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WW3 - Iran May Join China Russia SCO Military Alliance
WW3 - Iran May Join China Russia SCO Military Alliance
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China backs Iranian full membership at SCO
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Zawya
31 October 2008
http://www. zawya. com/Story. cfm/sidZAWYA20081031080045/China%20ba...
Chines Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that there is no obstacle for admission of Iran as the main member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The Chinese prime minister made the remarks in a meeting with the Iranian First Vice President Parviz Davoudi on the sidelines of the SCO meeting.
China backs Iran's admission as the main member to SCO, he said.
"We believe that there is no obstacle on this way and the ground is well-prepared," he said.
"Iran has played a very active role as SCO observer member and has provided us with rational and logical proposals which indicates the country's officials have paid due attention to the alliance," he said.
Referring to Iran's peaceful nuclear activities, he said China has always backed the country's peaceful nuclear activities because the country as a member of Non-Proliferation Treaty has this right to produce nuclear energy.
He expressed pleasure with the current level of trade between the two countries and called for further expansion of economic ties.
China regards Iran as its regional and international partner and calls for bolstering and broadening such ties, he said.
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Russian expert proposes improving ties with Iran
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Tehran Times
September 17, 2008
MOSCOW (IRNA) -- Head of Russia’s Center for Contemporary Studies on Iran here Monday considered improving his country’s relation with Iran as a necessity
Rajab Safarev added in his interview with one of Russia’s state satellite TVs, “Russia can pave the path for Iran’s membership at Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the framework of its new level of ties with Iran”
He added, “If Iran would become a SCO member, the SCO would become the third most influential, most powerful international body after the United Nations and the European Union”
Read The Rest HERE
October 31, 2008 - Premier Wen wraps up visit to Kazakhstan for the SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization conference
CCTV Oct 30, 2008 - China Premier Wen Jiabao has begun a three-day official visit to Kazakhastan During his visit, he's scheduled to attend the Prime Ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Moscow, capital of Russia, Oct 28, 2008
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd R) sign a joint communique on the 13th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers in Moscow, capital of Russia, Oct 28, 2008, Wen Jiabao and Putin held talks here Tuesday at the 13th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, Oct 31, 2008
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) meets with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, Oct 31, 2008
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China, Russia renounce the dollar?
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RIA Novosti
10/30/2008
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Gorev for RIA Novosti) - The recent meeting between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao, created a financial sensation. Wen said that the two nations could withstand the global financial crisis if they joined forces; Putin urged him to go farther and stop using U.S.dollars in Russian-Chinese settlements
This idea is nothing new.Russia and China reached a "framework" agreement in November 2007, which was followed by China's similar agreement with Belarus
Earlier this year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez turned against the dollar as well when they asked their OPEC partners to stop using the dollar for oil settlements.They argued that the "green" currency was no longer reliable and it was high time they look for a more stable and predictable alternative
Read The Rest HERE
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C, front) addresses the 7th prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, Oct 30, 2008
Heads of governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states attend a press conference after the 7th prime ministers' meeting of the SCO member countries in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, on Oct 30, 2008 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) attended the meeting on Thursday
Russia and China have signed a long-awaited deal to build an oil pipeline from Siberia to China after talks between Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, seen here in Moscow
October 28, 2008 Chinese Premier Wen Wen Jiabao and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow
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PM Putin suggests Russia, China ditch dollar in trade deals
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RIA Novosti
10/ 28/ 2008
MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Tuesday that Russia and China gradually switch over to national currency payments in bilateral trade, expected to total $50 billion in 2008
"We should consider improving the payment system for bilateral trade, including by gradually adopting a broader use of national currencies," Putin told a bilateral economic forum
He admitted the task would be tough, but said it was necessary amid the current problems with the dollar-based global economy
Read The Rest HERE
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao take part in Third Russian-Chinese Economic forum in Moscow's President Hotel Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008
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Putin: We must end monopoly in world finance
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Russia Today
October 30, 2008
http://www. russiatoday. com/news/news/32641
September 26, 2008 - Chinese army Exercise in Inner Mongolia 2008
"Kunlun-helan Sword Sharpen-07" Military Drill in China
Soldiers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in the "Warrior 2008" drill in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday, September 25, 2008 The PLA "Libing 2008" kicks off on September 25, 2008
A cluster of tanks participate in the "Warrior 2008" drill in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Kulyavstev Andrei (left), Defence and Army Attache of the Belarus embassy, talks with Chinese tank men Thursday during a military drill in Zhuirhe, Inner Mongolia [Asianewsphoto]
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Yet another large scale PLA exercise
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
http://china-defense. blogspot. com/2008/09/yet-another-large-scale...
Together with Li Bing 2008, Joint Operation 2008 and Lanzhou MR 21st Group Army exercise, this Guangzhou MR amphibious assault exercise marks the fourth large scale divisional level exercise conducted by the PLA this month alone
Note the new AAAV in service with the 124th Amp Mech Infantry Division
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"Sharpening 2008" military exercise in photos – Sept 16-19
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The artillery group of a mechanized infantry brigade under the Jinan Military Area Command is seen in the picture taken on September 16 pounding the enemy's forward position in the force-on-force exercise coded "Sharpening 2008".
The snapshot taken on September 16 shows the right-wing attacking group of the mechanized infantry brigade quickly charging toward the enemy's forward position
A tank-towing infantry combat vehicle of the mechanized infantry brigade is seen in the picture taken on September 17 charging toward the enemy's position
A highly informationalized armored regiment of the Beijing Military Area Command will act as the "blue" army in the "Sharpening 2008" Exercise
The mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan Military Area Command, which is among the first batch of troops having completed the changeover of equipment to become a light mechanized infantry brigade, will act as the "red" army
Early on the morning of September 1, along with the issuance of the exercise order by the general director of the "Sharpening 2008" exercise, the exercise troops have, in light of the exercise order, swiftly organized the troops to carry out the escalation of the alert status, the pre-combat education and mobilization, the combat material drawing and preparation in an orderly way. At around 11:00 a.m., a train carrying the first batch of a light mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan Military Area Command, which is to act as the "red" army in the exercise, pulled out of the railway station.The two opposing sides of the exercise will carry out one-month-long confrontational maneuver of joint operation under modern conditions at the Zhurihe Joint Training Base
Combat outpost
Rapid mounting of trucks
PLA troops in a three-dimensional operation training
A mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan Military Area Command of the PLA is mapping out an operation plan
PLA ground troops and air force in a three-dimensional offence operation
PLA troops in mountain warfare exercise
The "Sharpening-2008"confrontational exercise officially raised its curtain on the morning of September 25 at a training base of the Beijing Military Area Command. A transport aviation division of the PLA Air Force, which served as air support strength of the "Red Tactical Group" in the exercise, successfully carried out successive airdropping of heavy equipment. The reporters got on board No.4036 aircraft carrying out heavy-equipment-airdropping mission to witness the whole process of airdropping operation
Blossoming parachutes in sky
Quick boarding
China aggressively building up its nuclear submarine force March 2008
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Air-sea-land military drill held in northeast China
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www. chinaview. cn
2008-09-24
BEIJING, Sept.24 (Xinhua) -- A unit of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) held a military exercise lasting several days in which it tested the synergistic command and battle capabilities of the navy, army and air force, the PLA Daily reported on Wednesday
The newspaper said the drill, which ended on Tuesday, was organized by the Jinan Military Area Command and involved more than 10 squadrons from the three forces garrisoned in the command.The drill was also the first cross-regional exercise, which spanned an area from the Shandong Peninsula to Liaodong Peninsula
The newspaper didn't say how many days the exercise lasted
Land-land, land-air, air-sea, air-air and electromagnetic confrontations were designed for the drill, and missile destroyer, frigate and fighter aircraft were all involved
Maj.-Gen.Ma Yiming, chief director of the drill, said the exercise was intended mainly to explore how to improve, under current circumstances, the forces' synergistic abilities in data collection, command and control, firepower, electronic confrontation and logistics
Dubbed "Joint-2008", the exercise would build up data and experience for the various armed forces' coordination and personnel training, military experts were cited by the report as saying
Foreign military observers watching the war games
Fierce exchange of fire on the battlefield
Airdropping equipment and personnel
Two opposing sides engage in pitched battle
Foreign military observers are watching the war games - On September 25, the "Sharpening 2008"exercise, a mobile offensive and defensive operation waged by joint tactical groups in complex electromagnetic environment, kicked off at the Zhurihe Training Base in the depth of grassland in Inner Mongolia.More than 100 military observers from 30-odd countries spoke highly of China's military transparency and self-confidence
October 22, 2008 - Russian Army Exercise - Stability 2008 (part 1)
October 22, 2008 - Russian Army Exercise - Stability 2008 (part 2)
A new intercontinental ballistic missile, called the RS-24, was launched at the Plesetsk launch site, northwestern Russia, Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Russia reforging its nuclear shield
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RIA Novosti
10/ 28/ 2008
http://en. rian. ru/analysis/20081028/117996812. html
MOSCOW.(RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The introduction of the RS-24 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in 2009 will be the most important phase in the renewal of the Russian Strategic Missile Force (SMF) after the adoption of the Topol-M
For the first time in post-Soviet Russia, a new ground-based MIRV-equipped missile system will be adopted by Russia's military
There is little information on the performance of the new RS-24.According to the most reliable sources, this missile, developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology like the Topol-M, is in fact a further development of the latter, with an improved third stage and dispensing mechanism, the so-called "bus," from the RSM-56 Bulava ICBM
October 2008, More Russian Navy Ships Head For Venezuela
Inside Story - Russian military spending - 14 Oct 08
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Russia blasts off back to the future
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Scotland Sunday News
By Thom Shanker
AS THEY tracked Russian military manoeuvres last week, the US government's Kremlin-watchers might have been forgiven for wondering if they were seeing recycled newsreels
A huge exercise, Stability 2008, spread tens of thousands of troops, thousands of vehicles and scores of combat aircraft across nearly all 11 time zones of Russian territory in the largest war game since the collapse of the Soviet Union
There was no specified enemy, but the Russian forces appeared to be enacting a nationwide effort to quell unrest along Russia's southern border – and to repulse a US-led attack by Nato forces, according to experts in Moscow and Washington
In a grim finale, commanders launched three intercontinental ballistic missiles, the type that can carry multiple nuclear warheads. It was a clear signal of the drastic endgame the Kremlin might consider should its conventional forces not hold.One of the missiles flew more than 7,100 miles, allowing Russian officials to claim they had set a distance record
If these images of Russian power projection appeared drawn from the dark decades of Dr Strangelove, the response from Washington was anything but.Defence secretary Robert Gates and admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, provided the same sanguine reply, echoed down through the ranks of government analysts who have spent years reading Russian military journals and scrutinising classified satellite photographs
Read The Rest HERE
Over 100 silo-based Stilettos are currently in service with the SMF, with each missile carrying six 550-kiloton warheads RS-18 will be gradually replaced by new RS-24 ICBMs, equipped with MIRV warheads and characterized by its high missile-defense penetration capability - Russia extended the service life of the Stiletto missile to 31 years following a successful test launch in October 2007
Over the past five years Russia conducted 31 test launches of RS-12M (SS-25 Sickle), R-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) and RS-20 (SS-18 Satan) ICBMs and will double the number of test launches after 2009
Russia's SMF regularly launch missiles to test their performance characteristics and decide whether they can remain in service
October 14, 2008 - Russian president Dimity Medvedev attended the launch of a long-range Topol missile on the northeast coast of Siberia.Medvedev says he intends to do more testings and to build new weapons
Oct 12, 2008 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has watched the test firing of an intercontinental Topol missile and vowed to commission new-generation weapons for his country's armed forces
10-12-2008 - Russia test-fired long-range ballistic missiles Sunday as President Dmitri Medvedev pledged to build up the country's armed capabilities – Russian nuclear navy fleet reaching US backyard VENEZUELA
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov visit Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has spent the weekend watching missile tests.After watching Saturday a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a part of naval exercises being staged in the northern Barents Sea, Medvedev witnessed a test-firing of a 21-year-old Topol ICBM on Sunday at a rain-soaked launch site in the northern forests
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (L) visit Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, October 11, 2008. Russia fired a long-range Topol missile from Plesetsk on Sunday.Before the launch, President Medvedev personally inspected the RS-12M Topol, also called the SS-25 Sickle by NATO Picture taken October 11, 2008
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China backs Iranian full membership at SCO
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Zawya
31 October 2008
http://www. zawya. com/Story. cfm/sidZAWYA20081031080045/China%20ba...
Chines Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that there is no obstacle for admission of Iran as the main member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The Chinese prime minister made the remarks in a meeting with the Iranian First Vice President Parviz Davoudi on the sidelines of the SCO meeting.
China backs Iran's admission as the main member to SCO, he said.
"We believe that there is no obstacle on this way and the ground is well-prepared," he said.
"Iran has played a very active role as SCO observer member and has provided us with rational and logical proposals which indicates the country's officials have paid due attention to the alliance," he said.
Referring to Iran's peaceful nuclear activities, he said China has always backed the country's peaceful nuclear activities because the country as a member of Non-Proliferation Treaty has this right to produce nuclear energy.
He expressed pleasure with the current level of trade between the two countries and called for further expansion of economic ties.
China regards Iran as its regional and international partner and calls for bolstering and broadening such ties, he said.
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Russian expert proposes improving ties with Iran
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Tehran Times
September 17, 2008
MOSCOW (IRNA) -- Head of Russia’s Center for Contemporary Studies on Iran here Monday considered improving his country’s relation with Iran as a necessity
Rajab Safarev added in his interview with one of Russia’s state satellite TVs, “Russia can pave the path for Iran’s membership at Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the framework of its new level of ties with Iran”
He added, “If Iran would become a SCO member, the SCO would become the third most influential, most powerful international body after the United Nations and the European Union”
Read The Rest HERE
October 31, 2008 - Premier Wen wraps up visit to Kazakhstan for the SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization conference
CCTV Oct 30, 2008 - China Premier Wen Jiabao has begun a three-day official visit to Kazakhastan During his visit, he's scheduled to attend the Prime Ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Moscow, capital of Russia, Oct 28, 2008
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd R) sign a joint communique on the 13th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers in Moscow, capital of Russia, Oct 28, 2008, Wen Jiabao and Putin held talks here Tuesday at the 13th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, Oct 31, 2008
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) meets with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, Oct 31, 2008
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China, Russia renounce the dollar?
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RIA Novosti
10/30/2008
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Gorev for RIA Novosti) - The recent meeting between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao, created a financial sensation. Wen said that the two nations could withstand the global financial crisis if they joined forces; Putin urged him to go farther and stop using U.S.dollars in Russian-Chinese settlements
This idea is nothing new.Russia and China reached a "framework" agreement in November 2007, which was followed by China's similar agreement with Belarus
Earlier this year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez turned against the dollar as well when they asked their OPEC partners to stop using the dollar for oil settlements.They argued that the "green" currency was no longer reliable and it was high time they look for a more stable and predictable alternative
Read The Rest HERE
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C, front) addresses the 7th prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, Oct 30, 2008
Heads of governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states attend a press conference after the 7th prime ministers' meeting of the SCO member countries in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, on Oct 30, 2008 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) attended the meeting on Thursday
Russia and China have signed a long-awaited deal to build an oil pipeline from Siberia to China after talks between Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, seen here in Moscow
October 28, 2008 Chinese Premier Wen Wen Jiabao and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow
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PM Putin suggests Russia, China ditch dollar in trade deals
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RIA Novosti
10/ 28/ 2008
MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Tuesday that Russia and China gradually switch over to national currency payments in bilateral trade, expected to total $50 billion in 2008
"We should consider improving the payment system for bilateral trade, including by gradually adopting a broader use of national currencies," Putin told a bilateral economic forum
He admitted the task would be tough, but said it was necessary amid the current problems with the dollar-based global economy
Read The Rest HERE
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao take part in Third Russian-Chinese Economic forum in Moscow's President Hotel Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008
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Putin: We must end monopoly in world finance
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Russia Today
October 30, 2008
http://www. russiatoday. com/news/news/32641
September 26, 2008 - Chinese army Exercise in Inner Mongolia 2008
"Kunlun-helan Sword Sharpen-07" Military Drill in China
Soldiers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in the "Warrior 2008" drill in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday, September 25, 2008 The PLA "Libing 2008" kicks off on September 25, 2008
A cluster of tanks participate in the "Warrior 2008" drill in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Kulyavstev Andrei (left), Defence and Army Attache of the Belarus embassy, talks with Chinese tank men Thursday during a military drill in Zhuirhe, Inner Mongolia [Asianewsphoto]
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Yet another large scale PLA exercise
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
http://china-defense. blogspot. com/2008/09/yet-another-large-scale...
Together with Li Bing 2008, Joint Operation 2008 and Lanzhou MR 21st Group Army exercise, this Guangzhou MR amphibious assault exercise marks the fourth large scale divisional level exercise conducted by the PLA this month alone
Note the new AAAV in service with the 124th Amp Mech Infantry Division
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"Sharpening 2008" military exercise in photos – Sept 16-19
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The artillery group of a mechanized infantry brigade under the Jinan Military Area Command is seen in the picture taken on September 16 pounding the enemy's forward position in the force-on-force exercise coded "Sharpening 2008".
The snapshot taken on September 16 shows the right-wing attacking group of the mechanized infantry brigade quickly charging toward the enemy's forward position
A tank-towing infantry combat vehicle of the mechanized infantry brigade is seen in the picture taken on September 17 charging toward the enemy's position
A highly informationalized armored regiment of the Beijing Military Area Command will act as the "blue" army in the "Sharpening 2008" Exercise
The mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan Military Area Command, which is among the first batch of troops having completed the changeover of equipment to become a light mechanized infantry brigade, will act as the "red" army
Early on the morning of September 1, along with the issuance of the exercise order by the general director of the "Sharpening 2008" exercise, the exercise troops have, in light of the exercise order, swiftly organized the troops to carry out the escalation of the alert status, the pre-combat education and mobilization, the combat material drawing and preparation in an orderly way. At around 11:00 a.m., a train carrying the first batch of a light mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan Military Area Command, which is to act as the "red" army in the exercise, pulled out of the railway station.The two opposing sides of the exercise will carry out one-month-long confrontational maneuver of joint operation under modern conditions at the Zhurihe Joint Training Base
Combat outpost
Rapid mounting of trucks
PLA troops in a three-dimensional operation training
A mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan Military Area Command of the PLA is mapping out an operation plan
PLA ground troops and air force in a three-dimensional offence operation
PLA troops in mountain warfare exercise
The "Sharpening-2008"confrontational exercise officially raised its curtain on the morning of September 25 at a training base of the Beijing Military Area Command. A transport aviation division of the PLA Air Force, which served as air support strength of the "Red Tactical Group" in the exercise, successfully carried out successive airdropping of heavy equipment. The reporters got on board No.4036 aircraft carrying out heavy-equipment-airdropping mission to witness the whole process of airdropping operation
Blossoming parachutes in sky
Quick boarding
China aggressively building up its nuclear submarine force March 2008
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Air-sea-land military drill held in northeast China
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www. chinaview. cn
2008-09-24
BEIJING, Sept.24 (Xinhua) -- A unit of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) held a military exercise lasting several days in which it tested the synergistic command and battle capabilities of the navy, army and air force, the PLA Daily reported on Wednesday
The newspaper said the drill, which ended on Tuesday, was organized by the Jinan Military Area Command and involved more than 10 squadrons from the three forces garrisoned in the command.The drill was also the first cross-regional exercise, which spanned an area from the Shandong Peninsula to Liaodong Peninsula
The newspaper didn't say how many days the exercise lasted
Land-land, land-air, air-sea, air-air and electromagnetic confrontations were designed for the drill, and missile destroyer, frigate and fighter aircraft were all involved
Maj.-Gen.Ma Yiming, chief director of the drill, said the exercise was intended mainly to explore how to improve, under current circumstances, the forces' synergistic abilities in data collection, command and control, firepower, electronic confrontation and logistics
Dubbed "Joint-2008", the exercise would build up data and experience for the various armed forces' coordination and personnel training, military experts were cited by the report as saying
Foreign military observers watching the war games
Fierce exchange of fire on the battlefield
Airdropping equipment and personnel
Two opposing sides engage in pitched battle
Foreign military observers are watching the war games - On September 25, the "Sharpening 2008"exercise, a mobile offensive and defensive operation waged by joint tactical groups in complex electromagnetic environment, kicked off at the Zhurihe Training Base in the depth of grassland in Inner Mongolia.More than 100 military observers from 30-odd countries spoke highly of China's military transparency and self-confidence
October 22, 2008 - Russian Army Exercise - Stability 2008 (part 1)
October 22, 2008 - Russian Army Exercise - Stability 2008 (part 2)
A new intercontinental ballistic missile, called the RS-24, was launched at the Plesetsk launch site, northwestern Russia, Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Russia reforging its nuclear shield
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RIA Novosti
10/ 28/ 2008
http://en. rian. ru/analysis/20081028/117996812. html
MOSCOW.(RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The introduction of the RS-24 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in 2009 will be the most important phase in the renewal of the Russian Strategic Missile Force (SMF) after the adoption of the Topol-M
For the first time in post-Soviet Russia, a new ground-based MIRV-equipped missile system will be adopted by Russia's military
There is little information on the performance of the new RS-24.According to the most reliable sources, this missile, developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology like the Topol-M, is in fact a further development of the latter, with an improved third stage and dispensing mechanism, the so-called "bus," from the RSM-56 Bulava ICBM
October 2008, More Russian Navy Ships Head For Venezuela
Inside Story - Russian military spending - 14 Oct 08
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Russia blasts off back to the future
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Scotland Sunday News
By Thom Shanker
AS THEY tracked Russian military manoeuvres last week, the US government's Kremlin-watchers might have been forgiven for wondering if they were seeing recycled newsreels
A huge exercise, Stability 2008, spread tens of thousands of troops, thousands of vehicles and scores of combat aircraft across nearly all 11 time zones of Russian territory in the largest war game since the collapse of the Soviet Union
There was no specified enemy, but the Russian forces appeared to be enacting a nationwide effort to quell unrest along Russia's southern border – and to repulse a US-led attack by Nato forces, according to experts in Moscow and Washington
In a grim finale, commanders launched three intercontinental ballistic missiles, the type that can carry multiple nuclear warheads. It was a clear signal of the drastic endgame the Kremlin might consider should its conventional forces not hold.One of the missiles flew more than 7,100 miles, allowing Russian officials to claim they had set a distance record
If these images of Russian power projection appeared drawn from the dark decades of Dr Strangelove, the response from Washington was anything but.Defence secretary Robert Gates and admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, provided the same sanguine reply, echoed down through the ranks of government analysts who have spent years reading Russian military journals and scrutinising classified satellite photographs
Read The Rest HERE
Over 100 silo-based Stilettos are currently in service with the SMF, with each missile carrying six 550-kiloton warheads RS-18 will be gradually replaced by new RS-24 ICBMs, equipped with MIRV warheads and characterized by its high missile-defense penetration capability - Russia extended the service life of the Stiletto missile to 31 years following a successful test launch in October 2007
Over the past five years Russia conducted 31 test launches of RS-12M (SS-25 Sickle), R-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) and RS-20 (SS-18 Satan) ICBMs and will double the number of test launches after 2009
Russia's SMF regularly launch missiles to test their performance characteristics and decide whether they can remain in service
October 14, 2008 - Russian president Dimity Medvedev attended the launch of a long-range Topol missile on the northeast coast of Siberia.Medvedev says he intends to do more testings and to build new weapons
Oct 12, 2008 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has watched the test firing of an intercontinental Topol missile and vowed to commission new-generation weapons for his country's armed forces
10-12-2008 - Russia test-fired long-range ballistic missiles Sunday as President Dmitri Medvedev pledged to build up the country's armed capabilities – Russian nuclear navy fleet reaching US backyard VENEZUELA
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov visit Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has spent the weekend watching missile tests.After watching Saturday a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a part of naval exercises being staged in the northern Barents Sea, Medvedev witnessed a test-firing of a 21-year-old Topol ICBM on Sunday at a rain-soaked launch site in the northern forests
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (L) visit Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, October 11, 2008. Russia fired a long-range Topol missile from Plesetsk on Sunday.Before the launch, President Medvedev personally inspected the RS-12M Topol, also called the SS-25 Sickle by NATO Picture taken October 11, 2008
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