
"South Korea: North Has Miniaturized a Nuclear Warhead" .....
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Fonte ..... "F-35’s UK Debut: A Warning to Russia?The international debut of the F-35 joint strike fighter at two major air shows in the United Kingdom this year will send a pointed warning to bad actors in the region, according to the commander of US Air Forces in Europe.
Although he did not mention Russia by name in the context of the F-35, Gen. Frank Gorenc, NATO commander and head of USAFE, said the JSF’s planned appearance at the Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough air shows this summer will demonstrate the United States’ credibility, capability and willingness to retaliate against hostile forces.
“Fundamentally, deterrence is credibility, capability and willingness,” Gorenc said during an April 5 Defense Writers Group event in Washington.
“That airplane is going to make what we do from the air and across the board — it will in itself help" boost deterrence.
In loro brucia un po' la non esaltante figura fatta in Siria.richelieu ha scritto:Il generale mostra i muscoli .....
Fonte ..... "F-35’s UK Debut: A Warning to Russia?The international debut of the F-35 joint strike fighter at two major air shows in the United Kingdom this year will send a pointed warning to bad actors in the region, according to the commander of US Air Forces in Europe.
Although he did not mention Russia by name in the context of the F-35, Gen. Frank Gorenc, NATO commander and head of USAFE, said the JSF’s planned appearance at the Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough air shows this summer will demonstrate the United States’ credibility, capability and willingness to retaliate against hostile forces.
“Fundamentally, deterrence is credibility, capability and willingness,” Gorenc said during an April 5 Defense Writers Group event in Washington.
“That airplane is going to make what we do from the air and across the board — it will in itself help" boost deterrence.
Mi sto chiedendo se questo insistente 'tintinnar di sciabole' da parte dei generali USA non sia, al momento attuale, controproducente .....
Fonte ..... "US Must Prepare As If North Korea Can Attack" .....While North Korea’s ability to reach the United States with a nuclear weapon is not probable, the US needs to prepare as if it is likely so it is ready to protect the nation and its allies, top missile defense officials said.
giragyro ha scritto:Su 24 sorvolano un incrociatore Usa ...
quelli di soldier of fortune ( nota rivista a stampo pacifista) danno ampio risalto alla cosa
https://www.sofmag.com/russian-fly-by-o ... theatrics/
Fonte ..... "North Korea’s missile launch has failed, South’s military says" .....North Korea tried but failed to launch an intermediate-range missile Friday, American and South Korean military officials said, dealing the regime an embarrassing blow on the most important day of the year in the North Korean calendar.
To mark the 104th anniversary of the birthday of the country’s "eternal president," Kim Il Sung, North Korea launched a missile from its East Coast at about 5:30 a.m. local time.
But it deviated from a "normal" trajectory, an official from South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters in Seoul.
Fonte ..... "Rescind China's Invitation to Join RIMPAC 2016 Before It's Too Late" .....Hawaii’s Rep. Mark Takai has objected to China’s participation at the 2016 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise based at Pearl Harbor.
Takai also would amend the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to bar China if its invitation is not revoked by the Pentagon.
The Obama Administration should rescind the conditional invitation for the PLA to join RIMPAC 2016.
Fonte ..... "The Case for the Ground Deterrent" .....During a 2013 visit to China, Chinese officials said North Korea had 10 missiles, a number that potentially could destroy the intellectual capability at national laboratories, along with the production, delivery, and weapons storage of nuclear bombs.
Fonte ..... "China scrambles fighter jets as U.S. destroyer steams past disputed island" .....A U.S. warship sailed within 12 miles of one China’s largest artificial islands Tuesday, part of a continuing effort by the Pentagon to demonstrate that the United States remains undeterred by the rapid Chinese military buildup in the South China Sea.
The presence of the USS William P. Lawrence, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, prompted the Chinese military to scramble three fighter jets that monitored the destroyer, along with three Chinese ships, until the American vessel left the area.
Fonte ..... "Aegis Ashore Site in Romania Declared Operational" .....The Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency declared a ballistic missile defense site in Romania operational this week.
The Lockheed Martin-built Aegis Ashore facility in Deveselu is the first of two sites planned as part of the U.S. and NATO’s BMD network based on the same technology used in the Navy’s guided missile destroyers and cruisers to protect against ballistic missile threats.
The site is built around a SPY-1D(V) air-search radar linked to three 8-cell Mark-41 Vertical Launch Systems armed with Raytheon Standard Missile 3 interceptors – the same equipment used on destroyers.
Fonte ..... "Moscow: Deployment of US Missile Base in Romania Undermines INF Agreements" .....The deployment of a US missile defense base in Romania is a step in a series of US and NATO actions that could have negative consequences for strategic stability and global security, Russia's envoy to NATO Alexander Grushko said Thursday.
Fonte ..... "What’s New in the Pentagon’s China Report? More than Passing Mention of Fake Islands" .....The annual military assessment includes 7 full pages about South China Sea construction, up from 2 paragraphs last year.
China has reclaimed more than 3,200 acres in the disputed Spratly Islands, as of December 2015, and has shifted toward building infrastructure and militarizing the expanded reefs and shoals, the Pentagon said in its annual assessment of Beijing’s military.
That will be no surprise to the think tanks and media that have tracked China’s land-reclamation efforts, but it marks the first time the Pentagon’s annual report has included such detailed information.
The report, released Friday, includes seven pages of diagrams and before-and-after satellite images of the construction.
Fonte ..... "Russia: Iran To Receive S-300 Air Defenses by Year's End" .....Russia will complete the delivery of S-300 air defense systems to Iran by the end of the year, according to a Russian presidential aide for military-technical cooperation.
Speaking to Russian state news agency TASS, Vladimir Kozhin said that one S-300 battalion has already been supplied to Iran.
He added that other launchers due under the effective contract would be delivered by the end of 2016.
Comunque, a quanto si legge, non sembra ancora del tutto disposto a tirare le cuoia .....richelieu ha scritto:Ha deragliato ..... a quanto pare .....richelieu ha scritto:'Баргузин' ..... un sistema missilistico strategico finito su un binario morto ?
"Uncertain future of Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM" .....
http://russianforces.org/blog/2016/02/u ... in_r.shtml
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"Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM axed, Project 4202 lives on" .....
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L'idea era quella di lasciar fare Daesh (devastazioni di siti archeologici comprese, tanto i miliardari americani attendono ansiosi sul mercato nero i pezzi di pregio trafugati con la scusa di aver distrutto tutto per "ragioni religiose") finché contribuiva ad indebolire Assad che volevano rovesciare; e finché dava fastidio ad Hezbollah notoriamente nemico (vero) di Israele, salvo poi decidere di controbattere davvero solo una volta che Daesh avesse fatto per loro, pur non guidata, il lavoro sporco contro i filo iraniani e filo sciiti.maurom ha scritto: vescovo di Aleppo: "L'intervento russo ha smascherato la commedia dell'intervento americano. Quando a bombardare erano gli americani e i loro alleati lo Stato islamico si espandeva. Quando i russi hanno cominciato a bombardare, l' Isis ha, finalmente, iniziato a ritirarsi" (intervista rilasciata a Gian Micalessin per il Giornale). Credo che la magra figura non sia dipesa in realtà dai generali quanto piuttosto dalla politica ambigua portata avanti dal loro governo.
Fonte ..... "In historic move, U.S. lifts arms sales embargo to Vietnam" .....The Obama administration announced Monday that the United States would fully lift a longstanding U.S. arms sales embargo to Vietnam, a decision that reflects growing concerns about China’s military clout and illustrates the warming bilateral ties between the former enemies.
The White House unveiled the new arrangement on President Obama’s first visit to the country, where he began a three-day stay with a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.
Obama aims to highlight deepening cooperation on security and economic investment, aides said, four decades after the end of the Vietnam War.
Fonte ..... "Obama's Vietnam Visit: Does Defiance Against China Mean U.S. Arms Sales?" .....Is it possible to believe that U.S.-made warplanes, F16s, maybe F35s, the latest model, still not in general use, will be flying the flag of Vietnam, a large yellow star on a red field?
Probably we’ll have to wait a while before Vietnam turns into a major buyer of U.S. weaponry.
Remember, Russia also sells warplanes, at far cheaper prices.
Others also will be competing to export arms as Vietnam undergoes its largest military buildup since the Vietnam War.
Fonte ..... "Vietnam May Request F-16s, P-3 Orions From US" .....With the lifting of the US arms embargo to Vietnam, a US defense industry source indicates Hanoi is seeking to improve its air defense and maritime security capabilities with the procurement of F-16 fighter aircraft from the US Pentagon’s excess defense articles (EDA) program and refurbished P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, armed with torpedoes.
E la Cina gioisce..richelieu ha scritto:refurbished P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, armed with torpedoes.