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Coming of the ‘Sixth Generation’

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Fifth generation fighters, such as the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, have provided the US with a certain element of aerial superiority Even though Russia's PAK FA remains in testing and engine related concerns continue to plague the development of China's Chengdu J-20 aircraft, external observers still consider the F-35 to be the technically better aircraft despite fifth generation fighters still sitting in the wrapper and without resting on its laurels, the US Air Force and Navy are already looking forward to the future. The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning have been revolutionary in terms of their development as fifth generation fighters, yet preliminary work has already commenced on the design and development of their successors.

BUK M1 Air Defense System – Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:04:00 +0000

The Russian BUK-M1 (NATO code name SA-11 GADFLY ) surface-to-air medium-range missile system is designed to engage aerial targets, including aircraft, cruise missiles, helicopters as well as short range ballistic missiles (Lance missiles can be intercepted at a range of 20 km and altitude of 16 km).

How to win in Afghanistan: A lesson in nation building

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:41:00 +0000

by Louis DeAnda

The dilemma

Afghanistan. It’s the longest continuous conflict in United States history and unfortunately may be a harbinger of conflicts to come in the next decade. What the U.S. takes away from this conflict in terms of lessons learned will shape our preparation for the next conflict not just militarily, but politically as well.

Will Americans stay in Afghanistan?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:13:00 +0000

Where time is against America

by Ioncube Khanz

(Readers are encouraged to give opinions via comments)

During the recent rapid voyage to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, United States President Barack Obama signed with his local counterpart, Hamid Karzai, a strategic partnership agreement that will govern the relationship between Washington and Kabul after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014.

Katyn: a guilt of many, not just Stalin

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:11:00 +0000

The publication on Internet sites of the American National Archives of the documents on Katyn killings, with archive materials from the State Department, CIA and FBI carefully collected and put together, led to a long forgotten debate in Poland.

If the American and the British leaders knew the truth about the summary execution of the Polish officers by Stalin’s secret police in 1940, why didn’t they reveal the truth as soon as they could? Why did they have to wait until the cold war reaches its zenith in the early 1950s to make their accusations formal? It was only in 1953 that congressman Ray Madden’s Commission, charged with investigating the matter, came out with an official statement putting the blame on the Soviet side on the basis of the materials available in the US.

What the Western media doesn't say about green on blue attacks in Afghanistan

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:33:00 +0000

by Louis DeAnda

The essence of betrayal

For the enemy in Afghanistan, nothing succeeds like success. The last year Afghanistan has seen an increase in the frequency of attacks upon U.S. and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel by Afghans who were soldiers, recruits undergoing training, acting as embedded advisors, or otherwise occupying low-level security positions at bases or outposts jointly occupied.

Syrian chemical weapons: truth and fiction

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:12:00 +0000

The last argument against the invasion of Syria by foreign troops

by Ioncube Khanz

(Readers are encouraged to add/edit/replace any references, opinions can be given via comments)

The situation in Syria continues to be extremely challenging, fighting between government troops and the rebels did not subside. It's time once again to recall the statement of the representative of the Syrian Foreign Ministry Jihad Maqdisi, "No chemical or non-conventional weapons would not be used against our citizens. These weapons will be used only in the event of external aggression." He also said that all the warehouses of chemical weapons in the country are under the control of government forces. In fact, Damascus officially acknowledged a means of mass destruction, because previously there were only suspicions.

Russian Air force to take part in USAF training exercises

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:39:00 +0000

One such program is the regular aerial combat training exercise of the US Air Force and its allies, called “Red Flag”. The next exercise is scheduled for October 2012.

US Military command came up with the idea of conducting Red Flag exercises during the Vietnam War, when the USAF and naval aviation primarily used heavy multi-functional bombers such as the F-4 Phantom-II and F-105 Thunderchief. These bombers demonstrated their inability to engage in close combat with Vietnam’s light MIG aircraft. The reason for such failings was the strong reliance placed on powerful radars and medium-range missiles on the new American fighters. However, in practice the engagements very often did not go the way the pre-war theoretical schemes designed them to and the ratio of losses did not benefit the American side.

The fall of the Assad's regime only a matter of time

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:34:00 +0000

Marwan Muasher

Interviewed by Natalia Bubnov

The situation in Syria and around is rapidly intensifying. Events there are the topic of conversation with Marwan Muasher, vice-president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in charge of the study of the Middle East at the Washington headquarters of the Foundation and the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. He also was the first ambassador of his country to Israel, the head of the Ministry of Information, the spokesperson of the Government of Jordan, the director of Jordan Information Bureau in Washington.

Behemoth trained for Urban Scenario

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:16:00 +0000

Exhibited at Interpolitech 2011 exhibition Dmitry Sorokin tells the latest developments engineered for urban security needs. This automotive is based upon the famous Ural 4320 chassis. It is designed to maintain public order during mobs or massive public gatherings.

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Prospects for situation in Syria and around

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:05:00 +0000

The destruction of the Syrian air defense on June 22 by Turkish "Phantom" in the area of Latakia exacerbated an already very tense relations between Syria and Turkey, but contrary to the predictions of some experts who reject the probability of any large-scale armed confrontation I say why not?

Reference are put in a hast. Readers sorry from my side!

Bear in a China Shop

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:29:00 +0000

It's not the booming economy that's about to burst -- it's bigger than that. Social discontent and, yes, income inequality could rip China apart at the seams.

BY ARTHUR KROEBER

Time and again, China has defied the skeptics who claimed its unique mixed model -- an ever-more market-driven economy dominated by an authoritarian Communist Party and behemoth state-owned enterprises -- could not possibly endure. Today, those voices are louder than ever. Michael Pettis, a professor at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management and one of the most persistent and well-regarded skeptics, predicted in March that China's economic growth rate "will average not much more than 3% annually over the rest of the decade." Barry Eichengreen, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, warned last year that China is nearing a wall hit by many high-speed economies when growth slows or stops altogether -- the so-called "middle-income trap."

FRIEND OR FOE: BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:42:00 +0000

Accurate identification of targets, even in the most remote locations, is critical to military operations. Dr Gareth Evans investigates how biometrics-based identification technology has developed from a clunky add-on into an integral part of mission equipment and perhaps the precursor to an entirely new form of enemy surveillance

Little more than five years ago, biometric technology still largely represented a new and somewhat unconventional item in the military toolkit - an “add-on to the mission”, in the words of Myra S Gray, director of the US Army’s Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA).

MODERN LASER GUIDED BOMBS

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:23:00 +0000

Our favourite author Carlo Kopp discusses the advancements in the LGB (Laser Guided Bomb) sector from conventional aerodynamically stabilized ‘orthodox laser’ to gimbaled ‘hybrid’ seeker

A World Without Islam

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:44:00 +0000

What if Islam had never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: No clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. Would Christianity have taken over the world? Would the Middle East be a peaceful beacon of democracy? Would 9/11 have happened? In fact, remove Islam from the path of history, and the world ends up exactly where it is today.

BY GRAHAM E. FULLER

Who has the fastest warplane?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:09:00 +0000

Russia successfully tested a second prototype of its revolutionary new "fifth-generation" fighter plane Thursday, a futuristic, ultrafast, and stealthy warbird that may be in the possession of the Russian Air Force by 2013.

Leopards without claws - Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:27:00 +0000

Read the first part here

Previously we discussed submarine scandal, now we will shed light on the tank ammunition scandal. Again readers are requested to visit the links mentioned below, as my statistics are derived from these sources.

Greece DEFENCE CORRUPTION - PART I

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:34:00 +0000

The development of Greek weapons programs during the past two decades has significantly contributed (either directly or indirectly) to the fact that presently the country is in a difficult economic situation. Greece proved to be incapable not only to resist the growing poverty, but also to manage its military prowess (in comparison with the sums, which they spent between 1990's and 2000) all by the increasing military tension, caused by the actions of Turkey both in the Aegean sea, and in the eastern Mediterranean.

Putin & the Russian Army

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Candidate Vladimir Putin’s election manifesto on the military and national security appeared in Rossiyskaya gazeta. The rambling 6,500-word essay reads like most campaign literature — a series of feel-good sound bites with inconvenient facts, details, and background left out.

RUSSIAN UNMANNED AVIATION FUTURE-PART Ii

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:02:00 +0000

Continued from previous part:

Author describes how copying foreign technology sets the basis of improving domestic goods. He described copying much difficult and technically demanding process. Also he describes the contemporary developments in unmanned technology in Russian aviation schools.

Missile launch shows India on course for nuclear superiority?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:37:00 +0000

Last month India successfully launched a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range of 5,000km (3,100 miles). This is significant for at least two pressing reasons: the Agni-V missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, and its long range brings it within striking distance of China.

Russian Unmanned Aviation Future-Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:29:00 +0000

53 million dollars, another 100 million, and ultimately 300 million - the price for Ministry of Defence contracts for the purchase of Israeli drones has caused confusion & even humiliation. Person named Nicholas Dolzhenkov should get rid of them. One of the best modern Russian aircraft designer, he is now leading the development of UAVs, for Russian Army. Once he made his country, leader in the unmanned aircraft technology. It was back in 80s, and the country was called the Soviet Union. Nicholas Dolzhenkov will explain why we have fallen from that apex & are causing huge expenses in purchasing Israeli drones.

Chinese Prototype For Electromagnetic Catapults For Aircraft Carriers

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:06:00 +0000

The designer of the system - Ma Weiming (马伟明), graduated from Naval Engineering Institute in 1982; in 1996 received his doctorate at the University of Tsinghua. Known primarily as a specialist in electric power systems, and submarines. He is currently a professor at the Naval Engineering University of PLA.

10 Years of Designing & Manufacturing Precision Guided Weapons

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:52:00 +0000

Created in January 2002, the "Tactical Missiles Corporation" in a short time brought together 18 leading Russian defense industrial complex enterprises. The strategic goal of an integrated structure was not only to develop Russian missile educational institution, but also to establish a strong, steadily growing company that can compete successfully in the global arms markets.

Syria, Russia & the China: A Game of Oil & Ammo

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:27:00 +0000

Syria marked the first anniversary of its uprising -- and almost immediate crackdown -- last week. As the army expands its use of tanks and artillery against towns loyal to the rebellion, as many as 8,000 have been killed, and nearly a quarter-million have fled their homes. The United Nations remains incapable of agreeing to place water-tight sanctions on the country, however, thanks to opposition from Russia (still supplying arms to the regime) and China (still taking its oil).