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NEW RUSSIAN FIGHTER - T-50
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 (15:03:17) (123 reads)
A new Russian T-50 fighter lands at an airfield of the Sukhoi aircraft manufacturing plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur January 23, 2010. A new fighter aircraft seen as Russia's response to U.S. advances in military aviation made a successful first test flight on Friday, plane maker Sukhoi said. Picture taken January 23, 2010.
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PUTIN SAYING NO TO IRAN SANCTIONS
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Thursday, October 15, 2009 (01:22:19) (143 reads)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized talk of sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, undermining U.S. efforts to present a united front against Tehran's nuclear program at a crucial moment.
Putin's comments in China came a day after Russia's foreign minister, at Hillary Rodham Clinton's side in Moscow, said threatening sanctions was "counterproductive."
Russia's growing hostility to even discussing sanctions comes shortly after President Barack Obama canceled plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe. That was seen by some as a concession to Russia in hopes of persuading it to put more pressure on Iran to open its nuclear program for inspection.
Note: HERE IT IS. NO MISSILE SHIELD IN POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC. ALLOW RUSSIANS ACCESS TO OUR MISSILE SITES. DEMAND NOTHING IN RETURN, ESPECIALLY IRANIAN SANCTIONS?
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RUSSIA DEMANDS GUARANTEES!
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 (17:05:22) (223 reads)
Russia's envoy to NATO on Tuesday called for guarantees from Washington that a revised U.S. missile defense plan won't threaten Moscow.
Dmitry Rogozin said the prospective U.S. system — involving missiles on navy ships — could potentially cause Russia concern.
He said Moscow wants assurances that the system would only be aimed to counter short- and medium-range missiles, and would not be moved near Russian borders or compromise Russia's own strike capability.
"If this system goes mobile, then where are the guarantees that this mobile thing, be it a boat, a cruiser, or a battleship ... will not sail into our northern seas?" Rogozin said at a news conference.
Note: Gotta love it! Obama capitulates, and the Russians demand more guarantees! Obama will have to learn the hard way.
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PUTIN PRAISES MISSILE SHIELD MOVES
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Saturday, September 19, 2009 (00:44:32) (193 reads)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised US President Barack Obama's "brave" move to axe a planned missile shield in Europe as NATO's chief called for a new strategic partnership with the Kremlin.
Russia had condemned the anti-missile radar facility being placed in the Czech Republic and missile interceptors in Poland under plans drawn up by Obama's predecessor George W. Bush, threatening to deploy short-range missiles in NATO's backyard.
Russia has now decided to freeze its move to put Iskander short range missiles in its Kaliningrad territory between Poland and Lithuania.
"The last decision by US President Barack Obama, which cancelled the plans to build missile defence facilities in Eastern Europe, brings us good thoughts," Putin said in televised remarks.
"And I hope very much that this correct and brave decision will be followed by others," he added.
Obama announced Thursday that he had decided to replace the shield with a more mobile system using mainly sea-based interceptors to target any attack with short and medium-range missiles, with Iran seen as the main threat.
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MISSILES AND THE MYSTERIOUS 'ARTIC SEA'
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 (10:46:04) (221 reads)
Russia on Tuesday vehemently denied that a cargo ship whose supposed seizure by pirates sparked an international mystery was carrying sophisticated Russian anti-aircraft missiles bound for Iran.
A British newspaper reported at the weekend that the Arctic Sea had been carrying a batch of S-300 missiles, as conspiracy theories swirl over the ship's mysterious disappearance and reappearance.
"Regarding the S-300s on board the Arctic Sea, this is absolutely untrue," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters, when asked if the ship was secretly carrying the advanced Russian-made missiles to Iran.
The Arctic Sea, a Maltese-flagged vessel with a Russian crew, was hijacked near Sweden in late July before it was recovered by the Russian navy in the Atlantic Ocean several weeks later.
The seizure of the ship in one of Europe's busiest shipping lanes, the huge international effort to recover it and the detention of its crewmen after they returned to Russia have prompted speculation that it held a secret cargo.
Officially the ship was carrying a load of timber worth 1.7 million dollars (1.16 million euros) from Finland to Algeria, but speculation has raged that it was carrying weapons or even nuclear materials.
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HISTORY - 70 YEARS AGO - Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Saturday, August 22, 2009 (13:37:38) (272 reads)
MOSCOW – Seventy years ago Sunday, the Soviet Union signed a pact with Nazi Germany that gave dictator Josef Stalin a free hand to take over part of Poland and the Baltic states on the eve of World War II.
Most of the world now condemns the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, but Russia has mounted a new defense of the 1939 treaty as it seeks to restore some of its now-lost sphere of influence.
"This is all being rehabilitated because this is now a very lively issue for Russia," said military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer. "This is not about history at all."
The pact, formally a treaty of nonaggression, was signed Aug. 23, 1939, in Moscow by Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop, the foreign ministers of the two countries.
In addition to the pledge of nonaggression, the treaty included secret protocols that divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.
On Sept. 1, Germany invaded Poland — thus igniting World War II — and within weeks the Red Army had marched in from the east. After claiming its part of Poland, the Soviet Union then annexed part of Finland, the Baltic states and the Romanian region that is now Moldova.
Molotov's grandson and namesake, Vyacheslav Nikonov, said his grandfather saw a deal with Nazi Germany as the only alternative after a failure to reach a military agreement with Britain and France.
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THE DISAPPEARING SHIP
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 (22:48:50) (165 reads)
First the ship reported it had been attacked in waters off Sweden. Then it sailed with no apparent problems through one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. And then it disappeared. The Arctic Sea, a Maltese-flagged cargo ship, was supposed to make port in Algeria with its cargo of timber on Aug. 4. More than a week later, there's no sign of the ship or its Russian crew.
Piracy has exploded off the coast of lawless Somalia — but could this be an almost unheard of case of sea banditry in European waters?
"If this is a criminal act, it appears to be following a new business model," Marine intelligence expert Graeme Gibbon-Brooks told Sky News on Wednesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the country's defense minister on Wednesday to take "all necessary measures" to find the missing cargo ship and, if necessary, to free its crew, the Kremlin said. Wives and other relatives of the crew members issued an appeal to the Russian government to carry out a full-scale rescue mission, using all of Russia's special services.
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RUSSIAN SUBS PATROLLING U.S. WATERS
Posted by Patriot on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 (05:16:46) (219 reads)
WASHINGTON -- Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said Tuesday.
U.S. Northern Command would not comment on the Russian submarines' movement. But in a prepared statement, Northern Command spokesman Michael Kucharek acknowledged the patrols and said the U.S. has been monitoring the two submarines.
Two senior U.S. officials, however, said the submarines had been patrolling several hundred miles off the coast and so far had done nothing to provoke U.S. military concerns. The officials provided details on condition of anonymity in order to discuss intelligence reports.
Note: By releasing this to the public it seems the Navy is saying 'we see you' to the Russkies. ~Patriot
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RUSSIAN ARMY ON HIGH ALERT IN SOUTH
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 (13:32:54) (171 reads)
Russian troops in the breakaway province of South Ossetia have been put on increased combat readiness amid rising tensions on the de facto border with Georgia, officials said Tuesday.
Andrei Nesterenko, the spokesman for Russia's Foreign Ministry, said the move was taken in response to Georgian "provocations" and to prevent a further escalation of violence. "The most important thing now is to prevent escalation and not to allow skirmishes to grow into bigger clashes," Nesternko said.
The situation near South Ossetia has become increasingly tense as the first anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war approaches on Friday, with Georgia and Russia blaming each other for provocations and intentions to resume fighting. The war began when Georgia launched an offensive to regain control over Moscow-backed South Ossetia.
South Ossetia's separatists and Georgian authorities have accused each other of firing gunshots and mortar rounds on several occasions over the past few days.
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RUSSIANS TO ALLOW US ARMS SHIPMENTS TO AFHGANISTAN
Posted by neverquit on Friday, July 03, 2009 (13:26:16) (187 reads)
MOSCOW – Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a top Kremlin aide said Friday in a gesture aimed at bolstering U.S. military operations and improving strained ties between Washington and Moscow.
The deal is expected to be signed during President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow next week, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko said.
Russia has been allowing the U.S. to ship non-lethal supplies across its territory for operations in Afghanistan and Kremlin officials had suggested further cooperation was likely.
Prikhodko told reporters that the expected deal would enable the U.S. to ship lethal cargo and would include shipments by air and land.
He said it was unclear if U.S. soldiers or other personnel would be permitted to travel through Russian territory or airspace.
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KAZAKHSTAN'S URANIUM 'STOLEN"
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Monday, June 01, 2009 (17:38:49) (186 reads)
The recently imprisoned former head of Kazakhstan's state nuclear power agency stole the majority of the Central Asian nation's uranium deposits, security officials alleged on Monday.
Former Kazatomprom head Mukhtar Dzhakishev and other company officials illegally shifted ownership of uranium mines worth tens of billions of dollars through a network of offshore companies, the KNB security service said.
"Our information confirms the illegal tranfer of more than 60 percent of the state's uranium deposits into the property of Dzhakishev and the companies he owned," a KNB spokesman told reporters in the capital Astana.
Note: I love how the article totally ignores where the uranium may have been taken to!
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RUSSIA CONCLUDES CT OPERATIONS IN CHECHNYA
Posted by Patriot on Thursday, April 16, 2009 (10:17:17) (151 reads)
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — Russia declared an end Thursday to its 10-year anti-terror operation in the autonomous republic of Chechnya.
The end to the offensive could see the withdrawal of thousands of security forces from the Muslim-majority region, where Russia has fought two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The head of the Federal Security Service “canceled the decree declaring a counterterrorist operation in the territory of the republic as of midnight of April 16,” Russia’s anti-terror committee said.
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RUSSIA CLAIMS BUILDING NEW NUKE SUBS
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Friday, March 27, 2009 (17:05:30) (220 reads)
MOSCOW – Russia said that new submarines will be armed with improved nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, a state-connected news agency reported Friday.
ITAR-Tass quoted the Defense Ministry as saying that the first in a series of six atomic submarines, the Severodvinsk, will join the navy in 2011. At least five other submarines of the same type will be built by 2017, it said.
The new hypersonic cruise missiles with increased range are designed to strike "aircraft carriers of the potential enemy if they pose a direct threat to Russia's security," the ministry said, according to ITAR-Tass. It said the missiles are also capable of hitting land targets.
A Defense Ministry spokesman declined to comment on the report.
Russia has increasingly relied on nuclear weapons to compensate for the decline of its conventional forces.
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CLASHES IN DAGESTAN
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Sunday, March 22, 2009 (02:56:34) (131 reads)
MAKHACHKALA, Russia – Three days of intense fighting between police and insurgents in a wooded area of Dagestan ended Saturday with five officers and about a dozen militants left dead, Russian officials said.
Clashes are frequent in Dagestan, but the fighting in an area near the border with Georgia and Azerbaijan was some of the most intense in recent months. Helicopter gunships fired on the militant positions.
Regional Interior Ministry spokesman Mark Tolchinsky said 14 insurgents were killed, but the Interfax news agency cited the Federal Security Service as saying 12 died.
Dagestan's militants are seen as having been inspired by separatists in neighboring Chechnya, where two wars have been fought with Russian forces in the past 15 years.
The police action, which began Wednesday, came after officials in the regions complained to regional authorities about the presence of the gunmen.
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RUSSIA ORDERS MASSIVE MILITARY BUILDUP
Posted by WhoDaresWins on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 (15:30:47) (179 reads)
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday announced a "large-scale" rearmament and renewal of Russia's nuclear arsenal, accusing NATO of pushing ahead with expansion near Russian borders.
Meeting defence chiefs in Moscow, Medvedev said he was determined to implement reforms designed to streamline Russia's bloated military.
Russia continues to face various security threats requiring robust defence capacity, he said.
"From 2011, a large-scale rearmament of the army and navy will begin," Medvedev said at the meeting of the country's top defence chiefs.
He called for a renewal of Russia's nuclear weapons arsenal and added that NATO was pursuing a drive to expand the alliance's physical presence near Russia's borders.
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NEVER FORGET OUR KIA, MIA AND POW SOLDIERS
American Deaths from other wars:
1775-1783 American Revolution 4,435
1812-1815 War of 1812 2,260
1846-1848 Mexican War 13,283
1861-1865 Civil War 558,052
1898 Spanish American War 2,446
1914-1918 World War I 116,708
1939-1945 World War II 407,316
1950-1953 Korean Conflict 33,651
1957-1975 Vietnam Conflict 58,168
1991 Gulf War 293
GULF WAR II CASUALTY
LIST POW/MIA
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." - General George S Patton
REMEMBER 9-11
"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, 'What should be the reward of such sacrifices?' ... If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom...crouch down and lick the hands, which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!"
Samuel Adams
9-11 Never Forget
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