NATO Is Getting Closer To Russia's Borders [Archive]

december

07-07-2007, 08:32 PM

I will begin this thread with my answer to truthseeker1980 in other thread:

Russia doesn't want any confrontation with Europe, but it is NATO (which is run by America) that is getting closer and closer to Russia's borders and not the other way around.

The West (mostly USA) just hates to see prosperous Russia and improving relationships between Europe and Russia after the "Cold War" so that's why they publish propaganda articles in their media such as this one:

"West is scared of Russia's economic might"

Russia's economic might: spooky or soothing?

The Russians are displaying their wealth with pride, whether on the streets of Moscow or on the global geopolitical arena.

Last year, the number of so-called "high net worth individuals" - people whose spending power exceeds $1bn (£500m) - in Russia rose 15.5% - compared with an 8% swelling in their number globally, according to the Merrill Lynch and CapGemini World Wealth Report.

Agrees Global Insight Russia analyst Natalia Leshchenko: "Living standards are slowly beginning to improve, also for the poorest, and that's why Putin is popular."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6265068.stm

So, in other words - the USA hates to see the rise of Russia and therefore plans to turn Europe against Moscow and then make war profits as they did DURING and AFTER the Second World War with their "Marshal Plan".

Obviously in case of the millitary conflict between EU and Russia it will be ONLY America who will benefit from it.

Americans will be sitting in comfort at home on their couches and watching war reports from Europe on TV, while at the same time checking the prices on the New York stock exchange as they did in 1941...

http://icf.som.yale.edu/nyse/images/TradingFloor3.jpg

How soon do we forget....
EUROPE in 1940s -

http://www.prato.linux.it/~lmasetti/antiwarsongs/img/upl/dresden.jpg

december

07-07-2007, 08:33 PM

Georgia to host NATO air exercise July 9-20

06/ 07/ 2007

TBILISI, July 6 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia will host a multinational military exercise under the Partnership for Peace Program (PPP) July 9-20, the Defense Ministry said Friday.

The Cooperative Archer 2007 exercises are aimed at ensuring better interoperability among the air forces of NATO members and their partners in landing, deployment, rescue and evacuation efforts using air transport.

The exercises will involve about 500 servicemen from four NATO member countries, eight partners in the PPP, and Jordan, the ministry said.

The exercises will be held at the Vasiani military base near the capital, Tbilisi. According to some reports, the Vasiani base could be included into the system of U.S. Air Force military bases supporting operations in Central Asia after Georgia joins NATO.

Since U.S.-educated President Mikheil Saakashvili came to power in the South Caucasus republic, it has been seeking to join NATO and the European Union and reduce its dependence on Russia, including in energy.

Georgia expects integration with NATO to help it restore control over its two breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and to replace Russian and ex-Soviet peacekeepers in the area with an international contingent.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070706/68489505.html

december

08-07-2007, 08:22 PM

NATO expansion relapse into Cold War - FM Lavrov

05/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that NATO's further expansion eastward was reminiscent of the Cold War standoff between the Soviet Union and the West.

"We do not think NATO's expansion is necessary, and believe the policy is a relapse into the Cold War," Lavrov told a news conference following talks with his Finnish counterpart.

Lavrov said Europe should instead join efforts in countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and other threats facing all the continent's nations.

Three ex-Soviet Baltic republics and seven former Communist-bloc states in Eastern Europe have joined NATO since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Former Soviet allies Ukraine and Georgia have also declared plans to join the 26-member alliance.

Russia has repeatedly expressed concern about the emergence of new NATO bases close to its borders and the bloc's reluctance to ratify an updated Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, which has regulated the deployment of troops and weapons on the continent since the Cold War.

Moscow has dismissed NATO's arguments that it must first withdraw troops from Moldova and Georgia, and has imposed a moratorium on the implementation of the old CFE treaty.

Lavrov said Moscow welcomed cooperation with the bloc within existing formats.

"There are various formats of cooperation between NATO and Russia, or Ukraine or other countries. There are no obstacles to joint work in the future," the minister said.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070705/68418513.html

december

10-07-2007, 12:57 AM

U.S. naval exercise starts in Ukraine amid protests

09/ 07/ 2007

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KIEV, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - A major Ukrainian-U.S. naval exercise, involving staff officers and observers from 13 nations, started Monday in the Odessa Region, in the Black Sea, amid protests by local left-wing political groups.

The Sea Breeze 2007, Ukraine's largest military training effort scheduled for 2007, is a multinational peacekeeping exercise led by the U.S. and Ukraine which has been held annually since 1997.

This year, it will involve a dozen ships and vessels, up to three fixed-wing and up to eight rotary-wing aircraft, a team of divers, an airborne search and rescue team, a Marine company, and several pieces of armor.

The exercise will be based in the port of Odessa and neighboring Nikolaev, a Soviet-era naval shipbuilding center.

Ukrainian communists and the leftist Progressive Socialist Party have threatened to obstruct the exercise, as they did in the Crimea last year when the U.S. warship delivering the hardware had to be moved elsewhere.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070709/68637771.html

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december

12-07-2007, 01:26 AM

Russian Navy chief says new Black Sea base complete by 2012

11/ 07/ 2007

NOVOROSSIISK, July 11 (RIA Novosti) - The construction of a new base for the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the port of Novorossiisk will be completed by 2012, the Navy Commander said Wednesday.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree in 2003 setting up an alternative naval base for the Black Sea Fleet in Novorossiisk after Ukraine demanded the base in Sevastopol be withdrawn by 2017.

"In five years, we will finish the construction of breakwaters and piers," Russian Navy Commander Admiral Vladimir Masorin said. "As a result, the base will be able to accommodate up to 100 ships of the Black Sea Fleet."

Russia has allocated 12.3 billion rubles (about $480 million) for the construction of the new base between 2007 and 2012 under a targeted federal program.

Masorin said three piers had been constructed and the work was underway on building breakwaters.

The construction of other infrastructure at the base, including facilities for coastal troops, aviation and logistics units, will continue beyond 2012, the admiral said.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian leadership has been pushing for the withdrawal of Russia's naval base in Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea Autonomy by 2017, in compliance with a previous bilateral agreement.

"The Black Sea fleet must leave the Crimea by 2017. Period," the Ukrainian Defense Ministry quoted Anatoly Hrytsenko as saying in May.

Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement in 1997 stipulating that the Black Sea Fleet's main base in Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula, be leased to Russia for 20 years, with the possibility of extending the term.

The annual rent of about $100 million is deducted from Ukraine's debt for Russian energy supplies. In addition to the main base, the Black Sea Fleet maintains two airfields and a ship re-supply facility on the Crimean Peninsula.

But Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday that the current rent could be increased in the future.

"Certainly, the rent for the Black Sea Fleet base in the Crimea will be changing because it is linked to other factors that determine the final amount," Yushchenko said in an interview with the Vremya Novostei newspaper.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070711/68787458.html

december

13-07-2007, 04:13 PM

Russia successfully tests new S-400 air defense system

13/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has successfully conducted the first live firing tests of its new S-400 Triumf air defense complex at a testing ground in southern Russia, the Air Force said Friday.

A basic firing exercise was conducted July 12-13 at the Kapustin Yar firing range in the Astrakhan Region by an air defense regiment that will soon assume combat duty outside the Russian capital.

"The exercise was a success," the Air Force press service said in a statement. "The system destroyed all designated targets."

The S-400 (NATO codename SA-21 Growler) is a new air defense missile system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family.

It has been designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles), or twice the range of the U.S. MIM-104 Patriot, and 2.5 times that of the S-300PMU-2.

Lieutenant General Alexander Gorkov, the Air Force air defense chief, said last week that Russia planned to deploy new air defense systems primarily around all strategically important administrative and political centers in two stages by 2015.

During the second stage, which starts in 2010, Russia will add modernized versions of the S-400 with enhanced characteristics in comparison to the current model, he said.

The system is reportedly highly capable of destroying stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles with an effective range of up to 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) and a speed of up to 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per second.

The Russian Air Defense Forces, which are part of the Air Force, currently deploy more than 30 regiments equipped with S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) missile complexes, which will be gradually replaced with S-400 systems.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070713/68912072.html

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The S-400 Triumf (Russian: C-400 «Триумф»; English: triumph) is a new generation of anti-aircraft/anti-missile weapon system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. Its NATO reporting name is SA-21 Growler. The S-400 was previously known as S-300PMU-3. It overshadows the capabilities of the other systems from the S-300 series, and its range is 2 times greater than that of the MIM-104 Patriot system.

The S-400 is capable of detecting and destroying aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles with an effective range of up to 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) and a speed of up to 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per second. Sources claim that the S-400 is capable of detecting and destroying aircraft made with low observable materials, or "stealth" aircraft (Although the types of detectable aircraft, extent to which detection is possible, and methods of detection and tracking have not been verified).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_Triumf

december

14-07-2007, 05:48 PM

Russia suspends participation in arms control treaty

MOSCOW - Russia on Saturday suspended its participation in a key European arms control treaty that governs deployment of troops on the continent, the Kremlin said, a move that threatened to further aggravate Moscow's already tense relations with the West.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree suspending Russia's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty due to "extraordinary circumstances ... which affect the security of the Russian Federation and require immediate measures," the Kremlin said in a statement.

Putin has in the past threatened to freeze his country's compliance with the treaty, accusing the United States and its NATO partners of undermining regional stability with U.S. plans for a missile defense system in former Soviet bloc countries in Eastern Europe.

Under the moratorium, Russia will halt inspections and verifications of its military sites by NATO countries and will no longer limit the number of its conventional weapons, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Under the moratorium, Russia will halt inspections and verifications of its military sites by NATO countries and will no longer limit the number of its conventional weapons, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The White House reacted with disappointment to Russia's decision.

"We're disappointed Russia has suspended its participation for now, but we'll continue to have discussions with them in the coming months on the best way to proceed in this area — that is in the interest of all parties involved and provides for security in Europe," Gordon Johndroe, a spokeman for the National Security Council, said in a statement.

In Brussels, NATO spokesman James Appathurai condemned the decision. "NATO regrets this decision by the Russian Federation. It is a step in the wrong direction," Appathurai said.

The treaty, between Russian and NATO members, was signed in 1990 and amended in 1999 to reflect changes since the breakup of the Soviet Union, adding the requirement that Moscow withdraw troops from the former Soviet republics of Moldova and Georgia.

Russia has ratified the amended version, but the United States and other NATO members have refused to do so until Russia completely withdraws.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia could no longer tolerate a situation where it was complying with the treaty but its partners were not, and he expressed hope that Russia's move would induce Western nations to commit to the updated treaty.

"Such a situation contradicts Russia's interests," Peskov told The Associated Press. "Russia continues to expect that other nations that have signed the CFE will fulfill their obligations."

The treaty is seen as a key element in maintaining stability in Europe. It establishes limitations on countries' deployment of tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery, attack helicopters and combat aircraft.

Withdrawal from the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty would allow Moscow to build up forces near its borders.

But Russian military analysts have said the possibility of suspending participation in the treaty was a symbolic rising of ante in the missile shield showdown more than a sign of impending military escalation.

Pavel Felgenhauer, a Moscow-based defense analyst, said the moratorium probably won't result in any major buildup of heavy weaponry in European Russia. Russia has no actual interest in the highly costly build up of forces because it faces no real military threat and has no plans to launch an attack of its won, he said.

But, he said, it could mean an end to onsite inspections and verifications by NATO countries, which many European nations rely on to keep track of Russian deployments.

For the United States, the moratorium will mostly be a symbolic gesture, he said, since the U.S. has an extensive intelligence network that keeps close track of Russian forces. But it will still be seen as another unfriendly move in Washington, Felgenhauer predicted.

"This will be a major irritant," he said. "It will seriously spoil relations. The kind of soothing effect from the last summit with Putin and (President) Bush will evaporate swiftly," he said referring a summit between the leaders earlier this month at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Felgenhauer also said that there is no provision under the treaty for a moratorium, suggesting Russia was acting illegally. "This is basically non-compliance, and this is an illegal move," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_re_eu/russia_arms_control_treaty

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december

14-07-2007, 09:14 PM

Russia freezes CFE-related data provision, yet open to dialogue

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14/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will freeze data provision and inspections as part of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, but will be open to further dialogue, the country's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

The statement followed a moratorium on honoring the CFE treaty decreed Saturday by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia will consider the international agreements frozen 150 days after all participants in the CFE treaty have received notices from the country.

"Upon President Putin's instructions the Russian Foreign Ministry will circulate relevant notices July 14, 2007," the body said in a statement.

Among other things, Russia will not comply with any conventional arms limits, the Foreign Ministry said, however, the amount of Russian weapons will depend on the situation in the military and political spheres.

Ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a deputy speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament, proposed Saturday that the State Duma hold an emergency session to adopt a draft law on freezing the CFE treaty.

Russia considers the 1990 CFE treaty outdated since it does not reflect either the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact or the breakup of the Soviet Union. Unlike NATO, the country also signed an upgraded CFE treaty in 1999.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070714/68955958.html

december

15-07-2007, 11:24 PM

Georgia Hosts NATO-led Emergency and Rescue Exercises

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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - NATO-led rescue drills involving the air forces of 12 nations kicked off Wednesday in Georgia, which hopes that hosting the maneuvers will improve its chances of joining the Western military alliance.

Several hundred air force personnel from NATO members, including the United States and Germany, and aspiring members, including Georgia and Ukraine, will take part in the 20-day training as part of NATO's Partnership for Peace - a program of cooperation between the alliance and former Soviet militaries.

"We are here to learn from each other," said Col. Kazimierz Dynski, a NATO representative who is directing the exercises, dubbed ‘Cooperative Archer 2007.'

Participants will learn to help victims of earthquakes and floods, evacuate people by helicopter and set up a field hospital, said Zaza Gogava, Chief of General Staff of the Georgian armed forces.

The participants also include Albania, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Hungary, Jordan, Latvia, Moldova and Turkey.

Since he came to power, President Mikhail Saakashvili has vowed to get the small Caucasus nation both NATO and EU membership - plans that have irritated Russia, which has regarded Georgia as being within its sphere of influence.

Further complicating Georgia's efforts to join NATO is its struggle to bring two breakaway provinces, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, back under central government control. Russia has close ties with the separatist provinces, but does not formally recognize them.

http://mnweekly.ru/cis/20070712/55261856.html

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december

17-07-2007, 05:01 PM

Russia's Ground Forces to conduct 230 staff exercises in summer

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17/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Ground Forces will hold about 230 command-and-staff exercises at the operational level during summer 2007, a spokesman said Tuesday.

"We are also planning to conduct over 600 tactical exercises with live firing," Colonel Igor Konashenkov told RIA Novosti.

The Ground Forces are deployed in all six military districts of the country and total about 400,000 personnel, according to some estimates.

In line with current military reforms, more than 60 permanent-readiness units of the Ground Forces have already been manned with contract personnel.

Konashenkov earlier said the country's Ground Forces would enlist more than 100,000 soldiers and non-commissioned officers on a contract basis by the end of 2007.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070717/69090689.html

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december

20-07-2007, 05:24 PM

Russia ready for talks on CFE Treaty in autumn

20/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is ready to start talks on an amended Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty this autumn, and will continue to honor its provisions until the deadline set by a presidential decree, a Russian diplomat said Friday.

Late last week, President Vladimir Putin imposed a moratorium on Russia's observance of the CFE Treaty and related agreements, citing the "extraordinary circumstances concerning Russia's security that require emergency measures," and set a 150-day deadline for the West to ratify it.

"Our partners have not yet developed a realistic approach [toward the CFE], but I hope it will happen by autumn and we will begin serious work," said Anton Mazur, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for conventional arms control.

The diplomat said Russia continued to hold consultations on the ratification of the amended treaty by all NATO member countries.

The CFE Treaty was amended in 1999 in Istanbul in line with post-Cold War realities, and has so far only been ratified by Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Mazur said Russia would continue fulfilling all of its CFE-related obligations until it suspends its participation in the treaty.

"We will fulfill all of our commitments assumed under the treaty until December 12, 2007," the official said.

Moscow considers the original CFE Treaty, signed in 1990 to reduce conventional military forces on the continent, outdated since it does not reflect the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the breakup of the Soviet Union or the recent NATO expansion.

Moldova and Georgia have refused to ratify the treaty until Russia withdraws its troops from their territories. Russia maintains a peacekeeping contingent in Georgia and a battalion guarding ex-Soviet ammunition depots in the self-proclaimed republic of Transdnestr in Moldova.

NATO countries have insisted on Russia's withdrawal from Transdnestr and other post-Soviet regions as a condition for their ratifying the CFE Treaty. NATO's reluctance to ratify the re-drafted pact is a key source of tension between Russia and the Western security alliance.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070720/69352336.html

december

22-07-2007, 08:40 PM

EarthFirst! Defeat NATO in the Netherlands

For two years GroenFront! - Dutch & Belgian EarthFirst! - have been fighting with the local community in Schinveld, in the southeast of the country, to preserve a forest that would be destroyed for the sake of the NATO airforce base across the German border.

A direct action camp was evicted in January, and 15 acres were destroyed, but 35 acres saved. GroenFront! was preparing to reoccupy the woods awaiting the final outcome of a legal battle between the local council and national government, but now to great surprise, the protestors have been vindicated and the forests are definitely saved from NATO's bloody claws. On July 18th the Dutch highest administrative court ruled that the logging of Schiveld forest is illegal. This means the ministry of defence cannot continue the logging of the forest as requested by NATO, it also means the logging of the first six hectares in January 2006 was illegal. The forest would need to be destroyed to allow AWACS radar planes to lift off with more fuel in order to fly directly to Afghanistan and Iraq.

http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml

december

23-07-2007, 04:18 PM

Arms reductions treaty in Europe could be salvaged - Russian MP

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23/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty could still be "reanimated" if NATO countries agree to ratify its adopted version before the December 2007 deadline, a Russian parliament member said Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed July 14 a moratorium on Russia's observance of the CFE Treaty and related agreements, citing the "extraordinary circumstances concerning Russia's security that requires emergency measures," and set a 150-day deadline for the West to ratify it.

The president also submitted Monday a bill on the suspension of Russia's membership in the CFE Treaty to the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma.

"The CFE treaty, despite all its shortcomings, could be reanimated, could still be salvaged, if our [NATO] partners ratify its adopted version and seriously consider Russian proposals at the latest CFE conference," said Konstantin Kosachev, head of the State Duma international relations committee.

Kosachev said that Russian lawmakers were not planning to discuss legal aspects of the unilateral moratorium anytime soon.

"We are in a 150-day [deadline] period, and the State Duma will make the final decision on the issue by the end of this period depending on our partner's response," he said.

The CFE Treaty was amended in 1999 in Istanbul in line with post-Cold War realities, and has so far only been ratified by Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Moscow considers the original CFE Treaty, signed in 1990 by 30 countries to reduce conventional military forces on the continent, outdated since it does not reflect the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the breakup of the Soviet Union, or recent NATO expansion.

Moldova and Georgia have refused to ratify the treaty until Russia withdraws its troops from their territories. Russia maintains a peacekeeping contingent in Georgia and a battalion guarding ex-Soviet ammunition depots in the self-proclaimed republic of Transdnestr in Moldova.

NATO countries have insisted on Russia's withdrawal from Transdnestr and other post-Soviet regions as a condition for their ratifying the CFE Treaty. NATO's reluctance to ratify the re-drafted pact is a key source of tension between Russia and the Western security alliance.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070723/69499786.html

december

26-07-2007, 12:01 AM

Russia to deploy S-400 air defense systems around Moscow Aug. 6

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25/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will deploy the first air defense battalion equipped with new S-400 missile systems around Moscow on August 6, an Air Force spokesman said.

The S-400 Triumf (NATO codename SA-21 Growler) is a new air defense missile system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family.

"A battalion equipped with S-400 Triumf air defense systems and a command post will be put on combat duty [around Moscow] August 6," Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky told a news conference Tuesday.

Russia successfully conducted July 12-13 live firing tests of S-400 air defense complex at the Kapustin Yar firing range in the Astrakhan Region.

Drobyshevsky said units of the first battalion had arrived at their deployment site in the Moscow Region and were preparing to assume combat duty.

A regular S-400 battalion comprises at least eight launchers and 32 missiles and a mobile command post, according to various sources.

S-400 has been designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles), or twice the range of the U.S. MIM-104 Patriot, and 2.5 times that of the S-300PMU-2.

The system is reportedly highly capable of destroying stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles with an effective range of up to 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles), and a speed of up to 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per second.

Experts believe that the ability to intercept and destroy cruise missiles and ballistic missiles makes S-400 Triumf a crucial part of theater missile defenses.

Lieutenant General Alexander Gorkov, the Air Force air defense chief, said earlier in July that Russia planned to deploy new air defense systems primarily around all strategically important administrative and political centers in two stages by 2015.

The Russian Air Defense Forces, which are part of the Air Force, currently deploy more than 30 regiments equipped with S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) missile complexes, which will be gradually replaced with S-400 systems.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070725/69607443.html

december

27-07-2007, 04:13 PM

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces to conduct over 100 exercises in fall

27/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Strategic Missile Forces will conduct more than 100 exercises this summer and fall, the SMF press service said Friday.

Part of the exercises will include rehearsing command and control operations involving the mobile Topol-M ICBM complex.

The SMF commander said last month Russia will commission three Topol-M ICBMs this year.

"By the end of the year we will arm another missile battalion with advanced Topol-M ICBMs at the Teikovo missile base, Ivanovo Region," Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov said.

Gen. Solovtsov said earlier the deployment of silo-based Topol-M systems in the Saratov Region and road-mobile systems in the Ivanovo Region (central Russia) would be completed in 2010.

As of December 2006, the Strategic Missile Forces operated 44 silo-based and three mobile missiles. The SMF press service said that, while 48 silo-based systems would be on duty by late 2007, the Teikovo base is shifting to cutting-edge road-mobile missiles.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070727/69799517.html

http://www.robertamsterdam.com/topol-m.jpg

The RT-2UTTKh «Topol-M» (Russian: РТ-2УТТХ «Тополь-М») is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles to be deployed by Russia, and the first to be developed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In its Russian designation РТ stands for "ракета твердотопливная" ("solid fuel rocket"), while УТТХ - for "улучшенные тактико-технические характеристики" ("improved tactical and technical characteristics"). It has been assigned the NATO reporting name SS-27. "Topol" (тополь) in Russian means "poplar". It is designed and produced exclusively by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, and built at the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-2UTTH_Topol_M

friendsinthesky

27-07-2007, 05:59 PM

..blah blah blah. Blow this country up! Blow that country up! The population decreases and radio-active shit is in the air. The economy dives, people are sick and dying all over the world, yeah , right, that's how I would rule the world. PPPFFFFTTTTTTTT!

december

27-07-2007, 06:47 PM

..blah blah blah. Blow this country up! Blow that country up!

Blow what country up?

friendsinthesky

28-07-2007, 01:52 AM

Blow what country up?

That's a good question and as it has not happened yet, then I can't answer.

december

04-08-2007, 03:54 PM

Russia deployed over 30 new types of weaponry in Jan.-June 2007

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03/ 08/ 2007

MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Armed Forces commissioned more than 30 new types of advanced weapon systems in the first half of 2007, the defense minister said Friday.

"Thirty-six types of modern weaponry were deployed with the Armed Forces in the first half of 2007," Anatoly Serdyukov said.

The minister said these weapon systems included the submarine-launched R-29RM Sineva ballistic missiles, the S-400 Triumf air defense complex, and the 120-mm Nona SM-1 towed mortar for Ground Forces.

The R-29RM Sineva (NATO codename SS-N-23) was designed for use by the Russian Delta IV class submarines, each of which is capable of carrying 16 missiles. It carries four nuclear warheads and has a range of about 8,500 kilometers.

Serdyukov also said Russia has successfully conducted test launches of the Yarts land-based ballistic missile, the Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile and the X-102 airborne missile.

"We have entered the final testing stage for the entire missile triad," he said.

In addition, Russia successfully tested a new version of the Iskander-M ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads and launched two military reconnaissance and communication satellites, the defense minister said.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070803/70305426.html

blindspot

04-08-2007, 04:13 PM

december, I maybe able to help on this as your post is a bit open to . criticized.

The is one simple way of really telling what is happening.

History repeats it self through the ages and by studying this you will be able to tell what is happening in the future.

Look at the Roman empire the way, the Roman war machine burnt it self out almost exact to the Nazi war machine they both had to take my more countries to feed the recourses needed and by one point they could not handle the growth and there empires where far to extended so it collapsed inside out, this is even like the British empire which lost its power in the same way.

Look at before the war and where the economic power was shifting.
Compare each country to now.
Like Germany with The USA, can you see any thing in common?

Germany 1938(example) The Jaws are blamed for the loss of World War 1
USA 2006(example) The terrorist alerts, blamed for attacks which do not happen.

Find the two sides, try to make sure you know who is backing who

december

05-08-2007, 07:47 PM

Look at before the war and where the economic power was shifting.
Compare each country to now.
Like Germany with The USA, can you see any thing in common?

Germany 1938(example) The Jaws are blamed for the loss of World War 1
USA 2006(example) The terrorist alerts, blamed for attacks which do not happen.

Find the two sides, try to make sure you know who is backing who

Hello, blindspot.

It does not matter WHO is behind it - the Holy Roman Empire theorists or the Jewish bankers the Rothschilds.
All it matters is that the threat keeps coming from the West, and Russian people are sick of it...

Pretty soon Russia is going to teach the invaders a lesson one more time...

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Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, painted by Adolph Northen in the 19th century

A disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. The campaign left his Grande Armée decimated and it never regained its previous strength. In October 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig and then invaded France. Napoleon was forced to abdicate in April of the following year and was exiled to the island of Elba.

Napoleon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The French invasion of Russia (1812) was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their initial strength. Its sustained role in Russian culture may be seen in Tolstoy's War and Peace and the Soviet identification of it with the German invasion of 1941-1945.

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941. The operation was named after the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire, a leader of the Crusades in the 12th century. It is not to be confused with the war on the Eastern Front in its entirety.

Operation Barbarossa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov in Berlin. (May 1945 )

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The act on Germany's surrender was signed in the two-storied building of the former canteen of the German military engineer school in Berlin's outskirts. (May 1945).

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Marshal Zhukov talking to American General Patton, left, at the Victory Parade in Berlin. (June 1945).

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Two hundred captive German military banners and standards were chosen out of many, and prepared to be flung down at the Victors' feet during the Great Victory Parade on the sacred Red Square in Moscow on the 24th of June 1945

Victory Parade, Red Square, Moscow, 1945

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http://www.great-victory1945.ru/victory.htm

cruise4

05-08-2007, 09:44 PM

What will happen is the Russian people will once again have to endure tremendous suffering without ever understanding who their real enemy was. As a Russian patriot (you are I take it?), you don't half do your country and fellow citizens a disservice. You are on the wrong side you prat!

december

05-08-2007, 10:43 PM

Not only Napoleon and Hitler, but bloody Bolshevik revolution was imported from the West as well...

december

05-08-2007, 10:44 PM

Russia to launch serial production of Bulava ballistic missile

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05/ 08/ 2007

SEVASTOPOL, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has made a decision to start serial production of its new Bulava-M sea-launched ballistic missile, following a successful test launch in late June, the Russian Navy commander said Sunday.

The scheduled launch was conducted June 28 from the submerged Dmitry Donskoi, a Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, in the northern Russia's White Sea, and the missile reached its target at the Kura testing grounds on the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 6,700 kilometers (4,200 miles) east of Moscow.

Admiral Vladimir Masorin said the latest test launch was important to make a decision on the ballistic missile production, adding that the concluding test launches would be made from the Yuri Dolgoruky fourth-generation strategic nuclear submarine.

The national defense program envisions the deployment of the Bulava on nuclear submarines. The missiles are expected to become the mainstay of the Russian Navy's strategic nuclear forces in decades to come.

Masorin said Russia would hold two more test launches of the Bulava missile in 2007 and would complete tests in 2008.

"We have no doubts that the Bulava-M missile system will be tested successfully. Huge intellectual labor and financial resources have been invested in the creation of this system," Masorin said.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070805/70378998.html

blindspot

06-08-2007, 12:31 AM

You have made me sad Dec!!
With the lack of study you do, it is pointless me helping you?!
sorrytyo say it, but your threads are point less without study, you might as well be shouting something like a half tin wit!!

Sorry Rita x

december

06-08-2007, 03:50 PM

With the lack of study you do, it is pointless me helping you?!
Sorry Rita x

I am not sure what do you mean by that...

Not only Napoleon and Hitler, but bloody Bolshevik revolution was imported from the West as well...

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december

08-08-2007, 02:58 AM

Russia to equip 20 battalions with S-400 air defense systems

07/ 08/ 2007

MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - More than 20 Russian battalions will be equipped with S-400 anti-missile systems by 2015, the country's top military official said Tuesday.

The S-400 Triumf (NATO codename SA-21 Growler) is a new air defense missile system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family.

"Over two dozen battalions are to be equipped with such systems by 2015," Yury Baluyevsky, chief of staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

Monday saw the first such battalion come into operation in the Moscow Region, which Baluyevsky said was good news, as the system was based on new solutions and promising technologies. "There are almost no such systems in the world," he added.

The system has been designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles), or twice the range of the MIM-104 Patriot, and 2.5 times that of the S-300PMU-2. It is capable of destroying stealth aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles with an effective range of up to 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) and a speed of up to 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per second.

"The system has good prospects for using nanotechnologies, besides others, to increase striking range and height," Baluyevsky said.

President Putin thanked members of the military, engineers and other workers who helped place the first S-400 systems on combat duty.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070807/70535832.html

december

09-08-2007, 12:31 AM

Russia: Missile display. Video

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Russia to deploy S-400 air defense systems around Moscow Aug. 6

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25/ 07/ 2007

MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will deploy the first air defense battalion equipped with new S-400 missile systems around Moscow on August 6, an Air Force spokesman said.

The S-400 Triumf (NATO codename SA-21 Growler) is a new air defense missile system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family.

"A battalion equipped with S-400 Triumf air defense systems and a command post will be put on combat duty [around Moscow] August 6," Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky told a news conference Tuesday.

Russia successfully conducted July 12-13 live firing tests of S-400 air defense complex at the Kapustin Yar firing range in the Astrakhan Region.

Drobyshevsky said units of the first battalion had arrived at their deployment site in the Moscow Region and were preparing to assume combat duty.

A regular S-400 battalion comprises at least eight launchers and 32 missiles and a mobile command post, according to various sources.

S-400 has been designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles), or twice the range of the U.S. MIM-104 Patriot, and 2.5 times that of the S-300PMU-2.

The system is reportedly highly capable of destroying stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles with an effective range of up to 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles), and a speed of up to 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per second.

Experts believe that the ability to intercept and destroy cruise missiles and ballistic missiles makes S-400 Triumf a crucial part of theater missile defenses.

Lieutenant General Alexander Gorkov, the Air Force air defense chief, said earlier in July that Russia planned to deploy new air defense systems primarily around all strategically important administrative and political centers in two stages by 2015.

The Russian Air Defense Forces, which are part of the Air Force, currently deploy more than 30 regiments equipped with S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) missile complexes, which will be gradually replaced with S-400 systems.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070725/69607443.html

december

09-08-2007, 10:12 PM

Serbian official says Ahtisaari plan smacks of NATO ambition

09/ 08/ 2007

BELGRADE, August 9 (RIA Novosti) - An adviser to the Serbian prime minister warned Thursday that Kosovo could become "a unique NATO state" if its status is decided on the basis of the Ahtisaari plan.

According to a plan for Kosovo's independence proposed by the UN envoy and former Finnish president, Martti Ahtisaari, the UN must pass supervision over the region to the EU.

Alexander Simic told the NIN daily that "an impression is forming that Kosovo's independence is more important to certain circles in the West than the observance of international law, maintaining the territorial integrity of an internationally recognized state and regional stability."

He said the fact that Washington had been promoting the Ahtisaari plan suggests that the United States and a number of other NATO countries would like to retain their 16,000-strong contingent in Kosovo, while the U.S. military base Bondstill would actually become the 'capital' of Kosovo."

Moroever, Simic said, the implementation of Ahtisaari's proposals would give most international civilian functions to the NATO military contingent, with the KFOR commander enjoying unlimited powers in Kosovo.

The province has been under a UN protectorate since 1999 following a second military campaign by NATO against Serbia. Pristina insists that Kosovo be granted independence, a scenario opposed by Belgrade.

The construction of Fort Bondstill, the largest U.S. military base built after the Vietnam War, cost $300 million.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070809/70699155.html

december

10-08-2007, 04:53 PM

Breakaway S.Ossetia asks Russia for air defenses in conflict zone

09/ 08/ 2007

MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti) - South Ossetia will formally request that Russia deploy air defense systems in the zone of conflict with Georgia in the wake of an airspace violation dispute this week, the breakaway region's leader said Thursday.

"South Ossetia will approach Russia with a request to equip [Russian] peacekeepers in the conflict zone with modern air defense systems to target airspace violators," Eduard Kokoity told RIA Novosti by telephone.

On Tuesday, Georgia accused Russia of firing a missile on a village 65 kilometers (about 40 miles) northwest of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and near the border with its breakaway region Monday. The 640-kilogram (1,400-pound) missile did not explode, but has fueled tensions between the former Soviet allies.

Russia, which Tbilisi has accused of backing separatists, has denied involvement in the incident, demanding a thorough probe and saying it was "a new provocation" staged by Tbilisi to destabilize the region. South Ossetia echoed the accusations, saying the aircraft came from Georgia's side.

"To deter more provocations from Georgia, we will ask the Russian leadership to reinforce the peacekeeping units in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict zone ... so they can bring down violators. It will then be clear whose aircraft entered the conflict zone," Kokoity said.

The commander of joint peacekeeping forces said Thursday Tbilisi had denied information of an intruding aircraft the day before accusing Russia of doing so.

"On August 6, when the incident occurred, I contacted the command of the Georgian part of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces and informed them of the intrusion and the launch [of a missile]. A report followed one hour later that the [Georgian] Armed Forces denied any intrusion whatsoever," Kulakhmetov said.

He also said peacekeepers could not identify the unexploded missile, as Georgia had rushed to destroy it.

Dismissing Russian and South Ossetian charges Wednesday, Georgia said, citing experts, that it was a Russian-designed anti-radar guided missile not in use in Georgia's Armed Forces. Tbilisi has demanded that the European Union step in and that the UN Security Council hold an emergency session on the matter.

The United States condemned what it called a rocket attack on Georgia and urged Moscow and Tbilisi to ensure a peaceful resolution in the breakaway region in a State Department statement late Wednesday. Europe also called on restraint from the parties involved.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070809/70680398.html

december

11-08-2007, 04:03 PM

Russian Air Force invites Georgia to cooperate on missile incident

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11/ 08/ 2007

MONINO (Moscow Region), August 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Air Force is prepared to cooperate with Georgia in investigating the alleged violation of its airspace, Russia's Air Force commander said Saturday.

On Tuesday, Georgia accused Russia of firing a missile the day before on a village 65 kilometers (about 40 miles) northwest of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and near the border with its breakaway region of South Ossetia. The 640-kilogram (1,400-pound) missile did not explode, but has fueled tensions between the former Soviet allies.

"We will work within the framework of existing agreements," Colonel General Alexander Zelenin said.

He added that if Georgia asks, Russia is prepared to provide all airspace control data.

Russia, which Tbilisi has accused of backing South Ossetian and Abkhazian separatists, has denied involvement in the incident and demanded a thorough probe, saying it was "a new provocation" staged by Tbilisi to destabilize the region.

South Ossetia has echoed the accusations, saying the aircraft came from the Georgian side.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070811/70968681.html

december

12-08-2007, 08:12 PM

december

14-08-2007, 12:39 AM

President Putin visits new radar station near St. Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin inspected Saturday the new Voronezh-type anti-missile radar station recently built near St. Petersburg.

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The radar station, located in Lekhtusi, near St. Petersburg, began operating December 22, 2006, and is capable of monitoring territory stretching from the North Pole to North Africa.

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From right to left: Sergey Boyev, director-general of the RTI Systems Concern, Vladimir Putin and Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin, Russian Space Forces commander, visiting the Voronezhanti-missile radar.

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After walking around the station's perimeter, Putin went inside a building housing technical equipment. "This [radar] is the first step toward the implementation of the overall program, which is intended to be implemented by 2015," Putin said. "It is pleasant to note that it was achieved not only within the set timeframe, but also with the use of Russian intellectual and production means."

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december

15-08-2007, 07:03 PM

Russian Armed Forces to adopt new communications system by 2015

15/ 08/ 2007

MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Armed Forces will begin using new-generation command and communications systems by 2015, a first deputy prime minister said Wednesday.

Sergei Ivanov, who supervises the defense industry, spoke Wednesday at a session of the defense industry commission, held at the Semenikhin Scientific Research Institute, which specializes in automatic equipment development.

Russia is developing a global satellite navigation system, Glonass, a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify their positions in real time.

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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070815/71655749.html

aizzy

15-08-2007, 07:23 PM

.......Russia, can i just thank you for taking all this global ''Ho Har'' about the sea levels rising and global warm-ing and instead of having a Earth Aid to warm people about how we are all to fault coz of the planets revenge, instead tho like said in (we are the childern of the matrix), the north pole is just Land in hidding . But is it just being held down by gaint 'ice cubes', thus when the ice melts and the land below is free'd to rise to the level of its former 'Grace, the sea level will again drop and we will all shout Eureka!

Or will it?

ARW.:eek:

december

15-08-2007, 08:16 PM

december

16-08-2007, 06:49 PM

Tbilisi says Russian airspace violation possibly part of exercise

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17:44 | 16/ 08/ 2007

TBILISI, August 16 (RIA Novosti) - Tbilisi said Thursday that the air incident, in which an unidentified aircraft violated its airspace from the Russian side August 6, could have been linked to Russian military exercises in the North Caucasus.

Tbilisi accused Russia of violating its airspace and dropping a missile at a radar station near the border with breakaway South Ossetia. The missile did not explode, and Russia has denied the charges as a provocation to disrupt peace efforts in the conflict zone, where it deploys peacekeepers.

"According to a report posted on the Russian Defense Ministry Web site, large-scale exercises involving Air Force and missile defense units were held in the North Caucasus military district at the time," the Georgian Foreign Ministry said. "An aircraft taking part in the exercises could have violated Georgia's airspace."

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http://en.rian.ru/world/20070816/71915020.html

december

18-08-2007, 03:43 PM

Russian experts dismiss Georgia's evidence in missile dispute

17/ 08/ 2007

TBILISI, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Tbilisi, which accused Russia of dropping a missile near a Georgian village last Monday, provided parts of different missiles to visiting Russian experts investigating the incident, a Russian military official said.

Russian experts were shown parts of the unexploded missile in Tbilisi after examining the site of the incident, 40 miles northwest of the Georgian capital and close to the border with breakaway South Ossetia. The dispute has become the latest source of tension between the former Soviet allies.

Speaking at a news conference, Air Force Colonel Pavel Akulyonok said: "We were shown parts of different missiles. Some of them belonged to a [Soviet-made] X-58 missile. Its wings are made of titanium, but we were shown wings of a different material."

He also said there were traces of mechanical cutting, not damage caused as a result of ground impact, which would have occurred if the missile had been dropped from a plane.

Georgia did not permit the Russian experts to take parts of the missile to Moscow for further tests.

Maj. Gen. Sergei Nuzhin said that during the Soviet era, X-58 missiles had been stored in Georgia, and some of them may have been stolen.

Earlier on Friday, the chief of staff of Russia's Air Force, Gen. Igor Khvorov, flatly denied Tbilisi's claims that Russian aircraft violated Georgian airspace on August 6.

"There was no unsanctioned border crossing," Khvorov told a briefing in the Russian Embassy in the South Caucasus nation's capital. "Services on duty were working in normal mode."

The general also said evidence that could have explained the situation had been destroyed. "Clues, including the number of the rocket, have been eliminated along with the fuse of the unexploded missile," he said, adding that two thirds of the missile parts were also missing.

Moscow, which Tbilisi has accused of backing separatists in South Ossetia, has called the incident a "new provocation" staged by Tbilisi to destabilize the region. South Ossetia echoed the accusations, saying the aircraft came from Georgia's side.

Tbilisi has demanded that the European Union step in and the UN Security Council hold an emergency session on the matter. An international group of independent experts from the United States, Sweden, Lithuania and Latvia have also been working at the site and have been quoted by Georgian officials as saying Russia had violated Georgian airspace.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070817/72198741.html

december

20-08-2007, 09:47 PM

Georgia and Russia - doomed to conflict

Most probably, we will never find out what really happened on August 6. Nor will we ever know the circumstances of the shooting in the Kodor Gorge on March 11.

The sides are continuously replenishing their bilateral calendar of memorable dates by creating new problems for each other, and each time they miss a chance for settlement. Emotions are running so high that the August 6 incident may soon match the spy scandal of September 27, which launched a downward spiral in bilateral relations.

The list of mutual grievances may be endless. Georgia is accusing Russian of pursuing an imperial policy and supporting separatist regimes. Russia is angry at Georgia for its NATO bid, aggressive rhetoric and intention to achieve settlement in Abkhazia and South Ossetia without its participation. This is just the beginning of the list.

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http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20070820/72653150.html

december

22-08-2007, 05:43 PM

Launch Of The British Trident Missile II D5

Video

HMS Vanguard Trident II D5 Launch - YouTube

The Trident missile, named after the trident, is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from SSBNs, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Trident missiles are carried by fourteen active US Navy Ohio class submarines and, with British warheads, four Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines.

Trident (missile) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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soglad

22-08-2007, 08:58 PM

Aizzy, are you on drugs?

I'd be more inclined to ask you that question! You're copying and pasting like you just had 8 lines of coke and a pint of Absinthe! :D

Chill.....chill.......it's all an illusion remember? Don't fall into the illusion that we need another war or anything else that involves killing people to get peace!

Be at peace NOW! :D

limelady

23-08-2007, 02:41 AM

I'd be more inclined to ask you that question! You're copying and pasting like you just had 8 lines of coke and a pint of Absinthe! :D

Chill.....chill.......it's all an illusion remember? Don't fall into the illusion that we need another war or anything else that involves killing people to get peace!

Be at peace NOW! :D

Here, here!!!

december

23-08-2007, 03:42 PM

Russia unlikely to export S-400 SAM systems any time soon

23/ 08/ 2007

MOSCOW, August 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will not export advanced S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) antiaircraft missiles in the foreseeable future, a source in the military-industrial complex said Thursday.

"For objective reasons, no S-400 SAM systems will be delivered abroad, including to CIS countries, in the next few years. A decision to export such systems may only be made by the country's top leadership," the expert said, commenting on a recent statement by Belarus's defense minister about his country's intention to buy S-400 systems.

Russia first displayed the S-400 system at an ongoing air show outside Moscow.

The S-400 Triumf is a new air defense missile system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family.

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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070823/73849589.html

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http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20070208/60402179_2.html

Launch Of The British Trident Missile II D5

Video

HMS Vanguard Trident II D5 Launch - YouTube

The Trident missile, named after the trident, is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from SSBNs, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Trident missiles are carried by fourteen active US Navy Ohio class submarines and, with British warheads, four Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines.

Trident (missile) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

december

25-08-2007, 03:53 PM

Russia will destroy only its own chemical weapons

24/ 08/ 2007

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MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will not accept proposals to destroy chemical weapons decommissioned by other countries on its territory, a senior military official said Friday.

"The Russian Federation will destroy only chemical weapons from the former arsenals of the Russian Army, said Lieutenant General Valery Kapashin, chief of the Federal Department for the Safe Storage and Liquidation of Chemical Weapons.

Russia signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) January 13, 1993, and ratified it November 5, 1997. The country declared an arsenal of 40,000 metric tons of chemical weapons in 1997, and has so far destroyed 8,000 tons.

The CWC convention stipulates four phases of weapons and materials destruction in Russia. One percent of the weapons were destroyed in the first phase and 20% in the second phase. Forty-five percent will be scrapped in the third phase, and the remaining 34% in the fourth.

"Every country must destroy its chemical weapons on its own territory," the general said.

Russia has allocated $7.18 billion from the federal budget for the implementation of the program and built at least three chemical weapons destruction plants - at Gorny, in the central Saratov Region, at Kambarka, in the Republic of Udmurtia, and at the Maradykovsky complex in the Kirov Region.

Four facilities are still under construction at various locations throughout the country.

Kapashin reaffirmed that Russia would fulfill its obligations under the CWC to destroy all of its chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070824/74244043.html

auron

25-08-2007, 08:13 PM

FEAR FEAR FEAR....... Fuck man! :eek:

december

25-08-2007, 08:32 PM

FEAR FEAR FEAR....... Fuck man! :eek:

I know... Russia went through this already in 1941...

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941. The operation was named after the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire, a leader of the Crusades in the 12th century. It is not to be confused with the war on the Eastern Front in its entirety.

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German tanks advance toward Moscow, 1941.

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German soldiers battle the Soviets after the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

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The operational goal of Operation Barbarossa was the rapid conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union, west of a line connecting the cities of Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, often referred to as the A-A line (see the translation of Hitler's directive for details). At its conclusion in December 1941, the Red Army had repulsed the strongest blow of the Wehrmacht. Hitler had not achieved the victory he had expected, but the situation of the Soviet Union remained critical. Tactically the Germans had won some resounding victories and occupied some of the most important economical areas of the country, most notably in the Ukraine. Despite these successes, the Germans were pushed back from Moscow and were not able to mount an offensive simultaneously along the entire strategic Soviet-German front again.

The failure of Operation Barbarossa resulted in the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany, and was a turning point for the fortunes of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Operation Barbarossa opened up the Eastern Front, which ultimately became one of the biggest theaters of war in human history, with some of the largest and most brutal battles, deadliest atrocities, terrible loss of life and miserable conditions for the Soviets and Germans alike.

Operation Barbarossa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

cruise4

25-08-2007, 08:42 PM

Moscow flexes its military muscle again, but few in west say it is fit for a fight

Naomi Klein
London Guardian
Saturday, August 25, 2007

From the ground it looked an impossible manoeuvre. The Russian Sukhoi-35 shot vertically into the sky before flipping forward in midair. It then raced downwards with an ear-ripping roar. The crowds were impressed. Even the seasoned US pilots standing on the tarmac next to their grey-painted B-52 bomber looked on admiringly. Nearby an array of lethal Russian missiles had been laid out. Next to them Russian pilots chatted under the shade of a formidably armed MiG.

The Maks-2007 international airshow near Moscow was the biggest in Russia's post-Soviet history - and an apparent symbol of Russia's resurgent military might. Last week, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia's ageing fleet of strategic bombers had resumed "combat missions". On Tuesday, the MoD said the RAF had sent out two Typhoon fighters after spotting a Tupolev-95 bomber heading towards British airspace.
The encounter seemed to symbolise Russia's renewed military threat and follows a tumultuous eight months in which a hawkish Mr Putin has denounced US power, torn up a conventional arms agreement with Nato, grabbed a symbolic chunk of the Arctic, and accused Britain of "stupidity" in its handling of the Alexander Litvinenko murder.

And yet defence experts were yesterday dismissive of Russian strength, branding its air force a "Potemkin village". Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has been forced to slash defence spending, leaving an ill-equipped conscript army to fight in Chechnya. The army's tanks are old; Russia's ships and submarines have seen better days; the navy's much-vaunted sea-launched Bulava missile still doesn't seem to work, despite a decade of development.

"In terms of military threat they are a joke," Robert Hewson, the editor of Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, said, assessing the array of Sukhoi and MiG fighters on display at the airshow, held at the former Soviet Zhukovsky air base. "Everything is a relic from the Soviet era. The level of technology you see in the UK, Sweden and the US is much higher.

"The Russians are very good at radar. They understand missiles and aerodynamic design. They are terrific engineers. But since the end of the cold war their military has got worse."

The Russian tabloid Trud-7 came to the same conclusion on Thursday, describing the state of Russia's armed forces as "lamentable". Pronouncements that Russia had got back its old Soviet military glory were mere "armour rattling" it said.

The state of Russia's air force is indicative. It has gone an entire decade without a single new plane. Its military aviation industry fared better than its civilian manufacturers, mainly due to large orders from China and India. Until recently the air force could not afford its own products. Its bombers were almost all built decades ago, although it has 60 to 80 Tu-90 "Bear bombers" built in the 90s.

Few experts believe the Bears could ever penetrate British defences. "[The Bear bomber] can carry a load of cruise missiles. But it sticks out like a sore thumb on the radar. It's slow and cumbersome," Douglas Barrie, of Aviation Week, said. "What has been portrayed as a return to strategic operations is really sabre-rattling of the most laughable cold war kind. Before Russia returns to Soviet military levels you are looking at a decade-plus of sustained, high-level military investment."

It seems clear Mr Putin is determined to restore Russia's status as a global power. Earlier this year Mr Ivanov - Russia's first deputy prime minister, the man most likely to succeed Mr Putin - announced a £97bn revamp of the armed forces. From now until 2015, Moscow plans to modernise and exceed the Red Army in "combat readiness", he said. Russia's current defence budget is £16bn, almost four times the 2001 figure, all paid for by soaring oil and gas revenues.

Russia held wargames last week in the Urals involving troops from Russia and China and four central Asian states. Moscow has infuriated Georgia after a Russian missile landed on the outskirts of its capital, Tbilisi. Much of the military posturing is for internal consumption, ahead of parliamentary elections in December and a presidential poll in spring. Pictures showing a shirtless Mr Putin on a fishing trip have been a source of national pride.

The US appears relaxed about this newfound Russian machismo. After all, Washington's defence budget is at least 20 times bigger than Moscow's. And US generals are unperturbed by the Russian Bears close to its airspace. Brigadier-General Richard Sherlock, director of international security operations, was asked at a Pentagon briefing on Thursday about Russian flights close to Guam and Alaska. US planes had been scrambled, but he played down the significance: "Militaries all over the world conduct a variety of operations. This is not something new."

Sean McCormack, the US state department spokesman, said last week: "If Russia feels as though they want to take some of these old aircraft out of mothballs and get them flying again, that's their decision."

Anatol Lieven, a Russia specialist at the Washington-based New America Foundation, said it was clear Moscow was going to ramp up its response to President George Bush's controversial missile defence project in eastern Europe.

"It indicates to the US that this move is not cost-free and shows the Russian population that the government is still acting toughly to defend Russian prestige abroad," he said. "It is depressing but it is not a new cold war."

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Bulava missile not ready for mass production

27/ 08/ 2007

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MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - Four of the first six flight tests of the Bulava-M missile (where "M" stands for morskoi, or naval) were a failure. However, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, said the Bulava-M (SS-NX-30), a naval derivative of the land-based Topol missile (SS-27), had been approved for mass production.

Did he mean that a batch of missiles would be produced for more tests?
Masorin said the trial period of the Bulava would end in 2008 after two more tests this year. The outcome of these tests is not clear.

In Soviet times, 16 to 20 ground tests and then naval launches were stipulated for each new missile. Americans did likewise when designing the Trident I and Trident II missiles.
The decision of the Bulava designers to begin trials with submarine launches, bypassing ground tests and launches from a sea-based stand, appears opportunistic. This has never been done in naval missile designing before.

Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian Space Agency, which is responsible for designing and supplying strategic missiles to the armed forces, said the Bulava could be delivered to the navy after at least 12-15 tests.

Other examples are the RS-12M Topol (SS-25 Sickle) and the RS-12M2 Topol-M (SS-27) missiles, which suffered only one failure in a series of 13 trials.

In the early 1980s, it took 16 missiles to hold the submerged and surface trials of the RSM-52 (SS-N-20 Sturgeon), a solid-fuel ballistic missile designed to carry 10 nuclear warheads, including nine launches from a naval stand and seven from a submarine.

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Launch Of The British Trident Missile II D5

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The Trident missile, named after the trident, is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from SSBNs, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Trident missiles are carried by fourteen active US Navy Ohio class submarines and, with British warheads, four Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines.

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01-09-2007, 02:53 AM

Russian Far East naval exercises no threat to neighbors - Pacific Fleet

30/ 08/ 2007

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VLADIVOSTOK, August 30 (RIA Novosti) - Naval exercises being held off Russia's Far East coast are defense-oriented and pose no threat to any neighboring Asian state, a Navy official said Thursday.

The weeklong exercises, which began Wednesday, are being conducted by the Primorye flotilla of the Pacific Fleet in the Russian sector of the Sea of Japan. The maneuvers involve over 20 surface ships, submarines and supply vessels, as well as about a dozen aircraft.

Captain 1st rank Roman Martov, the head of the Pacific Fleet press center, said these are scheduled combat exercises of diversified forces.

"These exercises will become the longest and most comprehensive maneuvers ever held in south Primorye waters," said Martov.

Besides missile and gunnery firing, and torpedo attacks, the exercises will feature missile interceptions by two large Anti-Submarine Warfare ships, the Admiral Panteleyev and Admiral Tributs [NATO codename Udaloy I].

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Bush reassures Russia over missile shield in Europe

21/ 05/ 2007

WASHINGTON, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday the Pentagon's plans to deploy elements of its missile shield in Central Europe were not directed against Russia.

The U.S. announced plans in January to deploy interceptor missiles in Poland and a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic as part of its missile shield aimed at countering possible threats from "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.

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06-09-2007, 06:56 PM

Russia says NATO jets escort its bombers on long-range patrols

06/ 09/ 2007

MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - NATO jets escort almost all Russian strategic bombers engaged in long-range patrols, Alexander Drobyshevsky, an aide to the commander of Russia's Air Force told RIA Novosti Thursday.

He said the flights were resumed late on September 5 in accordance with a previously-approved plan. The Tu-95MC Bear bombers fly over the Pacific, the Atlantic, and Arctic oceans, and are refueled in mid-air.

Drobyshevsky said six Tu-95MC aircraft had landed and eight were still flying. "All the Russian strategic bombers' flights are performed in accordance with international rules. The aircraft fly over neutral waters, and do not get close to air borders of foreign states," he said, adding that the aircraft had each flown for up to 17 hours.

President Vladimir Putin announced the resumption of patrol flights August 17, and said that although the country halted long-distance strategic patrol flights to remote regions in 1992, other nations continued the practice, creating certain problems for Russian national security.

Although it was common practice during the Cold War for both the U.S. and the Soviet Union to keep nuclear strategic bombers permanently airborne, the Kremlin cut long-range patrols in 1992. The decision came as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the ensuing economic and political chaos.

However, the newly-resurgent Russia, awash with oil dollars, has invested heavily in military technology, and the resumption of long-range patrols is widely seen among political commentators as another sign of its drive to assert itself both militarily and politically.

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Launch Of The British Trident Missile II D5

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