New unmanned aerial system tests advanced missile

Posted by Matt in February 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Advantage, Aerial System, axis, Designation System, Hellfire Missile, Laser Weapons, System Tests, Targets, uav, Weapons System

“The significance to this is this is the first missile designed specifically for a UAV. The HELLFIRE UAS missile can take advantage of a 360 look around angle. The ball on the UAV can swivel 360 degrees — and with this missile you can engage targets that are below you, behind you and well off-axis [...]

India to test new 5000-km nuclear missile within year

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

Published in India, Missiles, Capable Missile, China, India, Military Scientist, New Year, Nuclear Missile, Reuters Alertnet, Targets, Volatile Region, Weaponry

India aims to test a new nuclear-capable missile with a 5000-km (3,100-mile) range, a top military scientist said on Wednesday, a move that could complicate security in a volatile region.
The missile would effectively bring most of China within India’s range, as well as more potential targets to the west and east than its existing weaponry.
Reuters [...]

India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile – washingtonpost.com

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

Published in India, Missiles, Agni Iii, arsenal, Capable Missile, China, Current, India, Kilometers, Major Cities, Missiles, Pakistan, Range Missile, Targets

India’s current arsenal of missiles is largely intended for confronting archrival Pakistan. The Agni III, in contrast, is India’s longest-range missile, designed to reach 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) – putting China’s major cities well into range, as well as Middle Eastern targets.
India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile – washingtonpost.com

China’s Alarming, Puzzling, Missile Test

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, Alexandria Virginia, Anti-ballistic missile, Bragging Rights, China, Chinese Military, Chinese Officials, Chinese System, Chinese Test, Diplomat, interceptor, John Pike, Military Analyst, Missile Test, Missile Tests, Satellites, Swaine, Tank, Target Time, Targets

Coyle says he was ‘impressed’ when he read details of the Chinese test. Military analyst John Pike, from the think tank Globalsecurity.org in Alexandria, Virginia, was not. He says the tests were all about ‘bragging rights.’ ‘Anything the Americans can do,the “Chicoms” can do better,’ Pike imagined Chinese officials thinking.
Swaine appears to concur. ‘The test [...]

Iran threatens to hit Gulf » Kuwait Times Website

Posted by Matt in January 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Afghanistan, Defense Minister, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Officials, iraq, Islamic Republic, Kuwait Times, News Agency, Targets, Tehran Iran, warships

TEHRAN: Iran’s Defense Minister Ahamd Vahidi said yesterday that Western warships stationed in the Gulf are “best targets” for the Islamic republic if its nuclear sites are attacked, Fars news agency reported. Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened to deliver a “crushing response” and hit US targets, including its bases in the Gulf and neighboring Iraq [...]

Report: Hezbollah held antiaircraft missile test in Syria – Israel News, Ynetnews

Posted by Matt in January 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Syria, American Source, Bomb, damascus, hezbollah, Israel, Israel News, Missile Test, Missiles, Syria News, Syrian Capital, Targets, Ynetnews

The American source noted that Israel had warned Syria not to equip Hezbollah with such missiles. He estimated that if Damascus chose to do so, this would lead to a war between Israel and Hezbollah and Israel may also bomb targets in the Syrian capital. (Ynet)
Report: Hezbollah held antiaircraft missile test in Syria – Israel [...]

US nuclear arsenal a dangerous remnant – The Boston Globe

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

Published in Nuclear, 21st Century, Boston Globe, Caverns, Concrete Bunkers, Earth, Exquisite Landscape, Icbms, Men And Women, Military Officers, Missile Alert Facilities, Missile Launch, Northern Rockies, Nuclear Arsenal, Prisoners, Remnant, Russia, Russians, Targets, Young Men

AT MORE than a dozen “missile alert facilities’’ in caverns below the exquisite landscape of the northern Rockies, teams of young men and women spend 24-hour shifts in steel-and-concrete bunkers. They are highly disciplined military officers, but they are also prisoners to the past, condemned to carry out an earth-shattering mission that makes absolutely no [...]

Doku Umarov: The Man Behind Russia’s Deadly Train Blast – TIME

Posted by Matt in December 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Terrorism, Attack On The Train, Caucasus Mountains, Central Russia, Chechen Resistance, Comrade In Arms, Deadly Train Blast, Doku Umarov, Express Train, Faces, Holy War, Intention, Islamist Group, moscow, Nationwide, Neva, Pledge, Radical Wing, Russians, St Petersburg, Targets

When Illyas Musayev heard that the Neva Express train had been bombed on Nov. 27, killing 26 well-to-do Russians and injuring about 100 others, the Chechen separatist was incredulous. He didn’t want to believe that his former comrade in arms Doku Umarov had kept the pledge he made in August to bring his holy war [...]

Why Is China Engaged In A Military Build-Up In The Himalayas?

Posted by Matt in December 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, India, Airfields, Border, China Military, Extensive Network, Himalayas, Intercontinental Missiles, Northern India, Northern Tibet, Offensive Military Operations, Pipelines, Railways, Strategic Advantage, Targets, Tibetan Plateau

China has a strategic advantage in that its border lies along the flat Tibetan plateau. This affords China the upper hand in case of a military emergency as it can reinforce its units there quickly. The Middle Kingdom is constructing an extensive network of roads, railways, airfields, pipelines and bases which may point to offensive [...]

Ex-Mossad official sees massive attack on U.S. homeland

Posted by Matt in November 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Al Qaida, Country Usa, Disneyland, God And Country, Las Vegas Casinos, London Transit, Malls, Mass Casualty, Mass Transit System, Massive Attack, Mossad Official, Rural Areas, Simultaneous Detonations, Strikes, Subways, Targets, terrorists, Yuval Aviv

The following article is originally from Geostrategy-Direct:
Yuval Aviv, who predicted the Al Qaida strikes on London’s mass transit system in 2005, said he believes Al Qaida was planning a series of mass-casualty strikes throughout the United States.
Aviv said the most likely targets were places such as Disneyland, Las Vegas casinos, malls and subways.
“The attack will [...]