“Russia wants to demonstrate its force to the world, particularly the U.S., and show that it has re-emerged as a military power that has global interests and can exercise a global presence,” said Yevgeny Volk, a Moscow-based analyst for U.S. research group, the Heritage Foundation.
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“This is a serious concern to American leaders; it certainly [...]
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Russia Plans Biggest Air Exercises Since Soviet Times
Posted by Matt in October 2nd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, American Leaders, Cold-War, Crushers, Exercises, Global Interests, Global Presence, Heritage Foundation, Military Arsenals, Military Power, Missile Shield, Modernization, moscow, Novosti, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Submarines, Research Group, Reuters, Russia, Russian Army, Soviet Times, Telephone Interview, Top Brass, Volk, Weaponry, Yevgeny
Russia to build missile defence shield and renew nuclear deterrence
Posted by Matt in September 26th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Air And Space, Armed Forces, Defences, Escalation, Hartford Courant, International Herald Tribune, Medvedev, Miamiherald, Military Actions, Military Chiefs, Military Readiness, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Missile Defence Shield, New York Times, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Deterrent, Nuclear Overhaul, Nuclear War, Renovation, Reuters, Rhetoric, Russia, Russian Leaders, Russiatoday, Sharp, Spheres Of Influence, Star Tribune, Wholesale
In a sharp escalation of military rhetoric, Mr Medvedev ordered a wholesale renovation of Russia’s nuclear deterrence and told military chiefs to draw up plans to reorganise the armed forces by December.
He said that Russia must modernise its nuclear defences within eight years, including the creation of a “system of air and space defence”.
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Mexico Cartel Violence
Posted by Matt in July 18th, 2008 | no comment
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Mexico finds tons of cocaine in submarine
Reuters - 4 hours ago
… which they say would do more to weaken the cartels. Some 1700 people have been killed in drug gang violence in Mexico so far this year, and Calderon’s …
Mexico infiltrated
ISN, Switzerland - Jul 17, 2008
With a fast increase of police, will the government prevent [...]
‘Iran missiles could hit US by 2015′
Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | no comment
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“If you look at the assessment by the Intel community, they say that by about 2015, 2017, in that timeframe, they may even have a missile that can reach the United States, which is an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) class missile,” he added as quoted by Reuters.
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Israel, the West, and a Nuclear Iran
Posted by Matt in July 8th, 2008 | no comment
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Analysts see a host of reasons to keep away from full-scale violence. Shlomo Ben-Ami, former Israeli foreign minister, and Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, write in the Christian Science Monitor that bombing runs alone won’t destroy “any potential clandestine facilities in Iran nor Iran’s knowledge of the enrichment process.” Mohamad ElBaradei, [...]
Israel has a year to stop Iran bomb, warns ex-spy
Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Israel, Nuclear, 12 Months, Act, Associated Press, Ballistic Missiles, Barack Obama, Bomb, Defence Sources, Gulf Daily News, Heart Times, Iran, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Launch, Mossad, News Articles, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Plant, Presidential Election, Reuters, Reuters News, Revolutionary Guards, Risk, Spy, Telegraph, Xinhua
A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He also hinted that Israel might have to act sooner if Barack Obama wins the US presidential election.
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Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart
Times Online, UK - [...]
Peak Grain in Saudi Arabia
Posted by Matt in June 13th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Middle East, Water, 10 Years, Arabia Saudi, Cultivations, Department Agriculture, Department Of Agriculture, Desert, Dot, Earth Policy Institute, Food Exporter, Food Production, Food Shortages, Grain, Grain Production, Irrigated Fields, Lester Brown, Peak Water, Recent News, Reuters, Saudi Government, Saudi-Arabia, Self Sufficiency, Subsidies, U S Department
Grain production in Saudi Arabia is now down 42 percent from the peak of 4.9 million tons reached in 1994 and is now on track to decline rapidly in the coming years. Thanks to Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute for compiling these figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
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Peak water in Saudi [...]
Nuclear Epidemic
Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Middle East, Nuclear, Associated Press, Belief That, Distant Future, Dozen Countries, East Telegraph, Epidemic, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, Iran, Iran Nuclear, Mark Fitzpatrick, Mideast, Neighbors, News Articles, Nuclear Deterrent, Nuclear Programs, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Race, Nuke Program, Path, Possession, Reuters, Wild West
WMD: The Mideast has long been “explosive,” but more than a dozen countries there have now been emboldened to go nuclear. Further delays in stopping Iran’s nuke program could turn it into an atomic Wild West.
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So the belief that there will indeed be a nuclear-armed Iran in the not-so-distant future is setting its neighbors on [...]
China: After the Killer Quake
Posted by Matt in May 15th, 2008 | no comment
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China’s Communist Party leaders now face another stern test: to show its citizens and the world that the government can cope with a horrific disaster. Keenly aware of the opprobrium heaped on Burma’s rulers for their callous and incompetent handling of the killer cyclone earlier this month, Beijing will want to demonstrate that it has [...]
Iran’s influence in Latin America worries U.S.
Posted by Matt in May 8th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Americas, Iran, Allies, Bolivia, Brazil, Countries In Latin America, Cuba, Diplomatic Ties, Friends, Governments, International Isolation, Iran, Islamic Republic, Latin American Governments, Left Wing, Nicaragua, Nuclear Program, Respect, Reuters, Sanctions Against Iran, Shannon, Sphere Of Influence, United States, Venezuela
Left-wing governments in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia have all become allies of Iran in recent years, and other countries in Latin America have diplomatic ties with the Islamic republic.
Shannon said Iran wants to ease its international isolation by showing it is able to win friends in Latin America, which has been historically in the [...]
West must stand up to Russia or risk crisis-Georgia
Posted by Matt in May 3rd, 2008 | no comment
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The “moment of truth” has come for Europe to resist hardliners in Russia who are bent on stopping the spread of democracy in the former Soviet Union, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Thursday.
Moscow has sparked an international crisis by ordering extra troops and equipment to Abkhazia, a Black Sea province which threw off [...]
The Syrian Nuclear Puzzle
Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 | no comment
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But some observers see other motives in pulling back Syria’s nuclear curtain. Andrew Semmel, the former top State Department official for nonproliferation, tells Voice of America the release may have been aimed at “putting a positive spin” on intelligence that was bound to leak. Dar Al-Hayat columnist Elias Harfoush sees the disclosure as an attempt [...]
Iran installs advanced centrifuges (P-2/IR-2) in main atom plant
Posted by Matt in April 3rd, 2008 | no comment
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Diplomats say Islamic Republic installing new centrifuges in Natanz weapons facility in move said to show it has no intention of suspending nuclear program despite demands by UN Security Council
Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuges in its main uranium enrichment plant, accelerating activity that could give it the means to make atom bombs in future [...]
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