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Balance Of Terror Rides Again In Pursuit Of Mutual Destruction
Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 The Cold War is back -- but it is already getting dangerously hot. Russia did not wait even a day after the announcement that Poland had agreed to station 10 U.S. anti-ICBM Ground-Based Mid-course Interceptors on its territory before announcing it would target Poland with its own missiles in response. As we have repeatedly documented in this column over the past year, the ... more Georgian minister to meet Rice, NATO counterparts Tuesday 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili will hold bilateral tallks with NATO counterparts on Tuesday, on the sidelines of an Alliance meeting on the Georgia-Russia conflict, officials said Monday. A NATO official said the Georgian minister "will not address the council" of 26 NATO foreign ministers. However Tkeshelashvili has organised several bilateral talks including with US ... more Russia moves SS-21 missiles into Georgia: US defense official 
Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Russia has moved short-range SS-21 missile launchers into South Ossetia since fighting there halted, and has yet to give any sign of a significant pullback of its troops from Georgia, US officials said Monday. Instead, there were indications that Russia was adding ground troops and equipment to its force in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, strengthening its hold over the breakaway Georgian region ... more Is Russian Air Power Facing Up To Training Issues Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 Past problems with lack of funding for pilot and crew training have led to strange incidents in the Russian air force. A few years ago, a Maj. Troyanov lost orientation in the Baltic sky and, instead of Kaliningrad region, flew over Lithuania and had to eject from the aircraft when his plane ran out of fuel. It was later established that Troyanov had had just seven hours of flight ... more US: Venezuela's Russia fleet invite is 'curious' 
Crawford, Texas (AFP) Aug 18, 2008The White House said Monday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's invitation to host a Russian fleet was "curious" and accused him of neglecting his people's problems. "The Russians and the Venezuelans can engage in whatever cooperation that they would like. But it's curious, I'm not sure what Venezuela needs or gains by a visit by the Russian fleet," said spokesman Gordon Johndroe. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 15, 2008Russia expressed its fury Friday over US plans to place a new missile system in eastern Europe, saying it was clear the weapons were pointed at Moscow and would be a fair military target to strike. Speaking at a news conference in southern Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev stated that, despite Washington's denials, the United States had Russia in mind in basing elements of the system in ... more Georgia 'will join NATO': Merkel 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 17, 2008German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday assured Georgia would join NATO as she strongly backed the ex-Soviet republic's President Mikheil Saakashvili in his conflict with Russia. "Georgia will become a member of NATO if it wants to -- and it does want to," she told reporters before talks with Saakashvili in Tbilisi. It was one of the strongest statements yet of support for Georgia's ... more Blown away: Georgian soldiers say Russian planes destroyed army 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 17, 2008As he lies in a Tbilisi hospital, his leg missing from the knee down, Lieutenant Roman Abashidze reflects on the reason for Georgia's crushing defeat to Russian forces. "I think that if there had not been Russian air forces, then yes, we had a chance," he says as he shifts his body by grabbing a steel bar running above his bed. Like others recovering in the Georgian capital after their a ... more Tougher Russia could complicate UN work 
United Nations (AFP) Aug 16, 2008A more assertive Russia as shown in the Georgia conflict could complicate the diplomatic resolution of hot issues on the UN Security Council's agenda, such as Iran's nuclear activities, diplomats and experts say. As the 15-member council scrambled Saturday to craft a revised draft resolution to formalize the French-brokered ceasefire between Moscow and Tbilisi, a Western diplomat said any ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 13, 2008Russia's military exports will exceed $8.5 billion in 2008, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Russia has doubled annual arms exports since 2000 to $7 billion last year, becoming the world's second-largest exporter of conventional arms after the United States. Military exports "are planned at $8.5 billion this year [2008], and I think we will fully meet the plan, and even exceed ... more Indian Army Orders Additional BrahMos Cruise Missiles 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Aug 13, 2008The Indian army has ordered an additional batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture, the company's CEO said Tuesday. "The army leadership realizes that weaponry such as the BrahMos missiles will ensure victory to the country which posses it in any conflict," Sivathanu Pillai, who is also the managing director of BrahMos Aerospace ... more Turkey Set To Create Missile Shield In Ankara, Istanbul 
Ankara, Turkey (RIA Novosti) Aug 13, 2008Turkey plans to buy eight missile defense systems abroad to protect itself against possible missile attacks, an undersecretary for the Defense Ministry said on Monday. Murat Bayar said two missile shields are to be deployed in and around Ankara and Istanbul by 2010, and that Turkey is currently negotiating a deal with four countries: Russia, the United States, China and Israel. ... more Russia-Georgia border awash with troops, militiamen, refugees 
Nar, Russia (AFP) Aug 11, 2008Riding in a dusty convoy of tanks and mobile missile launchers snaking through the mountains, Russian troops kept streaming into Georgia's rebel province of South Ossetia on Monday. A howitzer flying a Russian flag rumbled past, followed by dusty T-62 and T-72 tanks, armoured personnel carriers, missiles and mobile pontoon bridges on the mountain pass leading to the Roki Tunnel, which ... more
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