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2009-12-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russia wants more Israeli spy drones (half the story)

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-12-09 19:11|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 ION RUSSIA WMF > POOR ECONOMY, RESURGENT MILITANT THREAT, NATO EXPANSION CAUSES RUSSIA TO STREAMLINE ITS MILITARY ["Best Bang for the Borsch Buck-Dollar" given Russ present National Affairs or Conditions].

Read, RUSS MAY ASK FOR INTENSIVE UNO + US-NATO ASSISTANCE, INTERVENTION? IFF THINGYS GET WORSEY???

* WMF > US-NATO VS. OSCE-CSTO: FORGET EUROPE, EAST-WEST "BALANCE OF POWER" ISSUES, GEOPOLX WILL NOW BE DECIDED IN CENTRAL-EAST ASIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-12-09 20:41|| na]">[na] 2009-12-09 20:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Moscow should never forget that it within range of Israeli IRBMs

Posted by 3dc 2009-12-09 20:48|| 2009-12-09 20:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Israel does not have any IRBMs.
Even if it did have a few, those would be interceptable by Moscow's defenses, S-400 for e.g.

Posted by rn 2009-12-09 21:40|| 2009-12-09 21:40|| Front Page Top

#4 According to various estimates, the Russians need at least 100 UAVs and at least 10 guidance systems to provide the battlefield surveillance the military needs.

One wonders where these battlefields are.

Posted by Skunky Glins****">Skunky Glins**** 2009-12-09 21:41|| 2009-12-09 21:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Whereever they may be.

Posted by rn 2009-12-09 21:44|| 2009-12-09 21:44|| Front Page Top

#6 PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > GEORGIAN DAILY -ISLAMIZATION IS TRANSFORMING THE NORTH CAUCASUS INTO RUSSIA'S "INTERNAL ABROAD": MALESHENKO SAYS; + EXPERTS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE HITTING RUSSIA'S NORTHERN PEOPLES FIRST AND HARDEST.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-12-09 22:44|| na]">[na] 2009-12-09 22:44|| Front Page Top

#7 TOPIX > [Armenia-Azerbaijan War over Nagorno-Karabakh]] ANALYSTS: THAT SIDE WHICH RUSSIA SUPPORTS WILL WIN. Post-Cold War Russ interests remains mostly the same as in antiquity = Tsarist-SOviet-Russ history, i.e. RUSSIA IS ALWAYS ONLY/SOLELY FOR RUSSIA, NOT "PEACE" PER SE ANDOR LOCAL ALLIES ETC., + WILL SUPPORT FOR, WORK AGZ ALL SIDES TO PROMOTE ITSELF.

Ditto for IRAN + CHINA, etc.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-12-09 23:17|| na]">[na] 2009-12-09 23:17|| Front Page Top

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