Iran’s link to China includes nukes, missiles – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in March 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Iran, China, Chinese Policies, Missiles, Nuclear Proliferation Iran, Nukes, Recent Developments, tehran, Washington Times, Weapons Systems

Recent developments in Iran confirm that China is providing Tehran with critical defense technologies and weapons systems, including some that violate stated Chinese policies aimed at preventing nuclear proliferation.
Iran’s link to China includes nukes, missiles – Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Iran triumphs over America – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Assumptions, Conflict Avoidance, Council Member, Editorial, Exercise, Game Result, Gary Sick, Iran Nuclear, Iran Team, Israel, National Security Council, Nuclear Program, Premises, Real World, Simulation Game, Team Leader, Triumphs, Washington Post, Washington Times, Wins

Iran wins in the simulation. Iran will win in the real world too. I guess that’s not what you wanted to read.
The [simulation game] result: Iran won.
Gary Sick, the Iran team leader and former Carter-era National Security Council member, was surprised. “We started out thinking we were playing a weak hand, but by the end, [...]

China rhetoric raises threat concerns

Posted by Matt in March 5th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, beijing, China Threat, ChinaThreat, Chinese Military Officials, Communist Government, Liu, Posture, Rhetoric, Sprint, Washington Times

Recent statements by Chinese military officials are raising concerns among U.S. analysts that the communist government in Beijing is shifting its oft-stated “peaceful rise” policy toward an aggressive, anti-U.S. posture.
The most recent sign appeared with the publication of a government-approved book by Senior Col. Liu Mingfu that urges China to “sprint” toward becoming the world’s [...]

Underestimating China – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 11th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in China, Aegis Cruisers, Aircraft Carriers, Ballistic Missile, Commercial Container, Container Ship, Cruise Missile, Cruise-Missiles, Defensive Purposes, destroyers, Lyons, Military Forces, Modernization, Russia, Ship Cruise, Ss, Subterfuge, sunburn, Surface Combatants, Washington Times, Weapons System

Though China professes that the modernization of its military forces threatens no one and is only for defensive purposes, it is classic Chinese subterfuge. Every new weapons system it has acquired or developed is designed specifically to target or intimidate U.S. military forces. For example, China’s development of an anti-ship ballistic missile is designed to [...]

Chinese see U.S. debt as weapon – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Chinese Weapon, diplomacy, Economics, Luo, Military Affairs, Military Matters, Researcher, Retaliation, Root Cause, Washington Times

“Our retaliation should not be restricted to merely military matters, and we should adopt a strategic package of counterpunches covering politics, military affairs, diplomacy and economics to treat both the symptoms and root cause of this disease,” said Gen. Luo, a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences.
Chinese see U.S. debt as weapon – [...]

With suspicious statistics, China obscures economy – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 5th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, beijing, China Economy, Driven Economy, Economy China, Recession, Statistics, Washington Times, Western Analysts, Willingness

China has acknowledged that its export-driven economy took a beating in 2008 and 2009, but Western analysts, most of whom are suspicious of Beijing’s willingness to concede downturns, think China may have even slipped into a recession.
With suspicious statistics, China obscures economy – Washington Times

Nuclear missile threats to U.S. mount – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Nuclear, Ballistic Missile Defense, China, Flight Test, Iran, Missile Threats, Mount Washington, Next Decade, North-Korea, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Tipped Missile, Pentagon, Range Missile, Russia, Syria, Test Failures, United States, Washington Times

North Korea is expected to deploy a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching parts of the United States in the next decade, despite two long-range missile flight-test failures, according to the Pentagon’s ballistic-missile defense review.
The review report, made public this week, concluded that missile threats from several states, including Iran, Syria, China and Russia, are growing [...]

BERMAN: Russia’s real threat? Failure – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Demographics, Russia, Bluster, Death Spiral, Decline, Estimates, Failure, kremlin, Midcentury, Muslim, Russia, Soviet Union, Successor State, Washington Times

Decline breeds new and perplexing dangers
… But behind all of the Kremlin’s contemporary geopolitical bluster, the successor state of the once-mighty Soviet Union is caught in a demographic and socioeconomic death spiral.
… Russia, in other words, is dying.
… By midcentury, according to official estimates, Russia will be more than 50 percent Muslim – and the [...]

White House OKs Taiwan arms package – Washington Times

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

Published in Taiwan, Administration Officials, Air Forces, Angry Response, Anonymity, Black Hawk, China, Communications Equipment, Defense Communications, Hawk, jets, Military Equipment, Military Helicopters, Missile Defenses, Patriot Pac, Taiwan Arms, Taiwanese Military, Uh, Washington Times, White House

Angry response likely from China over military equipment
The long-delayed arms package will include offers of sales of UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopters and additional Patriot PAC-3 missile defenses, but not additional F-16 jets that the island’s government has sought to modernize its air forces, according to congressional and administration officials.
Additionally, the Taiwanese military [...]

China removed as top priority for spies | Washington Times

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Espionage, Alice In Wonderland, Bad Behavior, Cia Director, climate change, Cyber Attacks, Dennis C Blair, Director Of National Intelligence, Former Intelligence, Intelligence Collection, Intelligence Gathering, Intelligence Leaders, Memorandums, National Security Council, Nuclear Weapons, Panetta, Spy Agencies, Stupid Decision, Top Priority, Washington Times, Wealth Transfer

A great delusion exists in most of the Obama administration. To understand this insanity one must understand the framework used by liberals to view the world today. Here’s the framework:
1. No culture or country is better than any other.
2. Those countries that appear to be successful cheated, and those not doing so well are [...]