On March 23, 2015 the Department of Defense gave a press briefing by Adm. Haney, the commander of US Strategic Command at the Pentagon. His comments at the briefing touched upon the nuclear challenges our country faces, particularly from Russia and China. Within that same category of threat Adm. Haney also mentioned cyber space as something we should […]
Admiral Kirby gives blow by blow account of strategic bombing on ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq during press conference
September 25, 2014 – Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby in the Pentagon Briefing Room Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Hey, everybody. As you know, U.S. military forces and partner nations, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, attacked […]
Russian strategic long range nuclear bombers “tested” US air defenses, according to reports
Russian strategic long range nuclear bombers have “tested” US air defenses a total of 16 times, according to Russian news sources. In the latest incident four Russian bombers were escorted by a couple of heavily armed MiG-31 fighter aircraft. In one disturbing incident, in June 2014 at least two two Russian bombers came within 50 […]
United States cloaks its non-strategic nuclear forces in a veil of secrecy
A new FAS Special Report – Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons – concludes that Russia and the United States combined possess an estimated 2,760 non-strategic nuclear weapons in their military stockpiles. Another 2,000-3,000 weapons have been retired and are awaiting dismantlement. It should be noted that the stockpiles is enough to destroy every major city in the world, several […]
Russia tests the readiness of its strategic nuclear forces to respond quickly to a pre-emptive attack by the United States
On October 20, 2012, we reported that the Russian Armed Forces “completed exercises of the strategic nuclear forces”, according to a Kremlin news release. All this seem particularly relevant today with the situation in Ukraine and old tensions rising between the US and Russia. President Vladimir Putin was said to have personally participated in “testing automated […]
We must “continue to develop this strategic partnership”, said Yanukovych to Putin
On December 17, 2013 President Vladimir Putin met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to discuss economic and regional politics at the Kremlin in Moscow. During which President Yanukovych gave the following remarks: Thank you, Mr Putin. I want to stress too that at governmental level, we went over very thoroughly the sensitive issues for our […]
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