Moscow Finds US Non-Strategic BMD Plans Threatening – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Barack Obama, Bewilderment, BMD, Bulgaria, Clarification, Czech-Republic, Deployments, Explanations, February 14, Gbi, interceptors, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Last September, Missile Attack, moscow, Poland, radar, Ria Novosti, Romania

This month, Romania announced that it is ready to agree to a US request to deploy so called theater BMD interceptors on its territory after 2015. Moscow intimated that it is “concerned by Romania’s decision” and demanded clarification (RIA Novosti, February 5). Later, Bulgaria announced it is considering possibly deploying US theater BMD interceptors on [...]

DEBKAfile – A new Israeli border fence linked with Egypt’s iron wall tightens Gaza siege

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Binyamin Netanyahu, Border Fence, Criminal Elements, Egypt, Egyptian Border, Egyptian Side, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israeli Border, Israeli Prime Minister, Job Seekers, radar, Security Barrier, Sensor Instruments, terrorists

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved Sunday, Jan. 10, the construction of a security barrier along the Israeli-Egyptian border. The $1.5 billion structure will be fitted with radar and sensor instruments for spotting approaching trespassers, terrorists from the Gaza Strip and Sinai, criminal elements and job-seekers while they are still on the Egyptian side of [...]

Blood Diamonds Are Back | Foreign Policy

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

Published in Africa, angola, Blood Diamonds, BloodDiamonds, Conflict Diamonds, Conflicts, Decade, Foreign Policy, Gregory Campbell, Gunpoint, Human Rights Groups, Prisoners, radar, Rough Stones, Sierra Leone, Slaves, weapons, Western Consumers

Why the U.N.-sanctioned system that’s supposed to ensure that gemstones aren’t mined at gunpoint is backfiring.
“Conflict diamonds,” also known as “blood diamonds,” are rough stones mined at gunpoint by slaves and prisoners for the enrichment of those holding the weapons. They were a cause célèbre at the beginning of the decade, when human rights groups [...]

Tension grows between China and India as Asia slips into cold war – Times Online

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

Published in Asia, China, India, 33 Years, Asia Online, AsianColdWar, beijing, China, Coastal Command, Cold-War, ColdWar, Direct Response, Hambantota, helicopters, India, Indian Ocean, Maldives, radar, ships, Slips, Sri Lanka, Surveillance Aircraft, Tension, War Times

Now, 33 years later, India is preparing to reopen the base to station surveillance aircraft, helicopters, and possibly ships, to monitor Chinese vessels in the Indian Ocean. Under a deal signed in August, India is also installing radar across the Maldives, linked to its coastal command.
Both countries publicly deny that the move is aimed at [...]

US drones protecting ships from Somali pirates

Posted by Matt in October 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Africa, Military, Associated Press, bombs, Command Headquarters, Drones, Fly, Indian Ocean, Infrared Laser, Island Nation, Jet Fighter, Military Officials, Military Surveillance, Missiles, Moeller, radar, Reapers, ships, Somali Pirates, Stuttgart Germany, Surveillance Planes

In an effort to stem the surge, unmanned U.S. military surveillance planes called MQ-9 Reapers stationed on the island nation of Seychelles are being deployed to patrol the Indian Ocean in search of pirates, Moeller told The Associated Press in an interview at command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The patrols began this week, military officials [...]

Pirates, Drugs, Russian Nukes? An Irresistible Debate Turns Serious

Posted by Matt in August 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Arctic Sea, Centuries, Continent, Disappearance, Drugs, Dynamite, First Victim, Freighter, International Security, Mafia, Notion, Piracy, Pirates, radar, Radio Contact, Ransom, Russian Officials, Simple Matter, Speculation, Suspicion

What began as a gleeful debate over the disappearance of the Arctic Sea, a Russian-operated freighter that went off the radar for weeks has turned into a serious question of international security. At first, in late July, the notion that a timber-carrying ship was the first victim of European piracy in centuries was dynamite. But [...]

China Looks to Undermine U.S. Power, With ‘Assassin’s Mace’

Posted by Matt in July 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Airpower, Assasin's Mace, Assassin, China, Emissions, High Speed, Mace, Military Trade, Missile Sam, radar, Radiation, Ramo, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Trade Show, weapons, Wings, Zhuhai

U.S. airpower depends on the ability to overcome surface-to-air missile (SAM) defenses, and one of the key weapons for this role is the AGM-88 High Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM), which homes in on radar emissions. (You can see them, under the F/A-18’s wings in the picture, above.) The defenders can either turn off their [...]

China’s submarine fleet projects Beijing’s power

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

Published in China, Military, Ballistic Missile Submarines, beijing, Boats, China, Cruise-Missiles, Intercontinental Missiles, Land Targets, Nuclear Warheads, radar, Soviet Union, Submarine Fleet, submarines

China’s submarine fleet is now one of the world’s largest with nearly 85 vessels. More than that, old and unreliable boats mostly acquired from the old Soviet Union are being rapidly replaced by modern submarines armed with highly sophisticated anti-ship missiles and radar-dodging cruise missiles able to attack land targets.
Beijing is even building at least [...]

Poland urges closer U.S. ties after Russia shield comment

Posted by Matt in July 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Missiles, U.S., Angry Response, Czech-Republic, Dmitry Medvedev, Europe, Japan, Missile Shield, Missile-Defense, moscow, Poland, President Lech Kaczynski, radar, Russia, Russian President, Security Ties, Soil

Russia’s angry response to U.S. plans to build a missile shield underlines the need for Europe to seek closer security ties with the United States, a top aide to Polish President Lech Kaczynski said on Wednesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in Japan on Wednesday that Moscow was very upset after Washington signed a deal with [...]