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MOSCOW, December 12 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and China are launching a new stage of military cooperation, with an emphasis on high technologies, director of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriyev said, in comments on the 13th session of the Russian-Chinese intergovernmental commission for military cooperation, which took place in Beijing on Thursday. The parties agreed to begin joint development of new high-tech military products, according to Dmitriyev.

WASHINGTON — U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers flying unusually close to an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend, The Associated Press has learned. A U.S. military official says that one Russian Tupolev 95 buzzed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz twice, at a low altitude of about 2,000 feet, while another bomber circled about 50 nautical miles out. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because the reports on the flights were classified as secret.

The Trans-Asian Axis Wed, 23 January 2008 / 0911 Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Argentina Filed under: US Military, TransAsian Axis, Survival I’ve not really had time to write much lately, new babies coming into the family, holidays and just generally being “busy”. So, first I apologize to those of you who were regular readers and listeners to the podcast. For everyone though, today I’m going to address something that is becoming a serious issue in the world today. The rise of a new Cold War. America has been the only Superpower - by technical standards - for roughly...

Moscow, June 14: The situation in Afghanistan, regional developments and bilateral ties will come up for discussion during talks Russian President Vladimir Putin will have with his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Shanghai on Thursday. Putin, who today left for Shanghai to attend the 10th jubilee session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will have a series of bilateral meetings tomorrow on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said. Besides holding talks with Musharraf, the Russian President will have separate meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Iranian President Mahmoud...

Vladimir Putin's deplorable invitation to Hamas leaders to meet in the Kremlin is reminiscent of the bleak days of the Soviet Union, when Moscow embraced the PLO and Yasser Arafat, when the Palestinian Covenant called for the destruction of the State of Israel. At the height of the Cold War about 35 years ago, the United States and Western Europe boycotted the PLO, while the Soviet Union provided it with arms, intelligence, explosives and military training. Now it is Hamas that has a covenant calling for the destruction of Israel. Consequently, the cynical attempt by the Russian foreign ministry to...

The world's Terror Network has been given a new weapon. It can overcome the most stringent of airport and airline security checks. Far more lethal than Semtex, it can be smuggled with virtual impunity from one country to another, one terrorist cell to another. For the 80 terror groups listed on the computers of the CIA, MI5, MI6 and Germany's BND, the weapon once more tips the scales in their favour. It is a new type of plastic explosive that was used by the two young British radical Muslims in last week's suicide bomb attack on the club in Tel...

Dhaka, Dec 22. (PTI): Bangladesh is likely to sign an agreement with China on military cooperation during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia to that country, according to media reports today. A new agreement on military cooperation with Beijing will be one of the four agreements likely to be signed during Begum Zia's five-day visit, mass circulated vernacular daily The Jugantor reported. Bangladesh has been receiving Chinese military assistance since mid-seventies and the new agreement will be on military technology, the newspaper said. This maiden visit of Begum Zia to China would also help in boosting trade...

The U.S. has declared energy cooperation with Russia as one of the main points of a strategic framework the Bush administration is developing with the Kremlin. The May Bush-Putin summit declarations, as well as conversations with government energy officials in Moscow and senior managers of the major Russian oil producers, indicate the beginnings of a major energy-policy trend. The U.S. has begun expanding Russia's role in the global energy markets, and is turning turn the vast Eurasian landmass into one of the major oil suppliers to the U.S. — alongside Mexico, Nigeria, and other non-OPEC producers. These developments will...