Soviet military policies never called for building full-fledged aircraft carriers operating multi-role warplanes. Nor did Russia draft any clear carrier construction program at the turn of the century.
On July 4, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, former chief of the Russian Navy’s Main Headquarters, said the country had to build a carrier fleet in the near future. This [...]
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Why Russia lacks aircraft carriers
Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | no comment
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Exclusive: Israel’s air maneuver did not simulate possible Iran strike strategy
Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Israel, Military, Attack, Blitz, Capability, Conjunction, Crete, Greek Air Force, helicopters, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Israeli Air Force, Long Distance, Maneuver, Military Sources, natanz, Nuclear Facilities, Reactor, Rehearsal, Tactic, Uranium Enrichment Plant, Warplanes
DEBKAfile’s Western military sources do not believe that if Israel does attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, it will resort to the old-fashioned aerial blitz tactic employed in 1981 for bombing Iraq’s Osirak reactor. They therefore challenge the US officials’ conclusion that Israel’s aerial exercise in conjunction with the Greek Air Force over Crete in early June [...]
Israel: Self-Made Nakba
Posted by Matt in May 19th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Israel, Antiaircraft, Arab League, Arab Side, Arab States, Barry Rubin, Demagogues, Endless Conflict, Harry Truman, Independent Palestinian State, Israeli Jews, Jewish Immigration, Key Point, Military Training, Mourners, Palestine Conflict, Palestinian Leadership, Palestinian Refugee Issue, Partition Plan, President Harry Truman, Troop Carriers, Warplanes
By Barry Rubin
It’s become fashionable to match celebration of Israel’s founding (though part of the media can’t even admit Israelis are celebrating) with Palestinian marking of their 1948 “nakba” catastrophe.
Yet whose fault is it that they didn’t use those six decades constructively? And who killed the independent Palestinian state alongside Israel that was part of [...]
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