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US missiles 'kill four in Pakistan'
2012-05-23 11:14:00 US missiles killed four militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, amid increasing strains with the West over a six-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan.
Putin flexes muscle in shunning U.S.-hosted G8 talks | Reuters
2012-05-11 12:42:00 It is a message Putin has repeated, from an inauguration-day decree on Monday in which he said Russia would demand U.S. respect to a warning on Wednesday against modern-day violations of sovereignty, delivered before tanks and missiles trundled across Red …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Syria ?Moving Scuds to Israel, Turkey Borders? ? Middle East ? News ? Israe
2012-05-06 21:25:00 Jordanian news site Ahbar Baladna reports that western spy satellites have recently spotted movements of Syrian heavy missile launchers northward and southward, toward Syria’s borders with Turkey and Israel. The site says hundreds of high-caliber launchers are being moved, and …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Russian General Threatens ?Pre-emptive? Attacks ? NYTimes.com
2012-05-03 21:37:00 A senior Russian general threatened on Wednesday pre-emptive attacks on missile defense sites in Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe in the event of a crisis, underscoring the Kremlin’s opposition to the Obama administration’s plans and further undermining relations between …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Are those missiles on my roof?
2012-05-01 20:57:00 London apartment building gets SAMs and soldiers for the Olympics.
Iran creates competitor to Russian missile
2012-04-30 16:03:00 Sources say that the Iranian version of the S-300, dubbed the Bavar (Belief) 373, is just as effective as the Russian version, suggesting possible collusion between the two countries in its development. One Iranian source said that technology from China …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Apartment blocks may host missiles for London Olympics
2012-04-29 17:13:00 Surface-to-air missiles could be stationed on the rooftops of an apartment block in east London as part of Britain's air defenses for the Olympics, the country's military confirmed Sunday.
Analysts say North Korea's new missiles are fakes
2012-04-26 14:15:00 Analysts who have studied photos of a half-dozen ominous new North Korean missiles showcased recently at a lavish military parade say they were fakes, and not very convincing ones, casting further doubt on the country's claims of military prowess.
North Korea?s rocket began life underwater ? CNN Security Clearance ? CNN.c
2012-04-04 09:07:00 If North Korea launches a missile in the next couple of weeks, as it has promised, it will be the result of international cooperation stretching from Moscow to Tehran and, perhaps, Beijing. … “The third stage is of Chinese origin,” …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Jon Kyl: What?s at Stake in the Missile-Defense Debate? ? WSJ.com
2012-04-03 23:04:00 As he said on his recent trip to South Korea, President Obama believes that, because we are “the only nation ever to use nuclear weapons,” we now have a “moral obligation” to pursue nuclear disarmament. In fact, the United States …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
IDF officials: Missile attack on Israel would produce less than 300 casualt
2012-04-03 22:14:00 During the meeting, a senior official in the Israel Air Force told the cabinet ministers that in the event of a coordinated missile attack on Israel?s home front, missiles and rockets would be fired at Israel by the Syrian army, …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
China Nervous About U.S.-Led Missile Defense System
2012-04-01 20:13:00 China is growing nervous after U.S. calls for an Asia-wide missile-defense system against the threat of North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles. In a lengthy article on Thursday, the official Global Times said, “North Korea and Iran are named by Washington …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Russia?s Anti-BMD Alliance? | Flashpoints
2012-03-25 11:48:00 Russia is seeking to form an ad-hoc “coalition of the willing” to delegitimize U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) plans and paint the United States as a major threat to global stability. As part of this strategy, Moscow is preparing an …Read more »
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S. Korea: N. Korea moves rocket to launch site ? CBS News
2012-03-25 10:02:00 South Korea says that North Korea has moved a long-range rocket to its northwestern launch site in preparation for a launch. … North Korea says it will launch a satellite into space on a long-range rocket next month as part …Read more »
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Russia Threatens Action Over Shield ? WSJ.com
2012-03-24 15:54:00 President Dmitry Medvedev said the West was running out of time to secure Russia’s consent to set up a U.S.-led missile defense shield in Europe and warned that continuing deadlock would prompt an unspecified Russian response. Speaking days before a …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Obama to share US missile defense secrets with Russia
2012-01-05 22:07:00 At Big Peace, former Republican Congressional candidate Joel Pollak reports that the Obama administration has decided to share the United States’ missile defense secrets with the Russians. Do you all want me to repeat that so that you will know that you are not hallucinating? At Big Peace, former Republican Congressional candidate Joel Pollak reports ...
By: 1913 Intel
KAHLILI: The coming war with Iran ? Washington Times
2011-12-30 16:03:00 Iran’s tyrannical leaders, determined to make the Islamic regime a nuclear-armed state, are preparing for war. That’s exactly what the United States and Israel might have to deliver, and soon. @-Text.rag:Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Revolutionary Guards in May to speed up the regime’s nuclear-bomb program and arm its missiles with nuclear ...
By: 1913 Intel
Bulava approved for service | RIA Novosti
2011-12-29 23:09:00 The testing of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is completed and the missile will now be put into operational service, President Dmitry Medvedev said. The convoluted history of the project, which has been alternately criticized and praised, is finally reaching its intended destination. Bulava approved for service | Features, Opinion & Analysis | RIA ...
By: 1913 Intel
At War with Iran for Thirty Years | History News Network
2009-09-22 05:57:00 From the earliest days of Iran?s Islamic Revolution, its leaders were determined to acquire nuclear weapons and the missiles with which to deliver them. From the beginning, America was always identified as Iran?s greatest enemy, the ?Great Satan?, while Israel was called the ?Little Satan.? It is criminally stupid, if not insane, to believe that Iran ...
By: 1913 Intel
Russia orders 70 new nuclear missiles | World news | guardian.co.uk
2008-12-24 02:36:00 More at the guardian.co.uk: “Russia is to increase sharply its production of strategic nuclear missiles, throwing down the gauntlet to the US president-elect, Barack Obama, who would have to deal with the Kremlin's response to US missile defence plans in Europe.A senior government official in Moscow said the Russian military would commission 70 strategic missiles over the next three years. It was unclear whether sea-launched ballistic missiles were included in this figure, but military experts said it could represent up to a fourfold increase on the rate of production of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).”-- This is a frightening development. I do hope we don't get into a military spending contest with the Russians. We can't afford it and I'm not sure it's the best way to go.
Russian Navy Launches New Strategic Missiles
2008-10-25 12:06:00 A new generation of weapons for the Russian armed forces that are designed to pierce anti-missile defense systems is in the air. Read on and learn how all this might affect the balance of world peace ?if there really is such a thing.
Russian Topol Missiles Successful: World Tensions Increase
2008-08-29 19:23:00 Russia has successfully tested a long-range Topol missile designed to avoid detection by anti-missile defense systems. What does this mean for Georgia and the rest of the world? Read on and?remain tense. Innovation International News Science Security Technology
Russian Topol Missiles Successful: World Tensions Increase
2008-08-29 19:23:00 Russia has successfully tested a long-range Topol missile designed to avoid detection by anti-missile defense systems. What does this mean for Georgia and the rest of the world? Read on and?remain tense. Innovation International News Science Security Technology
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 ...
By: TexasFred's
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
By: 1913 Intel
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 ...
By: 1913 Intel
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. ...
By: 1913 Intel
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 counton Chinapassing 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
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