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Russia Is Putting World Peace At Risk, Says Pentagon Chief Ash Carter
The US defense secretary, Ash Carter, has accused Russia of endangering world order and said the Pentagon was searching for creative ways to deter Kremlin aggression and protect its allies.
Speaking in California after eight days of travel in Asia, Carter also expressed concern about China’s expanding influence and growing military might. But he reserved his strongest words for Russia.
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Carter told an audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley that Russia was undertaking “challenging activities” at sea, in the air, in space and in cyberspace.
“Most disturbing, Moscow’s nuclear sabre-rattling raises questions about Russian leaders’ commitment to strategic stability, their respect for norms against the use of nuclear weapons, and whether they respect the profound caution nuclear-age leaders showed with regard to the brandishing of nuclear weapons,” he said.
His remarks were perhaps the strongest he has expressed about America’s former Cold War foe.
“We do not seek a cold, let alone a hot, war with Russia,” he said. “We do not seek to make Russia an enemy. But make no mistake; the United States will defend our interests, our allies, the principled international order, and the positive future it affords us all.”
The backdrop to Carter’s remarks is the reality that after more than two decades of dominating great-power relations, the United States is seeing Russia reassert itself and China expand its military influence beyond its own shores.
Carter cited several pillars of the international order that he argued should be defended and strengthened: peaceful resolution of disputes, freedom from coercion, respect for state sovereignty and freedom of navigation.
“Of course, neither Russia nor China can overturn that order,” he said. “But both present different challenges for it.”
Under the presidency of Vladimir Putin, Russia is challenging the US in many arenas, including the Arctic, where last year Moscow said it was reopening 10 former Soviet-era military bases that were closed after the Cold War ended in 1991. Russia also is flying more long-range air patrols off US shores.
Carter left open the possibility that Russia’s role in Syria could evolve into one the US can embrace.
“It is possible – we’ll see – Russia may play a constructive role in resolving the civil war,” he said.
In a question-and-answer session with his audience, Carter said he believed Putin “hasn’t thought through very thoroughly” his objectives in Syria. He called the Russian approach there “way off track”.
As Russia makes what Carter characterised as threatening statements about its potential use of nuclear weapons, the US was modernising its entire nuclear arsenal — not only the submarines, bomber aircraft and land-based missiles that are armed with long-range nuclear weapons, but also the weapons themselves.
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“We’re investing in the technologies that are most relevant to Russia’s provocations, such as new unmanned systems, a new long-range bomber, and innovation in technologies like the electromagnetic railgun, lasers and new systems for electronic warfare, space and cyberspace, including a few surprising ones I really can’t describe here,” he said.
Carter said China was the single most influential player in Asia’s future, and he noted that earlier this week he went aboard an American aircraft carrier in the South China Sea to demonstrate US commitment to freedom of navigation. Washington objects to China’s claims of territorial limits around disputed artificial islands there.
“As a rising power, it’s to be expected that China will have growing ambitions and a modernizing military,” he said. “But how China behaves will be the true test of its commitment to peace and security.”
This is typically famous for everyone, especially the story about the nuclear confrontation taking place in the Middle East. Actually, following the predictions of Nostradamus, one assumedly major nuclear confrontation will possibly happen in the area in which the aggressor is the one breaking the promise of not using the nuclear weapons or its violent power in any warfare. The sad tidings here would be how the naval fleets would go kept by other powers, and then they could get scattered due to the violence of the powerful blast.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
During the course of 2014 to present day 2015 we have seen a huge up-tick in global military action, in some countries we have even seen military personnel on the streets and in the homes and businesses of the people who they are paid to protect. We have seen global governments pushing and prodding each other into position of war via proxy wars, economic wars, as the war on humanity is what takes centre stage Enchanted LifePath Alternate Media Reports takes a closer look at exactly what countries are invoked in military procedures at home or abroad throughout the world.
USA
UNITED KINGDOM
RUSSIA
CHINA
CUBA
ISRAEL
IRAN
IRAQ
SYRIA
SAUDI ARABIA
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
UKRAINE
NATO
ISIS
LETS LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE IN MORE DETAIL
With the world inching closer to war, many historians, Biblical scholars and fans of Nostradamus are pointing to the current Middle East conflict between Israel and Iran. Global alliances could quickly turn a 2-nation war into a regional war, and then into a world war. How would the US fair and who would be on our side? We divided the world based on current alliances to see how the two sides match up and who has the edge.
The following battle lines were researched and chosen exclusively by Whiteout Press. We used a number of criteria to make our decision for each nation. Among the items we considered were; current military alliances, religious affiliations, historical alliances, ethnic ties, trade relations and statements by national leaders right out of today’s headlines.
Judaism vs. Islam, Christian civil war
As the world map is laid out, one of the trends we immediately notice is that the former Soviet nations and their Eastern Orthodox Christian faith will follow-up on their current promise and come to the aid of their Islamic allies in any war against the United States. With the Soviets come the global Communists, including some right in America’s backyard.
The Neutrals
It is inevitable that many nations will attempt to remain neutral. But in the global world we live in, there is no such thing as neutrality. Nations that can’t fight for or buy their neutrality, like India and Switzerland, will simply be used like pawns in a chess game by the world’s superpowers. We did take history into account and countries like Nepal, Nigeria and Sweden who have always fought for and won their neutrality during regional wars are labeled as neutral again here.
Other neutral countries are marked that way for a different reason. Some countries around the globe are so devastated and disoriented by current civil wars, they have no functioning government able to take any side. Some might conclude that a few of these civil wars are the first wave of the possible coming World War 3. In many instances, the wars are between militant Christians and Islamic Jihadists.
The numbers and statistics
We’ve left out nuclear weapons capabilities, as well as chemical and biological weapons. Nations don’t typically disclose their actual arsenal and half the nuclear-armed countries still don’t acknowledge they have the weapons of mass destruction. Another reason to leave them off the list is pure wishful thinking. For if World War 3 is in fact a nuclear war instead of a conventional war, there will be nobody left to read these words anyway.
In the cases of some small nations without any military or published information, we had to make our best guess. Most all statistics however come from each respective nation’s published data or one of the following sources:
Wikipedia
Global Firepower
CIA Fact Book
IHS Jane’s
While the below map, numbers and accompanying list of allied nations is purely the result of the research of Whiteout Press, it shouldn’t be too far off from reality.
Population numbers for each nation are readily available, while even the number of standing military soldiers is a typically known figure across the globe. For ‘Land’ weapons, we tried to limit the number to tanks, heavy artillery, missile systems and similar offensive weapons. For ‘Air Force’, we included all military aircraft with attack capability.
‘Navy’ was trickier. Many nations have no access to the open ocean and instead use their small and medium sized vessels to rule the rivers that divide their continent. For ocean-faring, large powers, we used the number of warships typically from the frigate class and up. For smaller nations with no large warships but a small, armed navy, we included their armed trawlers, cannon-mounted speed boats, etc.
Summary
Population | Soldiers | Land | Air Force | Navy | |
Iran and Allies | 3,252,030,954 | 12,460,680 | 396,352 | 23,352 | 3,622 |
Israel and Allies | 2,154,805,585 | 8,029,844 | 343,108 | 42,949 | 5,860 |
India and Neutrals | 1,511,454,436 | 1,933,686 | 89,457 | 3,069 | 634 |
Iran and Allies
Country | Population | Soldiers | Land | Air Force | Navy |
Afghanistan | 29,835,392 | 150,000 | 2,558 | 125 | 0 |
Albania | 2,994,667 | 16,000 | 1,000 | 100 | 0 |
Algeria | 34,994,937 | 435,000 | 5,134 | 440 | 41 |
Angola | 13,338,541 | 130,500 | 1,500 | 8 | 7 |
Armenia | 2,967,975 | 49,000 | 300 | 14 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 158,570,535 | 100,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 25 |
Belarus | 9,577,552 | 73,000 | 4,000 | 300 | 0 |
Bolivia | 10,118,683 | 55,500 | 750 | 8 | 125 |
Brunei | 401,890 | 5,000 | 100 | 30 | 15 |
Bulgaria | 7,093,635 | 30,000 | 7,500 | 480 | 85 |
Burkina Faso | 16,751,455 | 40,000 | 4,000 | 26 | 0 |
Burma | 53,999,804 | 492,000 | 11,000 | 240 | 125 |
Cambodia | 14,701,717 | 150,000 | 2,800 | 10 | 190 |
Chad | 10,758,945 | 30,350 | 1,500 | 20 | 0 |
China | 1,336,718,015 | 2,285,000 | 22,795 | 4,092 | 562 |
Comoros | 794,683 | 500 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Republic of Congo | 4,243,929 | 65,000 | 200 | 20 | 15 |
Costa Rica | 4,576,562 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cuba | 11,087,330 | 38,000 | 6,400 | 140 | 30 |
Cyprus | 1,120,489 | 12,000 | 300 | 25 | 10 |
Djibouti | 757,074 | 12,000 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
Ecuador | 15,007,343 | 35,000 | 350 | 85 | 20 |
Egypt | 82,079,636 | 468,500 | 48,740 | 884 | 221 |
Eretria | 5,939,484 | 250,000 | 1,400 | 110 | 30 |
Ethiopia | 90,873,739 | 182,500 | 3,098 | 703 | 0 |
Gambia | 1,797,860 | 3,500 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
Palestine | 4,279,699 | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guinea | 10,601,009 | 22,000 | 60 | 10 | 3 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,596,677 | 5,000 | 65 | 6 | 2 |
Haiti | 9,719,932 | 22,000 | 30 | 10 | 2 |
Indonesia | 245,613,043 | 438,410 | 1,577 | 510 | 136 |
Iran | 77,891,220 | 545,000 | 12,393 | 1,030 | 261 |
Iraq | 30,399,572 | 276,600 | 5,344 | 1,139 | 15 |
Jordan | 6,508,271 | 100,700 | 12,212 | 711 | 26 |
Kazakhstan | 15,522,373 | 80,000 | 2,900 | 365 | 9 |
North Korea | 24,457,492 | 1,106,000 | 20,692 | 1,650 | 708 |
Kosovo | 1,825,632 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kyrgyzstan | 5,587,443 | 15,500 | 550 | 115 | 0 |
Laos | 6,477,211 | 29,100 | 50 | 24 | 16 |
Lebanon | 4,143,101 | 60,000 | 5,785 | 100 | 50 |
Libya | 6,597,960 | 119,000 | 6,844 | 480 | 21 |
Macedonia | 2,077,328 | 10,000 | 220 | 8 | 0 |
Mali | 14,159,904 | 12,150 | 720 | 17 | 0 |
Mauritania | 3,281,634 | 20,870 | 540 | 2 | 10 |
Moldova | 4,314,377 | 11,800 | 400 | 40 | 0 |
Mongolia | 3,133,318 | 70,000 | 1,430 | 47 | 0 |
Montenegro | 661,807 | 3,200 | 30 | 0 | 2 |
Morocco | 31,968,361 | 175,000 | 2,875 | 125 | 17 |
Mozambique | 22,948,858 | 50,000 | 1,130 | 12 | 6 |
Nicaragua | 5,666,301 | 12,000 | 300 | 34 | 8 |
Oman | 3,027,959 | 39,800 | 340 | 55 | 7 |
Pakistan | 187,342,721 | 617,000 | 16,461 | 1,414 | 11 |
Romania | 20,298,580 | 75,000 | 1,800 | 48 | 20 |
Russia | 138,739,892 | 1,200,000 | 91,715 | 2,749 | 233 |
Senegal | 12,643,799 | 19,000 | 160 | 3 | 9 |
Serbia | 7,310,555 | 40,000 | 640 | 128 | 0 |
Sierra Leone | 5,363,669 | 8,500 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Singapore | 4,740,737 | 72,000 | 8,000 | 422 | 47 |
Somalia | 9,925,640 | 24,000 | 180 | 6 | 6 |
Sri Lanka | 21,283,913 | 149,000 | 1,200 | 80 | 50 |
Sudan | 45,047,502 | 104,000 | 5,600 | 240 | 2 |
Syria | 22,517,750 | 304,000 | 25,406 | 830 | 19 |
Tajikistan | 7,627,200 | 11,000 | 76 | 4 | 0 |
Tanzania | 47,746,620 | 27,000 | 296 | 22 | 7 |
Togo | 6,771,993 | 20,000 | 110 | 12 | 2 |
Tunisia | 10,629,186 | 45,000 | 900 | 47 | 25 |
Turkmenistan | 4,997,503 | 34,000 | 1,100 | 87 | 0 |
Ukraine | 45,134,707 | 159,000 | 20,780 | 1,003 | 70 |
United Arab Emirates | 5,148,664 | 65,000 | 1,100 | 200 | 72 |
Uzbekistan | 28,128,600 | 55,000 | 950 | 245 | 0 |
Venezuala | 27,635,743 | 155,000 | 2,084 | 306 | 50 |
Vietnam | 91,519,289 | 455,000 | 6,600 | 258 | 120 |
Western Sahara | 522,928 | 6,200 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Yemen | 24,771,809 | 401,000 | 7,968 | 350 | 65 |
Zimbabwe | 12,619,600 | 29,000 | 270 | 26 | 0 |
Iran and Allies | 3,252,030,954 | 12,460,680 | 396,352 | 23,352 | 3,622 |
Israel and Allies
Country | Population | Soldiers | Land | Air Force | Navy |
Antarctica | 4,490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Argentina | 41,769,726 | 73,100 | 4,241 | 463 | 42 |
Australia | 21,766,711 | 57,500 | 3,259 | 374 | 53 |
Austria | 8,217,280 | 40,000 | 400 | 40 | 0 |
Azerbaijan | 8,372,373 | 86,000 | 1,200 | 150 | 30 |
Belgium | 10,431,477 | 44,500 | 1,042 | 198 | 20 |
Belize | 321,115 | 1,000 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
Bhutan | 708,427 | 6,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Botswana | 2,065,398 | 9,000 | 100 | 40 | 0 |
Brazil | 203,429,773 | 371,199 | 6,395 | 1,061 | 100 |
Burundi | 10,216,190 | 40,000 | 750 | 30 | 25 |
Canada | 34,030,589 | 67,756 | 5,106 | 544 | 33 |
Cayman Isles | 51,384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chile | 16,888,760 | 86,000 | 2,674 | 315 | 68 |
Colombia | 44,725,543 | 200,000 | 1,400 | 150 | 50 |
Ivory Coast | 21,504,162 | 20,000 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
Croatia | 4,483,804 | 20,000 | 240 | 115 | 35 |
Curacao | 142,180 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Czech Republic | 10,190,213 | 20,000 | 850 | 135 | 0 |
Denmark | 5,529,888 | 22,000 | 2,000 | 202 | 74 |
Dominican Rep. | 9,956,648 | 44,000 | 400 | 40 | 25 |
Dominica | 72,969 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
El Salvador | 6,071,774 | 18,000 | 475 | 15 | 4 |
Ecuatorial Guinea | 668,225 | 1,800 | 65 | 20 | 10 |
Estonia | 1,282,963 | 18,000 | 180 | 18 | 40 |
Fiji | 883,125 | 3,500 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
Finland | 5,259,250 | 34,700 | 2,300 | 165 | 30 |
France | 65,312,249 | 362,485 | 10,621 | 1,757 | 289 |
Gabon | 1,576,665 | 5,000 | 220 | 33 | 12 |
Georgia | 4,585,874 | 37,000 | 3,628 | 654 | 9 |
Germany | 81,471,834 | 148,996 | 4,539 | 783 | 90 |
Ghana | 24,791,073 | 7,000 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Greece | 10,760,136 | 177,600 | 44,500 | 741 | 133 |
Greenland | 57,670 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grenada | 108,419 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Guatemala | 13,824,463 | 15,500 | 75 | 25 | 10 |
Guyana | 744,768 | 3,200 | 30 | 5 | 1 |
Honduras | 8,143,564 | 20,000 | 225 | 35 | 15 |
Hungary | 9,976,062 | 26,000 | 800 | 45 | 0 |
Iceland | 311,058 | 250 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Ireland | 4,670,976 | 10,000 | 32 | 6 | 5 |
Israel | 7,473,052 | 187,000 | 12,552 | 1,964 | 64 |
Italy | 61,016,804 | 293,202 | 12,185 | 1,004 | 180 |
Jamaica | 2,868,380 | 12,000 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
Japan | 126,475,664 | 239,430 | 5,220 | 1,953 | 110 |
Kenya | 41,070,934 | 24,200 | 300 | 57 | 6 |
South Korea | 48,754,657 | 653,000 | 13,361 | 1,568 | 170 |
Kuwait | 2,595,628 | 20,000 | 600 | 60 | 2 |
Latvia | 2,204,708 | 4,300 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
Liberia | 3,786,764 | 2,100 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Lithuania | 3,535,547 | 14,500 | 75 | 5 | 6 |
Madagascar | 21,926,221 | 13,500 | 50 | 10 | 13 |
Malawi | 15,879,252 | 5,300 | 25 | 3 | 3 |
Malaysia | 28,728,607 | 124,000 | 2,465 | 258 | 65 |
Mexico | 113,724,226 | 259,770 | 4,286 | 431 | 189 |
Namibia | 2,147,585 | 8,000 | 120 | 18 | 1 |
Netherlands | 16,847,007 | 61,000 | 1,450 | 235 | 36 |
New Zealand | 4,290,347 | 9,700 | 20 | 25 | 17 |
Niger | 16,468,886 | 5,300 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
Norway | 4,691,849 | 26,200 | 2,164 | 136 | 70 |
Panama | 3,460,462 | 11,000 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
Papua New Guinea | 6,187,591 | 2,100 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Paraguay | 6,459,058 | 12,500 | 20 | 8 | 17 |
Peru | 28,302,603 | 120,000 | 1,100 | 90 | 35 |
Philippines | 101,833,938 | 120,000 | 2,379 | 289 | 120 |
Poland | 38,441,588 | 100,000 | 7,259 | 555 | 80 |
Portugal | 10,735,765 | 44,000 | 358 | 50 | 20 |
Bahrain | 1,214,705 | 9,000 | 200 | 40 | 40 |
Qatar | 848,016 | 11,800 | 760 | 92 | 86 |
Saudi Arabia | 26,131,703 | 233,500 | 8,574 | 1,200 | 77 |
Slovakia | 5,477,038 | 14,000 | 500 | 45 | 0 |
Slovenia | 2,000,092 | 7,600 | 165 | 15 | 2 |
South Africa | 49,004,031 | 74,000 | 7,186 | 231 | 53 |
South Sudan | 8,260,490 | 22,000 | 200 | 4 | 0 |
Spain | 46,754,784 | 177,000 | 3,241 | 716 | 95 |
Suriname | 491,989 | 2,200 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Swaziland | 1,370,424 | 3,000 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
Taiwan | 23,071,779 | 290,000 | 14,750 | 837 | 118 |
Thailand | 66,720,153 | 305,860 | 4,392 | 913 | 164 |
Trinidad/Tobago | 1,227,505 | 4,000 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
Turkey | 78,785,848 | 612,900 | 69,774 | 1,940 | 265 |
Uganda | 34,612,250 | 45,000 | 850 | 20 | 0 |
United Kingdom | 62,698,362 | 224,500 | 11,630 | 1,663 | 99 |
United States | 313,232,044 | 1,477,896 | 56,269 | 18,234 | 2,384 |
Uruguay | 3,308,535 | 24,000 | 475 | 30 | 3 |
Zambia | 14,309,466 | 22,000 | 285 | 46 | 0 |
Israel and Allies | 2,154,805,585 | 8,029,844 | 343,108 | 42,949 | 5,860 |
India and Neutrals
Country | Population | Soldiers | Land | Air Force | Navy |
Benin | 9,325,032 | 4,800 | 180 | 15 | 2 |
Bosnia/Herzegovina | 4,622,163 | 11,000 | 1,000 | 16 | 0 |
Cameroon | 19,711,291 | 40,000 | 2,000 | 50 | 50 |
Central African Rep. | 4,950,027 | 7,500 | 150 | 10 | 0 |
Dem. Rep. of Congo | 71,712,867 | 130,000 | 3,900 | 0 | 0 |
Nigeria | 155,215,573 | 80,000 | 870 | 63 | 20 |
Rwanda | 10,624,005 | 70,000 | 344 | 8 | 0 |
Sweden | 9,088,728 | 25,000 | 2,809 | 318 | 387 |
Switzerland | 7,639,961 | 134,886 | 1,148 | 87 | 0 |
India | 1,189,172,906 | 1,325,000 | 75,191 | 2,462 | 175 |
Nepal | 29,391,883 | 105,500 | 1,865 | 40 | 0 |
India and Neutrals | 1,511,454,436 | 1,933,686 | 89,457 | 3,069 | 634 |
BREAKING
WW3 ALERT
September 30th 2015, 23:33 UK Time
WW3 A STEP CLOSER TONIGHT AS US & RUSSIA SQUARE OFF IN SYRIA.
US MILITARY CARGO PLANE IN TRAINING OPERATIONS OVER THE SKIES OF LIVERPOOL, AS OTHER JOINT OPERATIONS TAKE PLACE WITH RAF AROUND ENGLAND & UK.
RUSSIA WARMS AMERICAN AIR FORCE TO LEAVE SYRIA AN HOUR BEFORE BOMBING ASSAD’S ENEMIES
AMERICA REMAINS DEFIANT
CHINESE TROOPS HEADED TO SYRIA TO JOIN UP WITH RUSSIAN MARINES
THE WORLD WATCHES ON AS THE WORLD BANKS FUND BOTH SIDES OF A WORLD WAR AGAIN!!!
US Military Cargo Plane Footage Over The Skies Of Liverpool, England, UK
US Military Cargo Plane Circles Liverpool Skies In Low Flying City Training OPS – UK 29 SEP 2015
The C-17 commonly performs strategic airlift missions, transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop duties.
A spokesperson for Liverpool John Lennon Airport said the 53m-long aircraft is taking part in routine military training.
The plane is performing low approaches to another radar vectored circuit, before repeating the entire process.
Last November another military plane was spotted flying above Wirral and was being used by the RAF to train aircrew.
UK must prepare for WAR with Russia: Army calls for fleet of battle tanks to take on Putin
BRITAIN must invest in its fleet of main battle tanks to meet an increasing threat of ground war with Russia, senior Army officers have warned.
It comes as tensions between Nato countries and Moscow continued to mount, with Russia threatening “nuclear counter measures” over a plan to bolster nuclear facilities in Germany.
David Cameron is currently trying to find a “compromise deal” with Russian president Vladimir Putin over tackling the IS terror group in Syria.
But Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, an increase in Nato air-space incursions by Russian bombers, and the development of a new Russian “super tank” has led senior commanders to admit that the prospects of a conventional ground war In Eastern Europe can no longer be ignored.
The British Army has 227 Challenger 2 main battle tanks but, while they are still respected, they are in urgent need of upgrade.
Last year the British Army took part in live-fire Nato exercise in Poland with more than 100 armoured vehicles. Operation Black Eagle “highlighted the British Army’s ability to deploy an armoured battlegroup at short notice anywhere in the world in support of the nation’s allies.”
The British Army has 227 Challenger 2 main battle tanks
However the Sunday Express has learned that, unlike its Nato allies, Britain not able to deploy a full squadron of 14 tanks plus two in reserve within the regulation 30 -days time limit.
Some, according to serving members of the Kings Royal Hussars armoured regiment, took more than three months to make ready because they had been mothballed, or cannibalised for parts.
Speaking recently General Sir Nick Carter, head of the British Army, confirmed that the future of the Challenger 2 was being considered at the highest levels.
“We have got issues with the tanks we’ve got and if we don’t do something about it we will have issues – what we will do is in discussion, “ he said.
Senior Army sources confirmed last night that the development of the new Russian T-14 main battle tank, unveiled at the Moscow Victory Day Parade in Moscow in May, had “focussed minds” on the issue.
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Boasting exceptionally think armour and an “unmanned turret”, the T-14 is the first of a new generation of power tanks for the Russia Army, which hopes to have 2,300 of them by 2020.
Last week Russia announced that it would be forced to take counter measures to “restore the balance of power” in Europe if the United States carried out upgrade its nuclear presence in Germany by placing 20 B61-12 nuclear bombs at the Büchel Air Base later this year.
Speaking last night Maj Gen Patrick Cordingly who, as commander of the “Desert Rats” 7th Armoured Brigade, led US and British forces to victory over Iraq forces in 1991, said:
“There are 100 nations in the world who have battle tanks – they have them for a reason and for us not to invest in our main battle tank now would go against logic.
“Even in Afghanistan, it would have been usefully to have our own battle tanks. We were forced to rely on the Danish army.
“A tank is more than a weapon system – it also makes a statement. And when you’re trying to reign in another country, it helps to be able to make a statement in this way. “
The 2010 Strategic and Security Defence Review saw most British battle tanks put into storage as planners focussed on “asymmetrical” warfare of the type fought in Afghanistan.
So convinced were military planners of this that BAe was allowed to sell off its tank-manufacturing base in Newcastle in 2012, though BAe retained a rump of 60 specialists at tis facility in Tidworth.
Britain’s armoured base in Germany was also earmarked for closure by 2019, though recently there have been moves to reverse this decision.
Events since then, including the Russian invasion of Crimea have shown Britain and the rest of Nato “must be prepared to revisit Cold War scenarios, and this includes conventional, symmetric warfare in Eastern Europe,” said a source last night.
However, the Challenger 2 will have to jostle for priority against £9bn worth of other armoured vehicles – many intended for conditions like Afghanistan.
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They include the troubled Scout and Warrior programmes.
The Scout Reconnaissance Specialist vehicle has already eaten up £4bn.
“The Scout is now so heavy because of protective armour and anti-IED capability that is can’t cross bridges or be airlifted – not brilliant for a reconnaissance vehicle’” said one industry insider last night.
Last night Nick, de Larrinaga IHS Jane’s think tank said: The Ukraine crisis has certainly prompted a rethink. The chance of a symmetric conflict happening has risen, and our ability to deal with it is less than it was during the Cold War.
It needs to be taken a bit more seriously.
“If you look at all the mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles bought for Afghanistan are very little use doing anything cross-country.
“The one area that hasn’t been heavily invested in is the Challenger 2 fleet. Either a life extension programme or a replacement programme would seem sensible.”
Chinese troops to join Russian marines in Syria soon, says report
The Chinese troops are expected to join the Russian forces in the Latakia region, where the Russians are building a massive military base.
However, according to Israeli military news website – DEBKAfile, the aircraft carrier, Liaoning-CV-16, is already docked at the Syrian port of Tartus, accompanied by a guided missile cruiser.
In recent weeks, world leaders including the US have been forced to reconsider their stance on Syria, largely owing to Russia’s continued backing for Syrian President Assad and its bold move to dispatch military troops and aircraft to Syria.
A CNN report on Sunday (27 September) confirmed that Iraq has agreed to share military intelligence with Russia and Syria to fight Isis.
Similarly Iran, emboldened by the Russians, last week dispatched 1,000 soldiers to Syria. Iran has claimed that it has deployed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to assist the Hezbollah in Zabadani.
And within days after the arrival of the Iranian marines, reports last week revealed that Russian forces reportedly teamed up with the Hezbollah and the Syrian army to carry out a raid against an Islamic State (Isis) near Aleppo.
The Russians reportedly launched an attack on Isis at the Kweiris airbase located east ofAleppo.
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4th Chemical Plant Explosion In 26 Days rocks China
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BREAKING: 31/8/15 – Another Huge Explosion In China – Shandong Chemical Plant – WW3
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August 31, 2015 21:21pm UK time
Another huge blast at a chemical facility has reportedly occurred in the Chinese province of Shandong. The explosion, located in an industrial zone in Lijin, Dongying City, happened late on Monday, China’s People’s Daily reported.
The blast was so massive it could be seen and heard from a great distance. A chemical factory is believed to have been in the area. According to People’s Daily, the blast happened at around 11:30pm local time (3:30pm GMT).
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August 24, 2015 02:12am UK time
BREAKING: North Korea Sends Out 50 Submarines To Unknown Destinations
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North Korea has doubled its artillery power and the majority of its submarines seem to be away from their bases, a South Korean military official said, as cited by the Yonhap news agency. The announcement comes amid ongoing talks between the two sides over the border crisis.
According to the official, more than 50 North Korean submarines are out for operations.
“Seventy percent of North Korea’s submarines left their bases, and their locations are not confirmed,” a South Korean military official said, adding that Pyongyang has about 70 submarines in total.
“It’s a very serious situation,”
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Inter-Korean relations have been strained since the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in 2010, which Pyongyang denied responsibility for. Tensions sparked up again this month after two South Korean soldiers were wounded by landmines along the border. The North denied laying the mines but days later Seoul began its propaganda broadcasts in random three-hour bursts from loudspeakers, including news reports and K-pop music.
Tensions have recently escalated on the Korean peninsula after both sides exchanged fire on Thursday. Also on Thursday there were reports that South Korea had ordered the evacuation of some 15,000 civilians from the border area to the west of the Korean Peninsula, reportedly shelled by the North’s military
On Saturday, Pyongyang delivered an ultimatum to Seoul demanding it stop broadcasting propaganda via loudspeakers across the borders. It set a deadline of 17:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Saturday for this to happen. The North threatened ‘imminent’ military action if Seoul didn’t meet the demands.
However, South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-joo told parliament that the broadcasts would continue, adding the North was likely to fire at areas in the Demilitarized Zone where transmitters are stationed.
The second round of talks between the North and South’s top officials are ongoing on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, the sides started negotiations to try and ease the border crisis. The meeting lasted over 10 hours and went past midnight. The sides then adjourned to review each other’s positions.
BREAKING: Pentagon Confirms Explosion At Sagami US Military Depot In Japan – WW3 China Retaliates
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August 23, 2015 11:12pm UK time
Pentagon Confirms Explosion At Sagami US Military Depot In Japan
The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday that an explosion had occurred at a US military base in Japan. No injuries were reported.
Video posted to YouTube appeared to show the explosion. A Department of Defense spokesman later said the blast happened just after midnight local time “at a building on a US army post, the Sagami Depot in the city of Sagamihara … about 25 miles southwest of Tokyo”.
In the statement emailed to the Guardian, navy commander Bill Urban added: “There are no reports of injury, and base firefighters and first responders are currently fighting the resulting fire to prevent its spread to nearby buildings.”
The Sagami depot is home to the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, concerned with army supply and logistics including the management of chemicals and ammunition.
The local fire department said it received a call just after midnight of an explosion at a US army depot where it said “dangerous material” was stored, and sent firefighters.
It added that the fire had subsided and there was no danger of it spreading. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, the fire department said.
A US army spokesman subsequently told Reuters the building where the explosion occurred did store any hazardous material.
“The building that exploded was not a hazardous material storage facility,” said Lieutenant Kevin Toner. “We are in the process of determining the contents of the building. The depot does not store ammunition or radiological materials.”
Toner added that no troops lived at the depot, which is the workplace of an estimated 200 personnel.
In Japan in 2011, the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion assisted in recovery and aid efforts after a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
An eyewitness told the NHK news agency she initially thought the explosion was thunder, but then heard multiple “explosions in quick succession.” She also reported smelling a “gunpowder-ish smell.