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NORFOLK, VA. The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been retired from active service in the U.S. Navy.<br />
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The Big E, as it is known to sailors and shipbuilders, was the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The Newport News-built ship was commissioned on Nov. 25, 1961, and it's a giant even by aircraft carrier standards, at 1,123-feet long and with eight nuclear reactors,<br />
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On December 1, the US Navy retired the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier - after a remarkable 51 years of service.<br />
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At the same time, the Navy announced that the third Ford-class supercarrier (CVN-80), due to be completed around 2025, will be named Enterprise.<br />
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The USS Enterprise ended its notable 51-year career on Saturday during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.<br />
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With the inactivation, the U.S. fleet is temporarily reduced to 10 aircraft carriers while the USS Gerald R. Ford is built. It will join the fleet in 2015.<br />
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Six ships of the United States Navy have been named <i>Enterprise</i>:</div>
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<li class="li2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%281799%29"><span class="s1">USS </span><i>Enterprise</i><span class="s1"> (1799)</span></a> 12-gun schooner / 14-gun brig (17 December 1799 – 9 July 1823), the third ship to bear this name, was built as schooner, and later rerigged as a brig. She fired the first shots in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War"><span class="s1">First Barbary War</span></a> against the Tripolitanian ship<i>Tripoli</i></li>
<li class="li2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%281831%29"><span class="s1">USS </span><i>Enterprise</i><span class="s1"> (1831)</span></a> 10-gun schooner (15 December 1831 – 24 June 1844), the fourth ship to bear this name</li>
<li class="li2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%281874%29"><span class="s1">USS </span><i>Enterprise</i><span class="s1"> (1874)</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barque"><span class="s1">barque</span></a>-rigged screw sloop (16 March 1877 – 1 October 1909), the fifth ship to bear this name</li>
<li class="li2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%28SP-790%29"><span class="s1">USS </span><i>Enterprise</i><span class="s1"> (SP-790)</span></a> motor yacht (1917–1919), the sixth ship to bear this name, was non-commissioned, serving in the Second Naval District during World War I</li>
<li class="li2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%28CV-6%29"><span class="s1">USS </span><i>Enterprise</i><span class="s1"> (CV-6)</span></a> <i>Yorktown</i>-class aircraft carrier (12 May 1938 – 17 February 1947), the seventh ship to bear this name, served with unparalleled distinction in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II"><span class="s1">World War II</span></a>, becoming the most-decorated vessel in the history of the U.S. Navy.</li>
<li class="li2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%28CVN-65%29"><span class="s1">USS </span><i>Enterprise</i><span class="s1"> (CVN-65)</span></a> <i>Enterprise</i>-class aircraft carrier (25 November 1961 – Present), the eighth ship to bear this name, is a unique design, and the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier. It is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2013.</li>
<li class="li2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%28CVN-80%29"><span class="s1">USS </span><i>Enterprise</i><span class="s1"> (CVN-80)</span></a> "Ford"-class aircraft carrier, the ninth ship to bear the name. As of June 6, 2011, there was a petition circulating online to eventually name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CVN-80"><span class="s1">CVN-80</span></a> as "USS<i>Enterprise</i>".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise#cite_note-1"><span class="s2">[1]</span></a>. On 1 December 2012, at the decommissioning of CVN-65, the Secretary of the Navy announced that CVN-80 would be named USS Enterprise. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise#cite_note-2"><span class="s2">[2]</span></a></li>
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Moscow (IANS) Feb 21, 2012 - Russia's armed forces will receive over 400 modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), more than 100 military spacecraft and over 2,300 new tanks within the next 10 years, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said. This number will also include "over 600 modern aircraft, including fifth-generation fighters, more than a thousand helicopters, 28 regimental sets of S-400 (SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile systems, 38 division sets of Vityaz air defense systems, 10 brigade sets of Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) tactical missile systems, more than 2,300 modern tanks, some 2,000 self-propelled artillery systems and guns, as well as more than 17,000 military vehicles". [<a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.spacewar.com%2Fnukewars.xml" target="_blank">READ</a>]<div class="blogger-post-footer">(theCC) is edited by Abinyah Walker and focuses on the wider Russian & Asian security issues
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Russia on Wednesday warned a strike against Iran could have "catastrophic" consequences and urged nations not to draw early conclusions from this week's failed mission by UN nuclear experts. Russia said it was particularly concerned that a strike against Iran could be launched from an air base the United States leases in Central Asia's ex-Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan. [<a href="http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russia_warns_against_catastrophic_attack_on_Iran_999.html" target="_blank">READ...</a>]<div class="blogger-post-footer">(theCC) is edited by Abinyah Walker and focuses on the wider Russian & Asian security issues
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South Korean Marines Thursday staged a live-fire artillery drill on an island shelled by North Korea in 2010, the first such exercise since the death of Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong-Il last month.<br />
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"Our troops staged two-hour firing drills today" on two frontline islands -- Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong, a Marine spokesman told AFP.<br />
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A similar drill on Yeonpyeong in November 2010 provoked a North Korean artillery barrage which killed two Marines and two civilians and sparked international alarm.<br />
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"This is one of our routine and regular drills," the spokesman said, adding it had been planned well before Kim's death on December 17.<br />
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The firing drills near the disputed Yellow Sea border involve K-9 self-propelled guns, Vulcan cannon and other artillery, Yonhap news agency said.<div class="blogger-post-footer">(theCC) is edited by Abinyah Walker and focuses on the wider Russian & Asian security issues
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The new focus of the military strategy is Asia and the Middle East with a strategic pivot to the Pacific. Unfortunately, this construct is akin to building a stool with one or two legs.<br />
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A sounder approach is to identify where U.S. forces are and would be needed. Europe and the Southern Mediterranean; the Middle East; Southwest Asia; and the Pacific form those legs. Then, strategy must balance forces across these regions depending on circumstances and most importantly, American interests.<br />
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Further, by alluding to China (and Iran) as potential major threats, the strategy is setting potentially unrealistic military requirements. By comparison, Iran is about three times larger than Iraq in area and population (about 80 million), possessing a standing army of almost 600,000 and an irregular force several times that number. China is a dozen times more populous than Iran, and as former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates properly concluded, the United States would be insane to engage in a land war in Asia.<br />
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Second, the strategy failed to recognize military force, while necessary to achieving military aims, is not sufficient by itself to achieve many national security objectives. Afghanistan and Iraq are prime examples of the limitations of military force in producing political stability. Missing is the role of the other arms of government necessary to reinforce and complement the most capable military in the world.<br />
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As America draws down, diplomacy, intelligence, law enforcement, aid and assistance, and other non-military tools are vital. None were discussed. Hence, the inference is the United States will continue to rely too heavily on the Pentagon for broader national security goals beyond that department's competence or authority.<br />
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Third, the impression of a "one war" strategy was created. Obviously, Pentagon and operational commanders need scenarios to plan forces and budgets. But any force sizing structures are inherently susceptible to criticism.<br />
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It can be argued World War II was a large one-war scenario. In that war, 12 million Americans (about 10 percent of the population) served in uniform, and an equal number supported the war effort on the civilian side. The Kennedy administration embarked on a "2 1/2" war strategy in which the United States and its NATO allies would defeat the Soviet Union and Red China in separate conflicts while still being capable of fighting a "1/2" war. The half war turned out to be Vietnam. Even half a million troops could not win that half war.<br />
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Using numbers of wars or contingencies for planning purposes is understandable and practical. A better approach is to soften this quantitative approach by stating the United States needs to have the capacity to deploy concurrently two joint expeditionary forces of 75,000-100,000 to different parts of the world. Further, given the extraordinary advances in technology in which current and future weapons systems are far more capable than those they are replacing, fewer are needed.<br />
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Fourth, the new strategy assumes budget cuts of just under $500 billion over 10 years. Few believe this is realistic because, absent a crisis or conflict, further reductions are inevitable and likely to be larger. Historically after a drawdown, the nation spends about $400 billion a year (in current dollars) on defense -- about a two-fifths reduction from current levels.<br />
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Fifth, as a former naval person, the virtues of maritime power are real. But shifting to a "sea-air" bias in the Pacific is troubling. People do not live in the sea or the air. Wars are won or lost on the ground where people live. This reality must not be central even as ground forces are reduced, which they must be.<br />
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Last, details of implementing this strategy have to be determined. The good news is the senior military understands the need for "jointness" and for dampening the negative effects of interservice rivalries. However, after a decade of massive budget growth, no officers at senior levels have served at a time of serious budget reductions.<br />
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In this environment, big and bold ideas are crucial. Closer integration and mission specialization with allies and friends need to assume higher priorities. Steps to diffuse potential tensions with China such as greater military-to-military cooperation and even arms-control discussions are essential. And as tensions with Iran increase including possible airstrikes against Tehran's nuclear facilities, we must answer the question we failed to pose in Afghanistan and Iraq of "then what next?"<br />
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Key conclusion: One- or two-legged stools do not work!<br />
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(Harlan Ullman is chairman of the Killowen Group that advises leaders of government and business and senior adviser at the Atlantic Council in Washington.)<br />
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(United Press International's "Outside View" commentaries are written by outside contributors who specialize in a variety of important issues. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of United Press International. In the interests of creating an open forum, original submissions are invited.)<br />
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During the test Tuesday, which lasted more than two hours, the aircraft's propulsion and control systems were put through their paces and "proved to be flawless," the company said.<br />
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The Su-35S is based on the earlier Su-27 but with an improved airframe, two central digital computers, advanced avionics and new radar with phased array antennas.<br />
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The closest competitor aircraft to the Su-27, which was introduced into service in 1988, is the U.S. F-15 Eagle.<br />
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With increased fuel capacity, the range of the Su-35S is more than 2,200 miles.<br />
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The maximum speed at altitude is about 1,400 mph. Its ceiling is 59,000 feet.<br />
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Sukhoi said the Su-35S can detect aircraft out to a range of nearly 250 miles, farther than that of other combat aircraft.<br />
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The Generation 4++ fighter's radar can reportedly track simultaneously 30 aerial targets and engage eight as well as track four ground targets and engage two.<br />
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Weaponry carried by the Su-35 include a 30mm cannon, laser-guided and unguided bombs, anti-radar missiles, anti-aircraft missiles and missiles for use against maritime targets.<br />
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With reduced protruding sensors and application to the fuselage of special coatings, the Flanker-E has a reduced radar signature.<br />
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The first two Su-35S planes (Serial One and Serial Two) were delivered to a Russian government testing center in August and have already performed more than 400 test flights.<br />
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The testing has involved propulsion, aircraft maneuverability, stability and control, as well as functioning of the aircraft navigation system.<br />
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Sukhoi projects the service life of the aircraft as 6,000 flight hours and a planned operational life of 30 years.<br />
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Firstly, Canada has always said a dual engine front line CAP (Combat Air Patrol) aircraft is a baseline requirement, as the expanse of the Canadian wilderness and coastline make reliance on a single engine plane risky. Furthermore, betting the Canadian air force's future on a plane that has not been fielded is not PRUDENT. It now become clear that there has been a shift in the baseline requirement for the next generation of Canadian fighter patrol aircraft. Stealth is the overriding factor in the governments procurement in light of our increased bellicose stance and need for global power projection.<br />
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One of the best ways to compare the F-35 and the CF-18 is in terms of pure statistics, and there has been lots of comparisons in the media between the two (see National Post July 16, 2010 post <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/07/16/dogfight-comparing-the-f-35-and-cf-18-fighter-jets/">here</a>). Comparing these two planes, the F-35 has 40% shorter range, is 8% slower and has 50% less engines. The super hornet (E/F variants) has very similar characteristics to the hornet but with larger fuel and weapons capacity along with an electronic warfare version that enhances both the strike and survivability role of the aircraft. It would seem the F-18E/F is a better choice on paper, except the present government insists stealth trumps all of these factors.<br />
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Canada wants to move on to a next generation aircraft, a fifth generation aircraft, with stealth and super cruise capability. A fighter bomber that is militarily integrated with its NATO allies and US force projection. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program fits that requirement, and looks to correct a policy decision that was made between the F-16 and the F-18 back in 1982.<br />
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It seems Canada does not want to be pushed to a level 2 partner with a non-fifth generation stealth fighter and have a stealth enhanced forth-generation fighter like those on offer to other US allies like Singapore, India, and south Korea. They propose stealth upgrades like those on the F-15 silent eagle sporting conformal fuel tanks, enhanced engines, enclosed weapons pods and enhanced infra-red search and track (IRST) systems.<br />
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Alternative air craft exist, like the CF-18 super hornet in use on US Aircraft carriers and other countries with similar security issues as Canada (namely Australia).<br />
Yet, with all that said, it is only by looking back on history that we can compare the wisdom of the F-35 acquisition. What alternatives are there or a future aircraft outside of the F-35 that will meet both a fiscal and NATO interoperable niche? <br />
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CF-18 C/D Super Hornet?<br />
Super hornet is a great plane. With the option of dual engines, an electronic warfare variant and the fact we already use CF-18's as our main fighter fleet, reducing retraining and retooling costs. <br />
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The performance characteristics of the super hornet is undeniable, but so would the purchase of the F-15 silent eagle with its dual engines, massive electronically scanned synthetic aperture radar. <br />
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So what is the ideal requirement for a next generation Canadian fighter? That depends mainly on our defense posture. Canada has mainly fraught wars with NATO and as part of a US led coalition and served as Command and Control, light infantry and air support. The F-25 would mean Canada can take the lead in air combat and even go it alone if required. "Unable to take the lead or go it alone" has been a key critique of European allies.<br />
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Next: Canadian Air Power 2020<br />
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The Israeli air force is upgrading its Lockheed Martin F-16C/D jets amid growing concerns the delivery of 20 of the U.S. plane maker's problem-plagued F-35 stealth fighters ordered by the Jewish state will be delayed past 2017.<br />
The Jerusalem Post reported Monday that worries about the F-35 are so pervasive that upgrading the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon variants, known as "Barak" in the air force, began in 2010 with the installation of new avionics and other systems.<br />
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That program has been expanded in recent weeks as part of a plan to extend the aircraft's operational lifespan.<br />
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The air force has around 100 F-16 C and D ground-attack models. It also has 106 F-16 A/B fighters and 101 F-16I Sufa jets, a more advanced model customized for Israel's operation requirements.<br />
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The Post reported that the air force is upgrading the F-16's flight control system as well as its central display unit in the cockpit. The aircraft will also be fitted with new high-resolution screens designed to improve the pilot's situational awareness.<br />
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Pilots will also be equipped with a display and sight helmet system, designed by Elbit Systems, Israel's leading military electronics maker. This enables pilots to aim their weapons simply by looking at targets.<br />
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The F-16s won't be stealthy like the F-35 Lightning, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, but their capabilities will be sufficiently enhanced that the air force will be able to maintain its long-held qualitative edge over its regional adversaries, particularly Iran.<br />
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The F-35 development program at Lockheed Martin has been repeatedly hit by delays and major cost overruns since 2002.<br />
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Israel's Defense Ministry signed a $2.75 billion contract with Lockheed Martin in August 2010 for 20 F-35s, enough for one squadron. Delivery of the aircraft was to commence in 2017, with pilots going to the United States for training in 2016.<br />
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But that timetable is in jeopardy. After cracks were discovered in some aircraft, the Pentagon is considering slowing development of the JSF.<br />
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"I believe it's wise to temper production for a while here, until we get some of these heavy years of learning under our belt and get that managed right," Vice Adm. David Venlet, the Pentagon's director of the F-35 program, said earlier this month.<br />
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Jane's Defense Weekly reported last week that a new U.S. Department of Defense technical report recommended slowing acquisition of the single-engine F-35 because of a "lack of confidence" in the stability of the aircraft's design.<br />
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Israel's Defense Ministry has budgeted for the purchase of another 20 F-35s for a second squadron under the military's multiyear procurement plan that begins in early 2012.<br />
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Ultimately, the Israelis want three squadrons of JSFs -- some 75 aircraft -- to form the spearhead of their airborne strike force.<br />
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The Pentagon has already approved the sale of 55 more of F-35s at an unspecified date.<br />
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Israel's big problem is that senior U.S. Air Force officers testified before Congress in November that the aircraft's development setbacks mean that it probably won't become operational with U.S. forces, including the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, until 2018.<br />
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Israel's air force commander, Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan, recently met with his senior officers regarding the reports the Pentagon was considering slowing development of the F-35.<br />
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Aviation Week reported recently that the U.S. Air Force plans to upgrade more than 300 F-16s currently in service, as well as some Boeing F-15 Eagles, to fill the operational gap.<br />
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The Israeli decision to upgrade its F-16C/D aircraft as a stopgap until the F-35 deliveries start presumably means that the possibility of acquiring new F-15 Eagles and F-16s to carry the air force over until the new jets arrive has now been set aside.<br />
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The F-35 squadrons, when they do reach Israel, will be deployed at the sprawling Nevatim Air Base in the Negev Desert. This is currently the home of several F-16 squadrons.<br />
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Nairobi (AFP) Dec 20, 2011 - Little by little China is forming military links in Africa and in the Indian Ocean in order, experts say, to protect Beijing's economic interests in the region.<br />
In the past three weeks Beijing has committed to supporting Ugandan forces operating in Somalia and to helping the Seychelles fight piracy.<br />
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"It is very clear that the Chinese leaders recognize that military force will play a bigger role to safeguard China's overseas interests," Jonathan Holslag, of the Brussels Institute of Chinese Contemporary Studies told AFP.<br />
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"There is a willingness, and even a consensus, in China, that this process will take place."<br />
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The Indian Ocean is strategic, Holslag said, noting that 85 percent of China's oil imports and 60 percent of its exports are routed via the Gulf of Aden.<br />
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Beijing does not so far have any military base in the region: its military presence consists of three vessels in the Gulf of Aden to fight Somali pirates.<br />
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But the deployment of those ships in 2009, the first of its kind for the Chinese navy, was already highly symbolic.<br />
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For the moment, cooperation between China and the islands of the Indian Ocean is still limited to "low profile military-to-military exchanges, but it is getting broader and more structured," Holslag told AFP.<br />
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"The mere fact that China has a multi-year naval presence in the Gulf of Aden has great symbolic and diplomatic significance," said Frans-Paul van der Putten, senior research fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael.<br />
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"Symbolic because it shows other countries that China is an emerging naval power in the region, and diplomatic because China uses its navy ships for occasional visits to ports along the Indian Ocean rim, which helps it strengthen its diplomatic ties with countries in the region," he added.<br />
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During an unprecedented visit by Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie earlier this month, the Seychelles asked China to set up a military presence on the archipelago to help fight piracy in the Indian Ocean.<br />
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Victoria is ruling out a military base but is looking rather at having "reconnaissance planes or patrol ships stationed" there, along the lines of what the US and Europe do, Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam said.<br />
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"China needs port infrastructure to supply its ships in the Indian Ocean, and covering a wider zone could make sense," said Mathieu Duchatel of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.<br />
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With trade exchanges between China and Africa totalling 126.9 billion dollars last year, the stakes are sizeable.<br />
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Beijing's efforts to keep its trade safe are not confined to the high seas. On the African continent China has set up a raft of cooperation ventures in an attempt to secure its investment zones.<br />
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Somalia, which has been at war for the past two decades, is "of crucial importance for China," Holslag said.<br />
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Beijing has promised Uganda 2.3 million dollars towards covering the cost of its troops in the African Union force in Somalia (AMISOM).<br />
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"Not only is Beijing well aware that the failed state is a sanctuary for pirates that threaten its merchant and fishery fleet in the Indian Ocean; it also considers it to be an important source of instability and terrorism in other African countries where it has large economic interests," Holslag said.<br />
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He noted China "is making eyes at the oil reserves in Ethiopia" and private Chinese firms have started linking up the Ethiopian hinterland to the port of Berbera in the breakaway region of Somaliland.<br />
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"China has ... almost permanent exchanges with officials from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somaliland on security in the Horn," he said.<br />
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Both Washington and New Delhi, already concerned about China's activities in the Pacific, take a dim view of its ambitions in the Indian Ocean.<br />
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"It appears that, for now, the US and India are not very much alarmed by the relatively modest Chinese military activities in the Indian Ocean region," van der Putten said.<br />
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However "the US seems to welcome a greater Chinese involvement in addressing non-traditional security issues such as piracy, but is at the same time worried that China's growing international influence undermines US interests."<br />
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"In India there are concerns about a possible build-up of Chinese military power in the Indian Ocean," he added.<br />
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"This could ultimately affect the geopolitical balance between India and China, in particular with regard to the disputed parts of the Sino-Indian border and with regard to the relationship between India and Pakistan, a country with close ties to China."<br />
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Tanks could soon get night time invisibility thanks to a cloaking device that masks their infra-red signature.</div>
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Developed by BAE Systems, the Adaptiv technology allows vehicles to mimic the temperature of their surroundings.</div>
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It can also make a tank look like other objects, such as a cow or car, when seen through heat-sensitive 'scopes.</div>
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Researchers are looking at ways to make it work with other wavelengths of light to confer true invisibility.</div>
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The hi-tech camouflage uses hexagonal panels or pixels made of a material that can change temperature very quickly. About 1,000 pixel panels, each of which is 14cm across, are needed to cover a small tank.</div>
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The panels are driven by on-board thermal cameras that constantly image the ambient temperature of the tank's surroundings. This is projected on to the panels to make it harder to spot. The cameras can also work when the tank is moving.</div>
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Its developers would not discuss exactly how the panels are heated and cooled.</div>
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BAE Systems has also produced a library containing the heat images of other objects, such as trucks, cars and large rocks, that can be projected on to the panels.</div>
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"Earlier attempts at similar cloaking devices have hit problems because of cost, excessive power requirements or because they were insufficiently robust," said Adaptiv project manager Pader Sjolund at BAE Systems in a statement.</div>
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By contrast, he explained, Adaptiv panels add to the armour on a fighting vehicle and consume relatively little power.</div>
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"We can resize the pixels to achieve stealth for different ranges," he added. "A warship or building, for instance, might not need close-up stealth, so could be fitted with larger panels."</div>
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BAE estimates that the technology could be ready to put into production in two years.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Compared with the technology used by the Palestinians, it is like tossing an expensive BMW car into the air to knock down a basic Ford - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13013322">Read</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This describes the basic Problem with the entire western military complex... Hey let's buy stealth planes flying at 50,000 feet to kill mice when we could just feed some cats yogurt to catch them instead... Besides we'd have a house left standing too. </span></div>
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** Israeli new missile defence in action **<br />
At first sight, Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system appears to be a game-changer in the struggle between the Israelis and armed Palestinian groups in Gaza, says the BBC's Jonathan Marcus.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="entry-contents-inner"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJBT-Qy81fDikM_JobO8ufErCfPgRFcOJ-3Wht657e3PBiBdHK" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJBT-Qy81fDikM_JobO8ufErCfPgRFcOJ-3Wht657e3PBiBdHK" width="200" /></a>As expected, the Russian parliament ratified the New START treaty earlier this week - the Duma passed the <a href="http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(ViewDoc)?OpenAgent&work/dz.nsf/ByID&364A32509376871BC3257823005109D3" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank">resolution</a> that approved the Federal Law on Ratification of the Treaty on January 25, 2011. The Federation Council, the upper chamber of the parliament, passed its <a href="http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(ViewDoc)?OpenAgent&work/dz.nsf/ByID&D5C18A0CA71D16D4C325782500490CFC" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank">approval resolution</a> on January 26, 2011.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="entry-header" style="position: relative;"><div class="entry-header-body" style="background-color: white; padding-left: 25px;"><div class="text" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="item-title item-title-link" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/russianforces/~3/VPToeMRv_Gw/topol_launch_from_kapustin_yar.shtml" style="color: #2244bb; display: inline; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Topol launch from Kapustin Yar</a></div><div class="entry-sub-header" style="display: block; font-size: 12px; min-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;">by Pavel Podvig on Dec 9, 2010 11:15 PM</div></div></div><div class=""><div class="entry whisper" id="entry-contents" style="color: black; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="entry-likers" style="background-color: white;"></div><div class="entry-annotations"></div><div class="entry-contents-inner">On December 5, 2010 the Strategic Rocket Forces<a href="http://www.mil.ru/info/1069/details/index.shtml?id=76831" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank">successfully launched</a> a Topol (SS-25) missile from the Kapustin Yar test site toward the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan. The launch took place at 22:11 MSK (19:11 UTC). According the Rocket Forces report, the launch was used to extend the lifetime of the missile, to test various military instrumentation equipment, and to test new "combat payload" for intercontinental ballistic missiles.<br />
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The Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan hosts a number of radars that were developed for missile defense and early-warning programs. Russia apparently uses launches to Sary-Shagan to test various missile defense countermeasures and maybe new types of reentry vehicles. The report on this launch suggests that Russia may have upgraded some radars or deployed new missile tracking equipment.<br />
A similar launch was conducted <a href="http://russianforces.org/blog/2009/12/launch_of_topol_from_kapustin.shtml" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank">in December 2009</a>. At the time, the Rocket Forces announced that two "experimental launches of RS-12M [Topol]" from Kapustin Yar will be conducted in 2009. The December 2009 launch became the first and the current launch is apparently the second one in the series - the only other Topol launch in 2010 was conducted <a href="http://russianforces.org/blog/2010/10/successful_launch_of_an_old_to.shtml" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank">in October 2010</a> from Plesetsk.<br />
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Submarines, stealthly deadly but terrible in photoshoots, stealth planes however are elegant like the best supermodels of the nineties.<br />
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China, receving Gates on a three day visit to smooth relations, was shown one of China's closest guarded secrets, the J-20 Stealth Fighter.<br />
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A break through since the US, despite objections from China, sold weapons to Taiwan froze military relations for the past two years in protest.<br />
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There is no independent corroboration of the latest Iranian claims. </div><br />
The Revolutionary Guard commander said that after shooting down the planes Iran had copied them and produced them in mass numbers through "reverse engineering."<br />
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In January 2007, Iranian MP Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh told FARS that Iran had shot down a spy drone of the US army that was trying to cross the borders. <br />
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<div>"Many" other drones have been shot down over an unspecified period of time, the Fars news agency quoted him as saying. </div><div><br />
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The head of the Revolutionary Guards' air force wing, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, produced no evidence to support the report.<br />
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"Americans send such spy drones to the region every now and then," the lawmaker further pointed out.</div><div>He said this was the first time news of the incidents had been reported.<br />
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The drones were mainly being used in Iraq and Afghanistan but "some violations against our soil" had also occurred, the commander said.<br />
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<h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/news/2010/space-101207-rianovosti01.htm">Roscosmos turned on 2 reserve Glonass-M satellites</a></span></h4>Russia has switched on two reserve Glonass-M satellites to replace the ones that were lost when a rocket deviated off course on Sunday, the head of Russia's state run space corporation Anatoly Perminov said on Tuesday.</div><div></div><div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent military normalisation ground to a halt since the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi? In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civilmilitary relations, domestic and international militaryindustrial complexes, Japans procurement of regional and global power-projection capabilities, the expansion of USJapan cooperation, and attitudes towards nuclear weapons.</span></div></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">(theCC) is edited by Abinyah Walker and focuses on the wider Russian & Asian security issues
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