Archive for the 'War' Category
Race Is On to Claim Arctic Energy Reserves
August 13th, 2008Via: Times: A US Coast Guard cutter will depart for the Arctic this week as part of a race against Russia to claim the vast spoils of oil and natural gas below the sea floor that both nations are scrambling to exploit. The cutter Healy will leave Barrow, Alaska, tomorrow on a three-week journey to […]
RUSSIA ENDING MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GEORGIA
August 12th, 2008Just out. I wonder who got what? Via: CNN: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday that he has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia. The announcement came minutes before French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to land in Moscow to meet with Medvedev to negotiate terms for a possible cease-fire. “I have reached a […]
It Is Largely About Oil Pipelines
August 12th, 2008Via: Globe and Mail: The Russian assault has very little to do with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s ill-advised decision to send troops into that troubled region, and owes much more to Moscow’s determination to control energy supplies in the Caucasus and strengthen its position as a near-monopoly supplier to Europe. Georgia is a crucial transit […]
U.S. Air Force Converting a Fighter Wing from Manned Combat Aircraft, to Unmanned Ones
August 12th, 2008Via: Strategy Page: The U.S. Air Force is, for the first time, converting a fighter wing from manned (F-16) combat aircraft, to unmanned ones (the MQ-9 Reaper.) The conversion, for the 174th Fighter Wing, has been in the works for three years, and the last combat sorties in manned aircraft were flown last week, by […]
Russian Invasion of Georgia Moving Beyond South Ossetia
August 11th, 2008It’s extremely difficult to find information on this conflict that’s even remotely clean. The Western and Russian press organizations are all running in maximum propaganda mode. There are no protagonists here at all. What we have is a mob war; the underlying nature of which isn’t clear yet. Georgia carried out atrocities when it unleashed […]
U.S. TELLS RUSSIA TO PULL FORCES OUT OF GEORGIA
August 9th, 2008Via: Reuters: The United States told Russia on Friday to withdraw its forces from U.S. ally Georgia and stop its air attacks on the tiny Caucasus state following fighting in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. “We call on Russia to cease attacks on Georgia by aircraft and missiles, respect Georgia’s territorial integrity, and withdraw […]
Energy Pipeline That Supplies West Threatened by Georgia Conflict
August 9th, 2008Via: Times: The conflict that has erupted in the Caucasus has set alarm bells ringing because of Georgia’s pivotal role in the global energy market. Georgia has no significant oil or gas reserves of its own but it is a key transit point for oil from the Caspian and central Asia destined for Europe and […]
RUSSIAN FORCES ATTACKING TARGETS THROUGHOUT GEORGIA
August 9th, 2008Via: CNN: Bombs rocked Tbilisi early Saturday morning as the fight between Georgia and Russia over a breakaway region intensified and moved into the Georgian capital. Government buildings, including the Parliament, were evacuated when the bombs fell. Heavy casualties have reported on both sides since Russian forces moved Friday into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian autonomous […]
RUSSIAN ARMOR SENT INTO GEORGIA
August 8th, 2008It’s war. What will NATO do now??? Via: Telegraph: Russia sent troops and dozens of tanks into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia today, throwing the two former Soviet neighbours into a sudden yet undeclared state of war. In the most serious regional crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, at […]
Two Additional United States Aircraft Carriers Are Heading to the Gulf
August 8th, 2008Right off the bat: Take it or leave it. I wasn’t going to post this because it’s almost like a “Fool me once / fool me twice” kind of thing every few months. I believe that there are always two carrier groups operating in and around the Persian Gulf. So, if this means that four […]
