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Iran test-fires missiles in Persian Gulf
2008-07-09 16:16:00 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday during war games that officials said aimed to show the country can retaliate against any U.S. and Israeli attack, state television reported. Gen. Hossein Salami, the air force commander of Iran?s elite Revolutionary Guards, said the exercise would ?demonstrate our resolve and might against ...
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Venezuela fires missiles in exercises
2008-06-07 23:05:00 Venezuela fired live missiles from fighter jets and ships Friday during exercises intended to demonstrate the firepower of President Hugo Chavez’s military. Smoke rose from ships off the La Orchila island military base as Otomat MK2 missiles arced into the sky and Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets flew in formation. The televised war games allowed the military to ...
By: 1913 Intel
Limited US attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards bases in sight
2008-06-03 05:25:00 DEBKAfile: Our Washington sources report that president George W. Bush is closer than ever before to ordering a limited missile-air bombardment of the IRGC-al Qods Brigade?s installations in Iran. It is planned to target training camps and the munitions factories pumping fighters, missiles and roadside bombs to the Iraqi insurgency, Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian terrorist ...
By: 1913 Intel
Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to North Korea, Book Says
2008-06-01 06:46:00 Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment — a route to making a nuclear weapon — to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the slain politician well. Read More… Video: The ...
By: 1913 Intel
Iran Achieves a Four-Front Missile Command, Breakthrough on Nuclear Missile
2008-06-01 06:16:00 There are two significant developments going on at the same time concerning Iran. Iran is now in command of missiles stationed in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran. Next, Iran has achieved a breakthrough in missile design in order to accommodate nuclear warheads. From the article: Military experts comment that Tehran?s centralized control of four hostile missile fronts ...
By: 1913 Intel
Video: Blaze ?sets off Russian rockets?
2008-05-26 15:44:00 A fire at an air base arms depot in north-western Russia has reportedly set off several missiles, but caused no deaths or injuries. Amateur video shows what appear to be at least two rockets zigzagging through a clear afternoon sky around the Lodeynoe Pole base near St Petersburg. Unofficial sources say that at least 400 air-to-air rockets ...
By: 1913 Intel
Russia?s Dangerous Missile Game in Iran
2008-05-25 18:06:00 This report was published on Nov. 13, 1997. It shows that Russia was helping Iran with its missile development program. From the article: By providing advanced missile technology to the radical Islamic regime in Tehran, Russia is threatening vital U.S. interests and violating an international arms control agreement. Its assistance to Iran, the world’s foremost state sponsor ...
By: 1913 Intel
Sanya base to float Chinese naval ambition
2008-05-25 17:14:00 The question is, should we be concerned about Sanya? The answer: Yes. The naval base centres on a huge underground complex even the most sophisticated spy satellites cannot penetrate. It is being prepared with berths for up to 20 of the most advanced Chinese submarines, the C94 Jin-class boat, which will be capable of firing both anti-satellite ...
By: 1913 Intel
India?s missile power lifts off
2008-05-22 14:37:00 The spread of long-range ballistic missiles took a step forward on May 7 with India’s successful flight test of its Agni-III missile that can carry a nuclear warhead as far as Beijing. But the difference between this and other missile developments is that India’s missiles ? like those of the United States, Britain, France and Israel ...
By: 1913 Intel
Russian ABM Plans Part Two
2008-05-22 05:49:00 Russia’s A-135 Anti-Ballistic Missile system, capable of coping with intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles, was developed and commissioned in 1995 and 1996, respectively. The system hinged on the Don-2N multi-role radar and a command computer inside a truncated tetrahedral pyramid. Silo-based missile interceptors were deploy … more
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China upgrades nuclear enabled missiles, threat to India?
2008-05-17 19:53:00 China has completed the upgrade of its intermediate range CSS2 ballistic missiles in Tibet from liquid to solid fuel. Missile experts say the upgrade reduces the logistic train for these missiles and will enable shorter launch times, increasing India’s vulnerability to a pre-emptive strike. Read More… China’s Boomers [Ballistic missile submarines are called "boomers".] This summer’s public revelation that China ...
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Ex-IAF Chief: Expect thousands of rockets on Israel in future war
2008-05-17 19:49:00 The Israel Air Force’s outgoing commander-in-chief has said that during a future war Israel’s home front is likely to be bombarded with thousands of missiles and rockets in the possession of Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria. Major General Eliezer Shkedi made the comments in an interview with Israel Radio which was aired Saturday. He also said that ...
By: 1913 Intel
Israeli military intel: Tel Aviv within range of Hamas rockets by 2010
2008-05-17 06:41:00 Israel’s military intelligence has projected that Hamas would be capable of producing missiles with a range of up to 50 kilometers. The military has concluded that Iran wants the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip to achieve the capability of firing missiles and rockets at targets in Tel Aviv, about 50 kilometers from the Gaza Strip. ...
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US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan
2008-05-16 14:41:00 The US military in Iraq had said its troops had found Chinese-made missiles which they believe were smuggled in by groups in Iran aiming to arm militants fighting US-led forces. The US military has repeatedly accused Iranian-linked groups of training Iraqi extremists in the use of armor-piercing weapons known as explosively-formed penetrators (EFPs). Afghan authorities had also ...
By: 1913 Intel
Extensive Nuclear Missile Deployment Area Discovered in Central China
2008-05-16 05:15:00 It looks like India is the intended target for these missiles located in central China. I guess China’s rise is peaceful until the day that it isn’t. From Article: Analysis of new commercial satellite photos has identified an extensive deployment area with nearly 60 launch pads for medium-range nuclear ballistic missiles in Central China near Delingha and ...
By: 1913 Intel
India can now fire missiles from under water
2008-05-13 04:15:00 I’m sure we can count on China passing this technology on to Pakistan. China wants Pakistan to keep India on its toes. From the article: With this, India has become capable of launching missiles from air, land, ships and submarines and joins an elite group that includes the US, Russia, France and China. The performance of the missile system was ...
By: 1913 Intel
Agni V, next goal of DRDO
2008-05-10 06:57:00 Agni V would be a three-stage, all composite, solid propellant fuelled and advanced version in the Agni Class of Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles. Most of the systems for the Agni V would be from Agni III. Hyderabad, May 9 Indian defence scientists have embarked on Project Agni V, to develop a long range missile that can ...
By: 1913 Intel
Target: Iran?
2008-05-09 06:35:00 On Israel’s 60th birthday, the Jewish state may be readying for its biggest fight yet. What that could mean for the next American president. Arguably, it is at even greater risk now than it was then. Very soon now Israel could be engaged in the biggest battle for existence it has ever faced in its not-so-short-any-longer ...
By: 1913 Intel
Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile
2008-05-08 15:01:00 Pakistan said it test-fired a short-range cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Thursday, one day after archrival India test-fired a long-range missile with nuclear capability. The 220-mile-range Pakistani missile, known as the Ra’ad or Hatf VIII, was developed exclusively for launch from aircraft, a military statement said. Read More… New Delhi flexing its muscles, test-fires nuclear ...
By: 1913 Intel
China-specific Agni-III to be tested today
2008-05-08 06:31:00 The countdown for the launch of Agni-III, designed to hit high-value targets deep inside China with a strike range of 3,500-km, has begun at the integrated test range on Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa. … Technicalities apart, India needs an operational Agni-III missile as soon as possible since China already has a wide array of ...
By: 1913 Intel
New Russian president faces knotty challenges worldwide
2008-05-04 06:34:00 Russia’s new president, Dmitry Medvedev, is stepping into the vortex of the superpowers’ race for global pre-eminence. Here are some of the challenges he faces. NATO AND MISSILES NATO’s readiness to give Georgia and Ukraine eventual membership has exacerbated Kremlin suspicions that the West’s goal is to surround and weaken Russia. Lately tensions have escalated along Russia’s ...
By: 1913 Intel
Al Qaeda leader in Somalia relieved of duty by US missiles
2008-05-01 18:46:00 A top Al Qaeda leader in Somalia was killed along with 10 others during a 3AM missile strike. Chalk another one up for the Infidels… Yahoo MOGADISHU, Somalia - The U.S. military killed a man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia and 10 others in an airstrike overnight, an Islamic insurgent group said Thursday. The ...
Pakistan tests nuclear capable missile again
2008-04-22 14:16:00 Pakistan’s military on Monday carried out a training launch of a long-range nuclear-capable missile which can hit targets deep in rival India, the second such test in three days, the military said. The Shaheen II, or Hatf VI, missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,280 miles) was launched from an undisclosed location by the ...
By: 1913 Intel
BMD Tensions ? Part 2
2008-04-22 14:00:00 Standard Missile-3 missiles deployed on U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers and equipped with the Aegis information and control system are the second echelon of ballistic missile defense. Ground-based Mid-course Interceptors are the first echelon. The third echelon, detection satellites, supports the operations of the first two. Moreover, in the next 10-20 years, the United States ...
By: 1913 Intel
China?s Emerging 5th Generation Air-to-Air Missiles
2008-04-19 04:07:00 Internet source imagery from January 4 has offered the first glimpses of what may be China?s emerging 5th generation air-to-air missiles (AAM). One missile, called the PL-ASR or PL-10, shows a very close resemblance to the South African Denel A-Darter AAM. A second image, discovered on a China?s Northwestern University web site in ...
By: 1913 Intel
BMD Focus: ABM system limits
2008-04-17 16:11:00 Anti-ballistic missile interceptors can work well against rogue states, but their weakness is the cost and time it takes to make them. Skeptics and nay-sayers to the contrary, the U.S. ground-based mid-course interceptors are slowly but steadily moving towards fulfilling their mission of being able to destroy ICBMs in flight. But they will not be ...
By: 1913 Intel
Amid new Iranian threat, Israel connects to America?s Ballistic Missile Ear
2008-04-15 15:05:00 This is the third time Israel has been connected to the BMEWS. The first was in 1991 before the first Gulf war and the second in 2003 before the US invasion of Iraq. Then, Israel feared Iraqi missile attack, which indeed materialized in 1991. Now, US military sources interpret the request as signifying Israel?s sense ...
By: 1913 Intel
?Iran building 6,000-km range missile?
2008-04-12 13:03:00 Jane’s Proliferation editor Avital Johanan said analysis of the Iranian site indicated that Teheran may be about five years away from developing a 6,000-km range ballistic missile. This would tie in with American intelligence estimates and underlines why US President George Bush wants the Polish and Czech components of the US missile defense system to ...
By: 1913 Intel
Spy photos reveal ?secret launch site? for Iran?s long-range missiles
2008-04-11 04:12:00 The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs. The imagery has pinpointed the facility from where the Iranians launched their Kavoshgar 1 ?research rocket? on February 4, claiming that it was in connection with their space programme. Analysis ...
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Russia Demands Access to US Missile Shield Sites
2008-04-10 07:29:00 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has demanded that Russia be allowed ‘permanent’ access to planned US missile shield defense facilities in Eastern Europe. His wish seems unlikely to be granted. more… The World from Berlin: Lame Duck Bush with Lame Duck Putin on the Black Sea Trans-Atlantic Identity Crisis: NATO Summit Fails to Heal Deep Divisions Spiegel 360: ...
By: 1913 Intel
A rich China not threat to world, Bill Gates says
2008-04-05 13:45:00 China’s growing wealth is good for the world, and there will come a time when the influence of the United States shrinks to the level of its share of the world population, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday. Asked at a meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in Miami whether he regarded China’s growing influence ...
By: 1913 Intel
Can the Arrow thwart Iran?s Shihab 3?
2008-04-05 04:59:00 In the face of Iran’s continued race towards nuclear power, as well as growing tensions with Syria, the Israel Air Force will hold an exercise in the coming weeks to test the Arrow missile defense system’s capability in tracking an advanced Iranian Shihab 3, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Defense officials said that the Black ...
By: 1913 Intel
Navy Lacks Plan to Defend Against `Sizzler? Missile
2008-04-05 04:50:00 The U.S. Navy, after nearly six years of warnings from Pentagon testers, still lacks a plan for defending aircraft carriers against a supersonic Russian-built missile, according to current and former officials and Defense Department documents. The missile, known in the West as the “Sizzler,” has been deployed by China and may be purchased by Iran. Deputy ...
By: 1913 Intel
Minuteman III makeover
2008-03-31 07:05:00 After September 11, 2001, when the 341st Space Wing locked down Montana?s 23,500-acre missile field, security upgrades to the Minuteman III defense system began in earnest. Thicker concrete around the silo, security cameras around the perimeter and a beefed up rapid-response team have been implemented at all 200 missile sites around Montana ? the largest ...
By: 1913 Intel
North Korea Tests Short Range Missiles; North Korean Negotiating Strategy
2008-03-29 19:55:00 ABC News: North Korea Tests Short Range MissilesSummary and analysisNorth Korea test launched several short range missiles yesterday, in a not-so-veiled response to South Korean Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong?s comments. The North Koreans also kicked out South Korean diplomats. The South Korean government downplayed the missile launch, in their own not-so-veiled attempt at not provoking the North Koreans any further.North Korea?s attempt at attentionKim Jong-Il controls NK almost like a child would. Ever since the Soviet Union fell, he has resorted to provoking the U.S., South Korea, Japan, and China, in order to create divisions among the four so it can achieve its primary goal: regime survival. The promising nuclear deal appeared last year to signal the end to one of Kim?s regime?s strongest cards: the nuclear one. Now, it seems not so much (for several reasons; one of which is the fact that some in Washington believe North Korea sent nuclear technology to Syria).South Korea an...
Iran Completes Testing of Shahab-3 Missile
2008-03-29 05:51:00 The Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday that Iran has successfully conducted the final test of the Shahab-3, an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with a range of 800-930 miles (1,300km) - long enough to strike Israel, as well as American troops stationed throughout the Middle East and all of Afghanistan. According to a senior IDF official, ...
By: 1913 Intel
North Korea Fires Four Short Range Missiles into West Sea
2008-03-28 06:04:00 This just came in from the YONHAP News Agency out of Seoul, South Korea: … North Korea test-fired several missiles into the sea off the country’s west coast Friday…. The test, believed to be of Russian Styx missiles [range of 46 kilometers], comes one day after the communist nation threw out all South Korean government officials from ...
North Korea fires missiles off west coast
2008-03-28 05:20:00 North Korea fired several short-range missiles off its west coast on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing unnamed sources. The move comes a day after North Korea expelled South Korean officials working at a joint industrial complex north of the heavily armed border in retaliation for a hardline stance taken towards Pyongyang by South ...
By: 1913 Intel
India?s undersea missile test can trigger arms race
2008-03-26 14:24:00 Pakistan on Wednesday said India’s test launch of a nuclear-capable undersea ballistic missile could trigger a fresh arms race in the region. A day after India tested the new missile from waters off its Vishakahpatnam coast, Pakistan Navy chief Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir described the development as a “very serious issue” as it was aimed ...
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Israel Calculates Losses to Arab Missiles
2008-03-26 14:10:00 Israel has long been aware of the Syrian capabilities and any war with Syria would probably result in some interesting attacks on the Syrian missile network. The SCUD is a liquid fuel missile and takes half an hour or more to fuel and ready for launch. So underground facilities are a major defensive measure against ...
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Shipping Snafu Sends ICBM Parts to Taiwan
2008-03-26 04:51:00 Shipping Snafu Sends ICBM Parts to Taiwan Wired News - 9 hours ago By Sharon Weinberger March 25, 2008 | 1:03:03 PMCategories: Eye on China, Missiles Well, it’s not as bad as mistakenly sending nuclear-armed cruise missiles … US says missile parts mistakenly sent to Taiwan Los Angeles Times US accidentally sends Taiwan missile parts Radio Australia US sent nuclear missile ...
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Report: Iranian, Syrian missiles to pound Israel in next war
2008-03-24 13:28:00 Hundreds of dead, thousands of injured, missile barrages on central Israel, full paralysis at Ben-Gurion Airport, constantly bombed roads, nationwide power outages that last for long hours, and whole regions’ water supply being cut off – this is what the next war could look like. A secret report recently distributed among government ministries and local municipalities details various wartime scenarios. The report deals with very harsh possibilities, including some that are downright horrifying, formulated as part of the lessons drawn in the wake of the Second Lebanon War. Read More… My Comment: This article describes the scenario that I’ve been talking about for some time. Missiles are raining down all over Israel. It also mentions that possibility of being attacked by chemical weapons. This scenario is likely to occur by 2010 to 2011. I forecast that Israel will be forced to respond with nuclear weapons to this type of attack if chemical weapons are used. Somew...
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Russia obtained US guarantees on missile shield: Lavrov
2008-03-20 05:43:00 The United States gave Moscow guarantees that its proposed anti-missile shield “will be not directed” against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday in a first sign of progress in very hard negotiations between the two countries. “The Americans are ready to provide us with a series of measures to give us confidence and reassure ...
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Israel test-fires missile to intercept Gaza rockets
2008-03-17 05:23:00 Israel last week test-fired a missile capable of intercepting short-range rockets like those fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, Channel 10 television reported Sunday. “This weapons system will be operational in 2010,” said General Dany Gotlib, who is in charge of research at the Israeli defence ministry. Television showed pictures of the test-firing which it ...
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Israel vulnerable to cruise missiles
2008-03-14 05:12:00 Ukraine said in 2005 that several Soviet-era X-55 cruise missiles had been “smuggled” out of its territory to Iran. Also known as Kh-55s or AS-15s, the missiles have a range of 3,000 km (1,800 miles) — more than enough to reach Israel from Iran. According to Maariv, Israeli experts believe Iran may have used the X-55s ...
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Abbas: Peace Deal Has Been Made, Except Missiles Still Fly
2008-03-11 19:32:00 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he believes a truce deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas, thanks to mediation by Egypt. Abbas told reporters: "I believe an agreement has been reached in principle providing for the cessation of Israeli attacks and Hamas rockets." He said Hamas would stop firing rockets on Israel and in return Israel would halt attacks on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Abbas pointed out that the deal also provided for easing the siege on the Gaza Strip and the re-opening of crossing-points to the Palestinian territory. The Palestinian leader suggested that the deal would be declared within a few days. Except... Reuters A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on Tuesday just hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited the area and cautioned residents not to expect a lull in Palestinian attacks to last. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the rocket strike, the first against Israel since...
Iranian and Syrian trainers killed by Israeli strike on Gaza missiles
2008-03-11 02:50:00 Israeli military intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told the Cabinet last week that an air force strike killed several Iranian, Lebanese and Syrian instructors sent to improve Hamas’s military and missile capabilities. The air force strike took place on Feb. 28 in which five people were killed in a truck filled with more than ...
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Syria ?intensely? arming itself
2008-03-10 14:02:00 Rockets, missiles place all of Israel within firing zone Syria is in the midst of “intensely” arming itself, placing into position rockets and missiles capable of striking the entire Jewish state, according to an assessment presented to the Knesset today by multiple Israeli security agencies. The announcement follows a WND exclusive report last month quoting security officials ...
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Inside the Ring: Chinese Missiles
2008-03-08 12:34:00 Using a ballistic missile to target ships requires a degree of sophistication not shown by Chinese missiles in the past, and indicates China’s military has mastered precision missile targeting, no doubt helped by the theft of U.S. warhead design and other secrets through espionage in the 1990s. Read More…
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