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A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks. According to U.S. officials, a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber on Feb. 26 simulated firing air-launched cruise missiles at an Aegis ship deployed near Japan as part of U.S. missile defenses. A second mock attack was conducted Feb. 27 against a ground-based missile defense site in [...] https://twitter.com/ISNJH FAST PACE = DEFCON 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON Cold War The highest confirmed DEFCON ever was Level 2. During the Cuban Missile Crisis [...] United States intelligence agencies recently detected China’s military shifting road-mobile ballistic missiles closer to its southern coast near the disputed Senkaku Islands amid growing tensions between Beijing and Japan over the islands dispute. U.S. defense officials said the movements are being watched closely as China’s military is also holding large-scale military exercises that some fear could be a trigger for a conflict with Japan that could involve U.S. forces. http://freebeacon.com/beijing-war-prep/ Chinese buoys placed [...] Another bomb RTRS – TURKISH MILITARY RETURNS FIRE AFTER MORTAR BOMB FROM SYRIA LANDS IN FARMLAND IN TURKEY’S HATAY PROVINCE – STATE NEWS http://www.twitter.com/zerohedge
Turkey is reinforcing its position in the Mediterranean Sea following the escalation in tension along its border with Syria. A number of warships and submarines have been sent to bases in the Mediterranean from the northwestern province of Gölcük where the main base of the Naval Forces is located. [...] “We are in the game of using covert means against the Iranians” Paul Joseph Watson A member of the influential pro-Israel Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) think tank has brazenly suggested that the United States should launch a false flag provocation in order to start a war with Iran. Speaking at a Washington Institute for Near East Policy policy forum luncheon on “How to Build US-Israeli Coordination on [...] Full story: Video: http://youtu.be/M84l19H68mk Text: “I frankly think that crisis initiation is really tough,” said Patrick Clawson, who also heads the Washington Institute’s Iran Security Initiative, in response to a question about what would happen if negotiations with Tehran fail. “And it’s very hard for me to see how the United States … uh … President can get us to war with Iran. “As a consequence, Clawson said he was led to conclude that “the [...] From Telegraph: An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme. Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war. Western leaders are convinced that Iran will [...] RT.com Tehran plans to deploy “light submarines” to the Caspian Sea, Iranian Navy top brass has told Fars news agency. The Persian country appears to be gearing up its forces in the oil-rich waters, where shelf boundaries still remain somewhat vague. Adm. Abbas Zamini says Iran is to dispatch light submarines to the Caspian Sea, reads the Saturday report by the semi-official Fars news agency. Zamini did not elaborate on [...] US Navy to get 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, most of which are meant for Fifth Fleet destroyers based in Bahrain. Meanwhile, pressure to mount military strike against Tehran is permeating presidential campaign WASHINGTON – The United States has commissioned 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, and some 238 of them are meant to find their way to the Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, Ynet learned on Sunday.
According to the Business Insider, [...] Talk of a joint U.S.-Israeli military strike on Iran has waned recently — while talk of U.S.-Israel cyberattacks have taken its place — but that hasn’t stopped Iran, Israel and the U.S. from continuing “to prepare all other options“ for a possible strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
U.S. defense contracts, an Iranian F-16 acquisition, and Israel’s new military preparations suggest that all sides are getting ready for whatever may come. Among recent U.S. defense contracts that could relate [...] hite House: New approach may be needed in Syria (Reuters) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17937795 Russia says it is prepared to use “destructive force pre-emptively” if the US goes ahead with controversial plans for a missile defence system based in Central Europe. http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=295…|home|newslist1 After Pyongyang threatened to wage “special action” against Seoul, a number of North Korean submarines have disappeared, a South Korean government official told the JoongAng Ilbo. http://news.yahoo.com/hungary-seeks-15-20-billion-euro-imf-eu-121926484…. Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister’s office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted on Saturday as saying. And don’t count on China… http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Wen_says_China_has_no_intention_to_buy… Wen says China has no intention to ‘buy Europe’ And Russia is planning the biggest military buildup since the Soviet Union… http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120202/171099357.html Russia will start producing six submarines and one aircraft carrier annually starting in 2013, Deputy [...] The X-47B, unmanned carrier drone, took its first recorded flight in September (video below) and the Navy just announced it’s adding refueling capabilities to the aircraft by 2014. David Ax, at Wired, reports the move will allow the X-47B to remain in flight well beyond 3,000 nautical miles — 10 times the ability of a traditional manned fighter. This will also put U.S. aircraft carriers outside the reach of, say, China’s ‘carrier-killing’ [...] |
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