Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
Remembering the only use of nuclear weapons, killing 215,000 innocent civilians
RIA Novosti | 29 July 2010 UN chief to pay tribute to victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit Japan next week to pay tribute to the victims of U.S. nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II and hold talks with the country's government, UN spokesman [...]
Two More Russian AWACS for India
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 India to purchase two more AWACS planes from Russia NEW DELHI — India will purchase two additional Russian-made airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday. India ordered three A-50EI variants fitted with Israeli-made Phalcon radar systems in 2004. The first [...]
Russian military adopts the unified command system
RIA Novosti | By Ilya Kranik | 15 July 2010 New command system for the Russian military The expected changes in the command structure of the Russian Armed Forces have become reality. Yesterday President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree establishing four unified strategic commands to be based in four new military districts. Command West, [...]
US/NATO Psy-Op/MISO in Afghanistan
The Nation | By I. M. Mohsin | 15 July 2010 Afghanistan: the psywar prongs June ended as the deadliest month for the foreign troops, more so the US. According to ISAF’s assessment, 103 soldiers got killed while many more were badly injured. Lacking missiles and air power, which is the monopoly of the foreign troops, the Taliban have to [...]
Six attacks hit media stations in Russia’s North Caucasus
China Daily | 11 July 2010 MOSCOW - Six TV and radio broadcasting stations have been attacked overnight in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, local media reported Sunday. The explosions or fires occurred at various districts of republic, causing neither casualties nor disruption of normal operation of the [...]
India allocates $11 bln to build six new submarines – paper
RIA Novosti | 11 July 2010 India's Defense Acquisitions Council has approved the allocation of over 500 billion rupees ($11 billion) for the construction of six new-generation diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy in a record military deal, The Times of India reported on Sunday. This amount exceeds the $9 billion allocated by the [...]
Unmanned Drones: Targeted Killing or Collateral Murder?
Antiwar | By by Thalif Deen | 30 June 2010 When a Pakistani-U.S. national pleaded guilty last week to a failed attempt to detonate explosives packed in a vehicle in the heart of New York City, he admitted that one of the reasons he targeted the busy Times Square neighborhood was to “injure and kill” as many people as [...]
Dire need to counter RAW’s terrorism
By Asif Haroon Raja It is now an established fact that no South Asian state has ever indulged in covert operations or cross border terrorism against its neighbors. The only culprit is India which resorts to this evil practice against all its neighbors, be it Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Nepal , Maldives , Bhutan , China and Myanmar. [...]
Russians Support Israel on the Gaza Flotilla Massacre
Russia BTH | 23 June 2010 Views from Russia on the Gaza Strip It wasn’t Israel’s attack on the naval convoy destined for the Gaza strip that shocked and surprised Russian pundits, who were mostly sympathetic to Israel in its reaction to not let the flotilla pass at all costs, even to the point of violence. On the contrary, they were [...]
Kyrgyzstan unrest timed to coincide with SCO summit
RIA Novosti | By Sanobar Shermatova | 15 June 2010 In Kyrgyzstan, there are two versions of what caused the tragic events of June 10 and 11 in the city of Osh. According to the first version, spontaneous fighting between young Kyrgyz and Uzbeks evolved into a larger conflict in which stores and cars have been set on fire and a large [...]
