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Rivne, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 18, 2008Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko oversaw military exercises Thursday aimed at preparing to fight off an invasion amid growing tensions with Russia. "The Ukrainian army can fulfil its constitutional duty" to defend Ukraine, Yushchenko told journalists after watching 3,000 troops, as well as fighter aircraft, tanks and helicopters, take part in the exercises. A spokesman for the ... more Thompson Files: Nuclear deterrent at risk 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Sep 18, 2008 Here's a quick quiz about national security. What is the single greatest danger to America's survival? Global terrorism? Biological warfare? Cyberattacks? Nope, none of the above. The biggest threat by far is still the Russian nuclear arsenal. If Russian leaders decided to launch a large-scale strategic missile attack against America right now, most of the people you know would be dead by suns ... more Russia row shows NATO needs reality check: IISS 
London (AFP) Sept 18, 2008NATO would be making a major strategic error trying to expand in the face of Russian anger, a respected international think tank said Thursday. NATO must not play "Russian roulette" with the Kremlin as it considers how to respond to Moscow's "disproportionate" use of force in Georgia, said the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. The IISS questioned whether the US ... more Defense Focus: Coming wars -- Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2008 The rapid success of the Russian army in conquering one-third of the territory of neighboring Georgia in only five days last month has started sobering up a lot of military planners around the world, especially in the United States and Europe. For it teaches the sobering lesson that significant land wars between major industrial powers are not inconceivable after all. Since the collapse ... more West's relations with Russia at turning point: Australian PM 
Canberra (AFP) Sept 18, 2008The west's relations with Russia are at a turning point after its intervention in Georgia and a pact to sell Australian uranium to Moscow is in the balance, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday. Parliament's treaties committee earlier recommended that the deal signed with former president Vladimir Putin last year be put on hold because of concerns about Russia's nuclear weapons programme. ... more |
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New York NY (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2008The demilitarization of space and preventing the glorification of Nazism will be top priorities for the Russian delegation at the UN General Assembly, Russia's envoy to the UN said. "For us, our draft resolution against militarization of space will be of particular importance," Vitaly Churkin said Tuesday as the 63d session of the General Assembly opened Tuesday at the UN headquarters in ... more Resupply spacecraft docks with International Space Station 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2008The Russian unmanned resupply spacecraft Progress M-65 docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday, four days late due to Hurricane Ike, the Interfax news agency reported. The three astronauts inside the space station will open the hatch of the expendable 2.5 tonne spacecraft -- which carries fuel, food, oxygen and other supplies -- on Thursday after its successful automatic ... more Russia Eyes Mediterranean As Alternative To Sevastopol Naval Base 
Sevastopol, Ukriane (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2008Russia could build up its presence in the Mediterranean to make up for the loss of its naval base in Ukraine's port of Sevastopol, a Black Sea Fleet official said on Monday. "Undoubtedly, the withdrawal [of the Black Sea Fleet] from the Crimea will affect Russia's security in the south. New bases in the Mediterranean Sea could make up for the departure," Rear Admiral Andrei Baranov said ... more Russia And The Next Phase Of Nuclear Doctrine Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 17, 2008 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has finished his visit to Warsaw. His talks with his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski, focused on the situation in the Caucasus and the planned deployment of 10 U.S. anti-ballistic missile interceptors at Redzikowo, near Slupsk in northern Poland. The Kremlin thinks the sole aim of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system in Europe is to ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 17, 2008NATO defence ministers are set to meet Thursday in London for talks overshadowed by Georgia's conflict with Russia and the effects it will have on the military alliance's future. "The discussion will revolve around the implications for NATO of the current security situation," NATO spokesman James Appathurai said Wednesday. "To see how NATO's on-going transformation will have to take (this) ... more Russia must set borders in oil-rich Arctic: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2008Russia must formally set its borders in the oil-rich Arctic region in the near future, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday amid an international race for the region's reserves. "We must wrap up all the formalities for drawing the external border in the continental shelf. This is our direct responsibility to future generations," Medvedev said at a Kremlin meeting of his national security ... more EU vows to help Vilnius reduce Russian energy dependence 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 17, 2008The European Commission on Wednesday promised to help Lithuania reduce its dependence on Russian energy supplies while not allowing it to keep its Soviet-era nuclear plant. EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso told visiting Lithuanian Prime Minister Gedimimas Kirkilas that Brussels would help Vilnius develop renewable energy sources and help make energy savings, notably with the help of ... more Russian Fleet May Go To Mediterranean 
Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2008 is stepping up its rhetoric about redeploying its Black Sea Fleet to the Mediterranean if Ukraine pushes ahead with plans to evict it from its home port base of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula. "Undoubtedly, the withdrawal (of the Black Sea Fleet) from the Crimea will affect Russia's security in the south. New bases in the Mediterranean Sea could make up for the ... more
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