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NATO Blocked In The Caucusus Part Two
Paris (UPI) Sep 16, 2008 If the little former Soviet republic of Georgia on the eastern shore of the Black Sea does not join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, then neither will the much larger and more important former Soviet republic of Ukraine. The accession of the two Black Sea states to the Atlantic alliance was part of the same U.S.-led strategic plan that went up in smoke as soon as Russian troops ... more Analysis: West vs. Russia, no end in sight 
Berlin (UPI) Sep 16, 2008 Russia would have invaded Georgia even if Georgia had been a NATO member, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recently told a group of experts in Moscow. The crisis between Russia and the West is still simmering. First, there is the unresolved security situation in Georgia, with two breakaway provinces recognized by Russia only; second, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is pushing ... more The Woes Of The Great Russian Army Continue Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 15, 2008 The five-day conflict between the Russian army and Georgia last month exposed serious Russian weaknesses in the field of radio-electronic warfare. It turns out that Russian electronic countermeasures systems are unable to jam and suppress enemy surface-to-air missiles and reconnaissance systems, radars and UHV communications and troop-control networks. This is rather disturbing ... more Walker's World: The BRICs crumble 
Beijing (UPI) Sep 15, 2008 Since the beginning of June, the Russian stock market has plunged by 46 percent, China's Shanghai composite index has slumped by 38 percent, and the Brazilian market is down 34 percent. Worldwide, the global stock markets have lost some $9 trillion in value since the financial crisis began a year ago. Of the fabled BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) that were predicted to ... more Rosnanotech Aims For 157 Billion Dollars In Output By 2015 
Tel Aviv, Israel (RIA Novosti) Sep 16, 2008The Russian Rosnanotech state corporation said Friday it planned to increase its output to $157 billion by 2015, while Russia's share of the global nanotech market would swell by 30 times. The company's managing director Dmitry Lisenkov said in the past two years Rosnanotech has invested in two projects out of 618 that have applied for funding, accounting for around 1% of the 130 billion ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2008Officials Friday delayed the arrival of a cargo ship at the International Space Station, after NASA shut down its space center in Houston as Hurricane Ike barreled down on Texas, the US space agency said. The Russian cargo spacecraft Progress, launched Thursday from Kazakhstan, is carrying more than two tons of supplies to Russian cosmonauts aboard the orbiting space station ... more The Woes Of The Great Russian Army Continue Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 12, 2008 On Wednesday Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov addressed the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, to inform the deputies about current military development and various problems. Serdyukov had to explain why the Russian army lacked modern weapons during the recent enforcement operation in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in the Caucasus. ... more The Coming War Might Be A Hot One 
Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2008 The Russian five-day blitzkrieg that conquered one-third of Georgia for negligible losses carried a grim warning for the next president of the United States, whether he is John McCain or Barack Obama: Major land wars that could involve U.S. armed forces against formidable opponents are no longer inconceivable. Only last week Adm. Eduard Baltin of the Russian navy publicly warned that ... more Russian Army Adopts New Reconnaissance Drones 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2008Russia's Defense Ministry has ordered a large number of new-generation unmanned reconnaissance drones to be put in service in the next few years, a Russian electronics company said on Wednesday. "Several dozen Tipchak UAV systems will enter service with the Russian army in the next few years," said Vladimir Verba, general director of the Vega Radio Engineering Corp. "The first system will ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Sep 12, 2008 Russia has courted OPEC with a memorandum to forge closer ties, a move that, if realized, would increase the power of oil-producing nations and further weaken importers in Europe, observers say. Observers at the most recent meeting in Vienna of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said the Russians were the biggest delegation ever from a non-OPEC country: Together with 20 ... more Russia To Launch Progress M-65 Space Freighter To ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 12, 2008Russia is due to launch a Progress M-65 spacecraft on board a Soyuz-U rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday to deliver supplies to the ISS, a Russian space agency spokesman said. "The rocket will put the Progress M-65 into orbit, after which it will fly toward the ISS on its own. The launch is scheduled for 23:50 Moscow time [19:50 GMT]. The module is scheduled ... more Russian planes in Venezuela a warning to US: Chavez 
Caracas (AFP) Sept 11, 2008The presence of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers in Venezuela is a "warning" to the US "empire," President Hugo Chavez said Thursday, as Washington said it was monitoring the deployment. "It's a warning. Russia is with us ... we are strategic allies. It is a message to the empire. Venezuela is no longer poor and alone," Chavez said during a public event Thursday. The Venezuelan ... more Outside View: Mideast arms sales -- Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 11, 2008 In recent years Jordan has bought from Russia two Ilyushin Il-76MF military transport planes worth a combined $100 million and six light multirole Kamov Ka-226 helicopters at an estimated cost of $25 million, which will be assembled in Jordan under license. The two countries have even set up a joint venture, Oboronprom Middle East, to assemble 15 to 20 Kamov Ka helicopters a year. ... more
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