Guardian: Russia has placed an anti-missile defence system close to its border with North Korea, in an apparent sign of growing alarm in Moscow at Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Russia’s chief of army staff, General Nikolai Makarov, told reporters on a trip with President Dmitry Medvedev to Mongolia the military had deployed its S-400 anti-missile division, […]
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The Russian Navy is buying a French Mistral class amphibious assault ship. Exciting.
This post, on the prospect for Russian military reform, is absolutely fabulous. A taste: These reforms amount to the complete destruction of Russia’s mass-mobilization military, a legacy of the Sovi
Just to be clear; we swaddle Miriam because we want her to invade and conquer small countries. Elisha can be a pacifist if she wants.
Via FP, a new independent Russian report indicates that three of the six Russian aircraft lost during the South Ossetia War were shot down by friendly fire. The report also suggests that cooperation b
Via Chet, the coolest submarines ever built may be returning to service: A week ago, Admiral Vladimir Vysotskiy, the Navy Commander-in-Chief, told journalists that the Navy intends to keep Project 941
Ahem: Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn (£1.53bn) deal with Nigeria’s state operated NNPC, to invest in a new joint venture. The new firm, to be called Nigaz, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria. H/t Chet, via TPM. …the gods of blogging would strike me down if […]
This is kind of old, but I still have to acknowledge the fabulous theater of it all: Moving quickly to stamp out growing unrest, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew to the small town of Pikalyovo on Th
Fox News is reporting this morning that North Korea has declared the existence of its uranium program, and is threatening the weaponize its remaining plutonium. The New York Times confirms the latter,
I’m sure that the Chinese just arrived independently at the idea of having a folding-wing version of the Su-27: Russia is eyeing China following media reports that an unlicensed variant of the Sukhoi Su-33 carrier-borne multirole fighter has been developed. Sukhoi officials are “closely monitoring that situation but have not said any official position yet,” […]
In the fabulous piracy-oriented South Park of two weeks ago, a French yacht surrenders to Fatbeard the Pirate without a shot being fired. When someone brings the issue up at the UN, a bureaucrat expla
Let’s hope this doesn’t happen. It seems highly unlikely, but then I can’t say for sure just how far Russia would go to keep Georgia out of NATO. The idea of serious Russian interfer