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2010-05-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Follow Up Article to Syria Buying $1 billion in Russian Weapons

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Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-05-17 11:10|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 MALAYSIA also repor desires RUSSIAN ADMS + INDIAN AIR FORCE to train the Malaysian Air Force.

HMMMMM, HMMMMM, FAILURE-PRONE RUSS MILSYS + CRASH-PRONE/HAPPT INDIAN AIR FORCE TRAINING > uUh, uh, wehell, thats one way for Malaysia to de facto mil lose to the tradit rival THE PHILIPPINES, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, + ASSORTED PACIFIC ATOLLS???

* ION SYRYUH, PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > TURKISH AIR DEFENSE SYSYEMS RE-DEPLOYED TO "DEFEND SYRIA,IRAN" FROM ISRAELI BOMBS [+ US]. No repeat of 2007 by Israel via Turkish airspace. "NO HARM, NO FOUL" FOR NORMAL TURKO-ISRAELI RELATIONS AS LONG AS ISRAEL'S BOMB-EAGLES [US?]
DON'T FLY THRU TURKEY.

* SAME > US SEVENTH FLEET CONTROL TOMAHAWK LAUNCH FROM 5000 MILES AWAY.

* SAME > CHINA LACKS A STRONG NAVAL TRADITION
{greatest weaknesses = Lack of LR Overseas Navigation Techniques + Hands-on/Professional Sailor Skills]. Compared to the Western Nations, CHINA PER SE HAS NOT CONDUCTED ANY SERIOUS OTH = OVERSEAS LR EXPLORATION, NAVIGATION SINCE ITS GREAT NAVIGATOR ADMIRAL ZHENG-YE SAILED THE SEAS IN 1433.

ARTIC > [Robert Kaplan] CHINA views GUAM, NORTHERN MARIANAS, PHILIPINES, + INDONESIA as EXTENSIONS OF MAINLAND CHINA. PLA ee PLAN [ + PLAAF, PLA 2nd Arty] charged wid conducting effective LR Milops in defense and protection of same.

* VARIOUS > MILITARY EXPERTS: RUSSIAN AIR
[+ SPACE] DEFENSES NOT FIT/READY FOR ANY PURPOSE.

* WMF > "WEEKLY VOICE" RUSS MEDIA: DESPITE ON-GOING VITAL MODERNIZATIONS CHINA REMAINS ONLY A SECOND-TIER/LESSOR REGIONAL MIL POWER COMPARED TO POST-COLD WAR RUSSIA. A RUSSO-CHINESE LIMITED MIL CONFLICT LIKELY TO SERIOUSLY DAMAGE OR DESTROY CHINA.

SAME > SUPER-FALKLANDS WAR IN ASIA/CHINA SEAS: SINO-JAPANESE NON-NUCLEAR WAR SCENARIO OER THE DAOYUS AND DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEAS ISLANDS WILL LIKELY NOT INVOLVE PLA, JSDF GROUND FORCES, BUT WILL INVOLVE AIR, NAVAL, LR MISSLE [SRBMS, IRBMS], COMMANDO AND SPACE WARFARE CONVENTIONAL FORCES. SINO-JAPANESE NAVAL, AIR BATTLES WILL BE UNPRECEDENTED IN BOTH SCALE AND REGIONAL HISTORY, AND FIERCELY FOUGHT.

SAME > DISASTER OF "NUCLEAR/STRONG JAPAN" FOR CHINA. SINO-JAPANESE MAJOR WAR FOR LEADERSHIP, TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY IN EAST ASIA MAY SPREAD TO MIL-STRONG, ECON-WEAK WEAK RUSSIA [Russ Far East= NorPac/North China Seas Front agz Japan], FRUSTRATED ANTI-CHIN INDIA [Malaccas Oil-Gas,Other Trade routes].

SAME > NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR FUSION CLAIMS CAN UPSET THE GEOPOL BALANCE OF POWER IN CENTRAL-EAST ASIA. THREAT OF DPRK ADVANCED HYDROGEN AND THERMONUCLEAR BOMBS MAY FORCE CHINA TO ASSERT UNILATERAL MIL OR SOVEREIGN CONTROL OER NORTH KOREA [Vassal-Buffer State] AGZ US/UN-LED INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATION OF NORTH KOREA. RISE OF UIGHUR/ISLAMIST SEPARATIST THREAT + ATTACKS AGZ CHINA DUE TO THE DPRK NUCLEAR THREAT.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-17 23:31|| 2010-05-17 23:31|| Front Page Top

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