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Russia plans complete military-space defence capabilities by 2015
Brahmand.com ^ | 4/03/2010 | Brahmand.com

Posted on 04/03/2010 10:40:30 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

Russia will have complete array of military-space defence capabilities by 2015, according to a leading missile manufacturer.

"By 2015, we will have Morfei short-range air-defense complexes, Vityaz, Favorit and S-500 medium-range systems, and something else," said Igor Ashurbeili, general director of the Almaz-Antei concern's design bureau.

Russian news agency Ria Novosti quoting him said, the 2015 deadline was linked to the fact that by that time S-300 PS antiaircraft complexes, the first in the S-300 series, would have been taken out of service.

Antei is currently developing six new types of air-defense/missile defense systems, of which Ashurbeili has only named the Vityaz medium-range antiaircraft missile complex.

He said there was a "huge line" of foreign clients waiting to buy S-300s and a more advanced version, the S-400, but that no new contracts would be signed for the time being.

"First we have to arm the Russian military. If there are available production capacities and we fulfill our current contracts, then this process the signing of new contracts will resume," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at brahmand.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: airdefense; coldwar2; communism; missiledefense; putin; russia; russianmilitary; s300; s400; saryshagan; sovietunion; space; spacedefense

1 posted on 04/03/2010 10:40:30 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove; All
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2 posted on 04/03/2010 10:47:33 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: musicman

Ha ha ha..Stupid Russians! Climate Change and reaching out to Muslims are important! Just ask NASA.


3 posted on 04/03/2010 10:55:49 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Possible US counter?

Air Force to Launch Robotic Winged Space Plane
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100403/ap_on_sc/us_mystery_spacecraft


4 posted on 04/04/2010 5:57:36 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine .. now it is your turn..)
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To: PIF

Perhaps NASA was farsighted enough to see that someone like Obama would come into power and gave its R and D division to the Air Force. When the time comes (2013), NASA will have a ready made spacecraft ready to go back into space.


5 posted on 04/05/2010 5:05:05 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Thunder90

“Perhaps NASA was farsighted” in some alternate reality...


6 posted on 04/06/2010 2:51:04 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine .. now it is your turn..)
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To: lizol; Lukasz; strategofr; GSlob; spanalot; Thunder90; Tailgunner Joe; propertius; REactor; ...

Russia/Soviet/Coldwar2 PING!!!

To be added to or removed from this list, please FReepmail me...


7 posted on 04/06/2010 9:10:49 AM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: sonofstrangelove; Thunder90
From the campaign trail, February 2008...

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert [they are NOT on "hair-trigger alert" now -etl], and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."
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"I will not weaponize space"

"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems"

2008 Pentagon Report (March 2008):
China's Growing Military Space Power

By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
March 6, 2008

GOLDEN, Colorado — A just-released Pentagon report spotlights a growing U.S. military concern that China is developing a multi- dimensional program to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by its potential adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.

Furthermore, last year's successful test by China of a direct-ascent, anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon to destroy its own defunct weather satellite, the report adds, underscores that country's expansion from the land, air, and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains.

Although China's commercial space program has utility for non- military research, that capability demonstrates space launch and control know-how that have direct military application. Even the Chang'e 1 — the Chinese lunar probe now circling the Moon — is flagged in the report as showcasing China's ability "to conduct complicated space maneuvers — a capability which has broad implications for military counterspace operations."

To read the entire publication [29.67MB/pdf], see U.S. Dept of Defense:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China_Military_Report_08.pdf
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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html

8 posted on 04/06/2010 9:22:32 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Thunder90

It's only a matter of time.

9 posted on 04/06/2010 9:07:54 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never "free")
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To: sonofstrangelove

10 posted on 04/06/2010 9:11:32 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Liberty Valance

My friend in Nome,Alaska(at the Bering Strait) can see Russia with a good pair binoculars


11 posted on 04/06/2010 10:28:47 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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