nuclear submarines combine the ability to launch a variety of long-range cruise missiles (up to 3,100 miles) with nuclear warheads, and effectively engage hostile submarines, surface warships and land-based targets.
The Kazan submarine will feature more advanced equipment than the first vessel in the series -the Severodvinsk, which was laid down in 1992 and [...]

1913 Intel is Now a Membership Site

Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in general, 1913 Intel, Animals, Array, Ballistic Missile Submarines, Ballistic Missiles, Conversion, Economic Recovery, Industrialization, Intel, Israel, Nuclear Submarines, Pandemic, Probability, Rogue States

I have made the complete conversion to a membership site. New posts will be available to members by simply logging into the blog. Old posts will still be available to everyone.
If you wish to become a member then please check out the “Subscribe” link at the top of the page.
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You remember how [...]

Russia Will Retain as Many Nuclear Weapons as Possible

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

Published in Military, Nuclear, Russia, American President, Binding Treaty, Bombers, Control Negotiations, Country Russia, Cynical Ploy, Delivery Systems, Military Superiority, Notion, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Delivery, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Missiles, Nuclear Submarines, Nuclear Weapons, Russian Military, Russian Nuclear Forces, Warheads

The notion of significant nuclear disarmament is unacceptable to the Russian military and coming from an American president it is regarded as a cynical ploy to gain total military superiority over the country. …
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Russia is struggling to maintain and replace its ageing strategic nuclear delivery systems -missiles, bombers and nuclear submarines. In any case, by [...]