International experts warn of ‘no-holds-barred’ Arctic resource race

Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Arctic, Countries Around The World, Development Safety, diplomacy, Energy Minerals, Environmental Standards, Fresh Water, International Experts, scenarios, Shape, Top Of The World

A high-powered group of international experts is warning a “no-holds-barred” race for Arctic resources could shape up unless countries around the world move faster to reach agreements on development, safety and environmental standards.
A new report by 40 experts from six different countries spells out four scenarios for the future of the top of the world [...]

When the nukes start dropping …

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Syria, War, 6 Million, Armageddon, Biological Weapon, Carthage, Chemical Weapon, Civilian Buildings, Cnn, Counterattack, infrastructure, Iran, Israel, Israeli Population, Launch, Mid East, Missile Strike, Nuclear Capacity, Nuclear War, Population Centers, Roman Destruction, scenarios, Syria, Third Punic War

The rest of the report speculates on various other assorted scenarios for Mid-East Armageddon. Syria, generally assumed to be many years away from possessing a nuclear capacity, might, for some reason, decide to launch a CBW (chemical, biological weapon) missile strike on Israeli population centers.
Israeli dead under this scenario would once again be between 200,000 [...]

Georgia civil war — Part 1

Posted by Matt in May 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in War, Abkhazia, Armed Conflict, Armed Forces, Army, Battalions, Brigades, Civil War, Georgia, NATO, Nuclear Conflict, Russia, scenarios, War

Analysts are actively debating the possible outcomes of an armed conflict between Georgia and the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia, which seceded from Georgia in 1992.
Without looking into the most pessimistic scenarios envisioning a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO, let’s try to predict the possible outcomes of a Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.
In late 2007 the Georgian armed [...]

Israeli intel projects a one-month war with Syria

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

Published in Israel, Syria, War, Arabs, Chemical Weapons, Emergency Services, Future War, Hizbullah, Israeli Cities, Missiles, Salvos, scenarios

Israel’s intelligence community has concluded that the next war would involve missiles and Hizbullah, last at least a month and include Syria.
The intelligence community has drafted a series of scenarios for Israel’s emergency services to prepare for future war. The scenarios envisioned the next war as including massive missile and rocket salvos, some of them [...]

China Could Potentially Defeat U.S. Over Taiwan

Posted by Matt in March 29th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Taiwan, U.S., War, China, combat_zone, military_conflict, rand_corporation, scenarios, Taiwan, U.S., War

China could potentially defeat the United States in a future military conflict over Taiwan by using strategies designed to limit U.S. military access to the area, according to a report issued today by the RAND Corporation.
The report examines scenarios in which China might employ what are known as “antiaccess” strategies - actions that would [...]