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North Sea Fleet of China unveiled several new weapons in Yellow Sea exercises

Sep 3

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Marine helicopter transporting the wounded 200x300 North Sea Fleet of China unveiled several new weapons in Yellow Sea exercisesSouth Korean English, “Chosun Ilbo” 2 reported that the Chinese Navy North Sea Fleet 1st waters in Qingdao, southeast of exercises with live ammunition, Flying Leopard fighter, anti-ship attack aircraft and a number of new China in the last year, the 60th anniversary parade celebration show The new weapons took part in this exercise. In addition, the 051C destroyers capable of launching missiles, a new type of patrol aircraft and missiles equipped with stealth appearance of new high-speed boats are also exercises. This shows that the exercise is important to the United States Han Huanghai exercise response.

Reported that the North Sea Fleet of the exercises in the US-ROK military exercise in the West Sea to sea the day before, that is the end of September 4th.

Xinhua News Agency quoted a Foreign Ministry press office source, this exercise is, “according to a military project in Qingdao, southeast of the annual naval exercise held in the exercise area. The exercise focused on naval artillery attack.”

The report also quoted military analysts as saying, Flying Leopard fighter, anti-ship attack aircraft and a number of new China in the last year, the 60th anniversary parade celebration show of the new weapons and took part in this exercise. In addition, the 051C destroyers capable of launching missiles, a new type of patrol aircraft and missiles equipped with stealth appearance of new high-speed boats are also exercises. Participate in the exercise of arms from the type of view, this exercise is Beijing’s gateway to the South Korean waters in China, the inevitable reaction of joint exercises. Moreover, the Chinese government in August on the US-ROK exercises held in the East China Sea, and on Sept. 5 will be held in the West Sea exercises were protested.

At the same time, on August 31, the DPRK is committed to strengthening military cooperation with China. In this regard, the permanent chairman of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim Yong Nam, said: “We will strive to increase the inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, strengthen bilateral friendly relations and cooperation between the armed forces.”

According to Xinhua, met with Kim Yong Nam’s visit to Pyongyang delegation of Shenyang Military Region of China. Shenyang Military Region, is responsible for monitoring the DPRK-China border areas. Kim pointed out that, despite the difficult history, but between the DPRK and the “traditional partnership is still very strong.”

In this regard, commander of the Shenyang Military Region Xia Zhang has also said that China “attaches great importance to the bilateral partnership, and is working to strengthen this relationship.”

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U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, may imminent attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities

Sep 3

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U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq 300x192 U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, may imminent attack on Irans nuclear facilitiesRecently, on the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the Israeli media, former U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton Doulou out the amazing words: “Israel has ’8 days’ time to launch a military strike against nuclear facilities in Bushehr, Iran, Tehran to stop nuclear power plant operation. “His words immediately stirred a global outcry. In fact, the United States to prove safety has long been Iran’s already planning ahead, the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq and pave the way for the attack on Iran.

    The United States for 30 years in Iran as a hard blow against the soft foundation

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the United States began sanctions and blockade of Iran has so far lasted 30 years, U.S. and Iraqi military strength is already one-sided.

Seriously undermine the sanctions and blockade of Iran’s war machine. Sanctions against Iran is not limited to the nuclear field, the U.S. has expanded sanctions on Iran’s industry, finance and other fields, aims to weaken Iran’s economic and military strength. Today, the United States to mobilize more and more tight sanctions against Iran. June 9 this year, the UN Security Council started a new round of sanctions against Iran, the prohibition against the export to Iran of all countries of tanks, fighter planes and warships and other heavy weapons against Iranian ballistic missile development and participation in international nuclear content in the field of investment , also listed in the annex to the resolution would be to freeze assets of more than 40 Iranian economic entity.

In addition, the United States, the European Union and Australia also unilaterally impose more severe sanctions, leading to Iran’s key industrial technology and equipment for lack of weakening the war machine. The most obvious is a major oil producing countries as Iran, but also heavily dependent on imported gasoline; Iran aviation industry is still using the old Russian-made map -154 models, leading to frequent air crashes. As a result, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s weapons and equipment behind, still in the mechanized and semi-mechanized state of the combat effectiveness of the slow process of modernization, the U.S. military has the technological advantages of non-symmetric.

In addition, the United States also strongly support the Iranian opposition. The United States and Iran share a common language of the opposition is against the Iranian regime. In 2007, the Bush Administration has allocated 75 million U.S. dollars to support the Iranian opposition’s “democratic transition.” Obama was raised to support the Government of Iran of human rights and national freedom of voice, to find ways to support the Iranian opposition in the green movement. Radio Monte Carlo, according to French reports, in July last year, the U.S. Senate passed the “Bill to support the victims of Iran’s check,” millions of dollars allocated to support the Iranian opposition, the Iranian government on the opposition to break the news, communication and networking, etc. suppression. During Iran’s presidential election, supporters of the Iranian opposition leader Moussaoui repeatedly launched protests. These forces will subvert the Iranian regime the United States after the administrative team.

At the same time, the United States has completed the military siege on Iran. Since the Gulf War, the United States has step by step to complete the encirclement of Iran. Surrounding areas in Iran, the United States through the Gulf War, the “defender of peace and stability,” the identity of Tuen Army Kuwait; they use “9.11″ to “protection against terrorism,” as control of Afghanistan; the war in Iraq, to “overthrow the dictatorship of the liberator” status occupation of Iraq, together with allies Saudi Arabia and Israel to help secretly helped out, basically completed surrounded on three sides of Iran.

At present, around Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Qatar, Oman and the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia and other U.S. military bases were. Ride in the Persian Gulf, “Eisenhower” was, “Stanislav” number and “Bataan” aircraft carrier battle group in the Indian Ocean, “boxer” was a helicopter carrier battle groups in the Arabian Sea, “Charles de Gaulle” aircraft carrier battle group, has formed a military strike against Iran’s pre-deployment. In addition, the Diego Garcia U.S. military has also deployed a new “Ohio”-class missile submarines, and hundreds of pieces of “bunker bombs.” Once the needs of about two weeks you can focus on three aircraft carrier battle groups, from the east, south and west sides direct attack.

  U.S. to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities is ready to fly together

This year in July, the Israeli series of sending senior officials to lobby the United States, urged the United States for its military action against Iraq a “green light.” Analysts believe that as Iran’s major nuclear facilities were reinforced, and are hidden in the ground or the mountains, may not be a unilateral Israeli raid in the United States to the possibility of joint is relatively large.

Various indications, the United States to combat drill ready. Recently, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff claims to have developed operational plans against Iran, while Israel opened an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities shelf. In fact, Israel has already held several attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities secret exercise. This year in June, Israel sent more than 100 fighters lasted three days, held a large-scale military exercises. According to the British “Times” on June 12 disclosure, Saudi Arabia has agreed to the northern Israeli warplanes to use its air corridor, bombing Iranian nuclear facilities, which will significantly reduce the range of Israeli warplanes.

In fact, the United States to a greater advantage is well aware of Iran’s military. According to the Associated Press June 22 Xinhua, Israel launched a named “Horizon -9″ spy satellites, in order to enhance the surveillance capabilities of Iran and other countries. Department of Defense said in a statement: “Horizon -9″ high-resolution satellite camera can distinguish between carrying out ground missiles and launchers, the satellite will orbit the earth has been running the other two “Horizon” series of spy satellites operating synergies and strengthen sensitive region covering a large area. Can be said that the United States and Israel have launched a surveillance operation against Iran before the war.

When the U.S. aircraft carrier battle group entered the Persian Gulf a big way, the United States against Iran has opened a “second front.” Iran’s border areas are complicated ethnic and sectarian, ethnic separatist forces and the existence of anti-government militants. The United States has already publicly funded to provide these guerrilla arm to stir up civil strife in Iran. Among them, the United States strongly supports “the PKK” guerrilla arm, “Allah Brigade” and “People’s Mujahideen” have to regard them as U.S. interference in Iran’s strategic pawn. In recent years, occurred several times in Iran for military and senior government officials in the assassinations, bombings, fully reflecting the hostile forces in Iran have shown a sharp rise. In response, Fred Burton, former U.S. State Department official said bluntly: “The recent attacks took place in Iran and the United States through assistance and training to armed groups in Iran to undermine the efforts of the Iranian regime is the same.”

At the same time, the United States has also completed a deal with missile attacks on Iran’s anti-missile defense deployment. Past few years, Israel and Lebanon, “Hezbollah” military conflict, the United States stepped up its anti-missile system in Iran is advancing around the deployment of missile defense base attempt in the Middle East Dajian prevent Fanyi Lang hit because of its nuclear facilities and “Shoot the Neighbor . ” According to military experts, the Pentagon revealed that there are four Gulf Arab countries agreed to accept U.S. ground-based “Patriot -3″ missile defense system, namely, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait. Within these four countries, a total of 8-air missile launchers deployed position, can be “effective short-range surface-to-down launch of Iran.” Saudi Arabia and Israel in the region already has a more advanced air missile defense system. U.S. military officials said the land has been formed in the Middle East region more multi-dimensional, “Patriot” air missile defense deployment, sea-based aspects of the U.S. “Aegis” warships offshore in Iran also stepped up patrols in the campaign level .

    The international community should take the new situation and are prepared to deal with the Middle East

The next war breaks out, not only Iran and the Middle East is bound to be a strong shock, and will lead to a series of international chain, a number of countries will not be consciously involved in the war. Today, disaster-ridden history of the war in Iraq taught us lessons of the international community need to make the new situation and are prepared to deal with the Middle East, strategic preparation, or they will repeat the same mistakes.

Here, we must first prepare for war with a vast new humanitarian disaster. History has repeatedly proved that war almost always caused serious humanitarian disaster. Oxford Research Group on July 15 issued a “military strike against Iran: the extent and effects of” report that the war between Iran and Israel is inevitable, but war will last long. As to who wins and who loses, the report that the civilians would be the biggest losers. Responsible for writing the report, Paul Rogers has been surprisingly accurate prediction of the course of the war in Iraq in early 2003, he wrote, “Iraq: the consequences of military strikes,” the report, that “the U.S. military early in the invasion quickly to win, but will bring a large number of civilian casualties, and then into a lasting anti-US armed attacks, ‘base’ organizations will be wide support, but anti-American sentiment spread in the world. ”

Rogers believes that the Israel and the United States is likely to launch pre-emptive air strike against Iran, according to the density calculation of the bombing war in Kosovo against Iran at least 4,000 fighters. Iran is the land regardless of size, population size and overall strength of more than Iraq, and are well prepared to fight a protracted war. Can be expected, once the war with Iran, the United States to be the first system and counter-escalation, Iraq and Afghanistan have been expected to calm the battlefield will be re-involved in war, this war would be quickly converted to local regional war. If the next war stalemate, is not only the war would consume far more than the war in Iraq and Afghanistan wars, will be upgraded to a humanitarian disaster.

Even more alarming is that once an attack is likely to lead to the Iranian nuclear leak, nuclear pollution, will result in the leakage of the Chernobyl nuclear tragedy, are more likely to lead to proliferation of Iranian nuclear installations would create a major international security impact. It can be expected that a large number of civilian casualties, the surging tide of refugees and serious environmental damage, the international community will be under tremendous pressure, the United Nations peacekeeping and rescue operations will also face enormous difficulties.

Furthermore, we should be ready to face retaliation after the war between Iran and Israel in areas long-term instability. Iran and Israel was originally a pair of enemies. 2008, Iran successfully test can cover all of Israel’s improved “Shahab -3″ medium-range ballistic missile. Late last year, Israel attack on Iran nuclear program was revealed, Iran immediately reacted strongly. Iranian Defense Minister Vahidi that Iran has made all preparations for military action against Iran if Israel dares to Iran will not hesitate to arsenal and Israel against nuclear facilities.

There are military experts warn, even though Iran is not the U.S. military in conventional war with the rival, but Iran will sabotage, assassinations retaliate. The foreseeable future after the war, between Iran and Israel’s retaliation will be no peace in the Middle East region into turmoil. At the same time, Iran may launch Islamic Jihad, the use of the Shiite Muslim influence, encouraging anti-American Iraqi militants launched a wave of Hezbollah militants at the same time using attacks on Israel. Finally, Iran will maintain the power of intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States will fall into more frustration on many fronts. In this way, Iraq, Lebanon and other countries and organizations will be involved in the conflict, the Iranian war will turn into protracted Islamic world and Western countries a large melee.

Finally, we need to prepare for the Middle East oil production and shipping are fighting the destruction caused by the situation of the global economic shocks. Related to the economic security of the world oil security, the Middle East is the world’s energy lifelines. Can be expected, if the war in Iraq, it will definitely affect oil and gas fields in the Gulf region, Strait of Hormuz would be blocked both sides to cut off oil from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean transportation arteries. Once the sea or into a protracted war to expand, to connect Europe and Asia, Africa and the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf into a strategic maritime access to critical situation, the convoy in Somalia now than more difficult. Today, the international navy in the Gulf of Aden to escort action against a handful of pirates have been costly, and still busy in the tainted. The future of Iraq will enable the international community to take up maritime naval escort huge burden. Not only to the Middle East region’s economy and security, also affected patterns of international relations and strategic evolution. Once the paralysis of the Middle East oil transport industry, will lead the world’s energy crisis, it could trigger a global economic crisis, leading to global shocks.

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Huludao new airport could be used for parking of J-15 carrier aircraft

Sep 1

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Huludao naval base satellite images 300x225 Huludao new airport could be used for parking of J 15 carrier aircraftUsing GoogleEarth to expose the United States national defense facilities, known IMINT & Analysis Web site recently reported an emergence of the latest shooting in GoogleEarth satellite images show, somewhere in southwest China Huludao a new airport is nearing completion, has been in place from the relevant judged military facilities, the airport could become the first one for the parking of J-15 carrier aircraft in the airport.

China Huludao new airports or used for parking J-15 carrier aircraft

Reported that the new airport is located 28 kilometers southwest of Huludao is in April 2009 -2 010 years in June in the construction of. According to this picture suggests that while the majority of the airport facilities and runway which is still in construction, but its overall layout has been formed. Reported that the airport may be assigned to all of the PLA Navy, and may be used to park the Navy’s J-15 carrier aircraft.

J-15 is a Chinese-made Su-27K (FLANKER-D) derived machine. J -15 prototype allegedly was August 31, 2009 was the first test flight. In view of the application of foreign technology in China has been a lot of experience, F -15 fighter’s performance may at least par Su -33 fighter.

The ongoing flight test prototype aircraft photos show, J-15 is a Chinese-made J-11B fighter aircraft derivative, is improved in the Su-27SK fighter, equipped with Chinese avionics, weapons and engines. J-15, though they have the Russian Su-27K the front canard wings and short tail, but it uses a modified radome, and only the J-11B fighters qualified for the modified tip missile rails.

Moreover, although this aircraft J-15 prototype, still seems to use Russia’s Al-31F engines, but this machine may be equipped with the future of China’s domestic WS10 engine. Or, as Al-31F engine performance as the sea air has been confirmed, so J-15 may continue to use this engine.

The new base for a similar aircraft flying leaps slide shows using the slope as a carrier-based aviation purposes, and this slope and the slope Xi’an similar in construction. The base is another potential characteristics associated with the Navy, in the main runway be built near the northern tip of a similar simulation of landing zones. The regional carrier pilots can land on simulation training. In addition, 24 separate aircraft bunker in the building layout, and perhaps the external display of the People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 military scale – This indicates that the operation of aircraft wing may be 12 or 24 fighters from the composition.

Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, or will be deployed in China’s North Sea Fleet

Reported that China has chosen to build the airport in the northeast may be that will be used for parking Huludao Chinese-made aircraft carrier. Another option is to allow the naval base in the surface waters of Bohai Bay’s hidden flight training, so that the air wing in the final deployment to the converted, “Kuznetsov” aircraft carrier before, where work and training. Recently, the “Kuznetsov” aircraft carrier has left the dock in Dalian, it may have entered the sea trials before the final assembly stage. From the “Kuznetsov” was the work of the remaining terms, the carrier will not be tested in the ocean of time earlier than the end of 2011.

In addition, the location of bases from Huludao of view, the PLA Navy North Sea Fleet may be sent to a combat unit. Moreover, it seems that “Kuznetsov” was, or Chinese-made aircraft carrier will also enter the North Sea Fleet. In the construction of bunkers for a limited number of aircraft also means that the PLA Navy has not used the U.S. Navy’s model, that can be placed almost no large number of aircraft on the carrier force air base. This shows that if the aircraft on the carrier wing with 24 more J-15 fighters, these fighters will be forced to be deployed in different bases. It is noteworthy that by identifying the location of these bases under construction, it will further understanding of China’s aircraft carrier program, such as those in which Fleet carrier so.

Reported that there is a possibility that the PLA Navy’s flight test may be related to Action from Xi’an to separate. In the near future, Xi’an will test a new transport aircraft, XXJ fifth generation fighter aircraft, a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles and other types of aircraft. People’s Liberation Army Navy to conduct independent testing of new facilities and training, will help reduce the possibility of Xi’an potentially crowded. The event that the case, then the earlier the base of the scale of the air wing and other statements may be ineffective.

With the expansion of the carrier-based naval air force air force, and so the facilities identified on the PLA Navy’s changing the intent and the importance of strength will gradually increase.

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U.S. Army is inability to challenge China

Sep 1

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The latest issue of Japan’s “Chinese Guide” published by the JCC New Japan Research Institute, Chang Gung Yan’s article, “U.S. action was not so big threat to the South China Sea.” The article said that the United States a series of recent actions by China, is a strategic new ideas? Is that the United States is prepared to China’s “showdown”, “Sword”? The answer seems to be negative. These actions will not change the basic trend of the future United States and East Asia and even the pace of development may not be affected.

Article excerpts are as follows:

Recently by the United States, “Clinton declared that U.S. interests”, “joint military exercise in Vietnam,” “involved in the South China Sea dispute,” etc, and continuously in the South China Sea to China, said that strong ties to the military exercise with South Korea in the Yellow Sea, described as “menacing.” These U.S. actions are strategic new ideas? Is that the United States is prepared to China’s “showdown”, “Sword”? The answer seems to be no.

U.S. action without new ideas

U.S. encirclement around China to build the so-called “first island chain” to the “second island chain”, there are still remains. U.S. military activities in the South China Sea and other Chinese coastal waters is not started today. Slightly compare, you can guess the recent U.S. actions are mostly “old tricks” and nothing new.

Concerning China’s sovereignty and core interests from the perspective of “Taiwan Relations Act” includes a few years ago with Japan’s “Contingency” bill, are all was a breakthrough in the move. Today’s action does not reach the United States as the extent that the frame did not break through in the past. While the U.S. government with a number of new words, but it has not built a new policy, but it did not fully subvert the courage and strength of Sino-US relations.

August 20, Japan’s “Yomiuri Shimbun” reported that the three messages: First, the United States sent aircraft carriers into the Yellow Sea to give up, accused of taking into account the attitude of China; second US-Japan “won the island of exercise”, immediately expressed concern about Taiwan, see differences in the interests of all parties; third more military exercises with the United States in Vietnam from top to bottom lukewarm response. These are the release of unfavorable information to the United States, that the United States to intervene in the South China Sea, China’s attitude to face, between the interests of all parties and weigh the parties choose. These are not anything new in the United States a few little tricks can be about.

Shows that the number of recent U.S. actions have not new significance, will not change America and East Asia, the basic trend of the future, and even the development of rhythm is not likely to be affected. United States policy did not invent anything new “cure”, only from the past in a big direct “interference” Zhuanbian the indirect, sow discord Xing “broken”, a bit like the guerrillas threw to both sides of the enemy camp the “grenade” rise to a “Zi Xiang conflict” means.

Inability to challenge the U.S. military in China

U.S. policy toward China are nothing new, there is a reason. Of course, the most fundamental changes in power relations. Regardless of our economic strength for all to see both sides one after another, unable to talk about the international environment on the growth and decline of conservatism and other changes at low tide. Just give a talk about the hot topic recently: “China’s second”, it illustrates the strength of the U.S. real situation in mind.

Sino-US balance in East Asia overall strength, front setting and institutional environment together a variety of factors such as competition, co-ordination down to form a strategic balance. This situation is undoubtedly more favorable to China is conducive to peaceful development is conducive to stability in East Asia, including the American people but also conducive to peace-loving feelings. Therefore, the United States than in China is strong, but the U.S. military’s inability to really challenge the Chinese, especially in countries in the door, even more so.

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Iran’s first nuclear power plant starts

Aug 22

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Bushehr nuclear power plant reactor 300x197 Irans first nuclear power plant startsBeijing Times reported on August 22 Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant China’s first civilian nuclear power reactor began to carry 21 nuclear fuel, is expected to begin late this year or early next year supply. Iran says can stop the production of conditional purity of 20% enriched uranium, but will not stop all uranium enrichment activities.

Start loading fuel nuclear reactors

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, 21, said in a statement, “Iran calendar May 30 (Gregorian calendar August 21), began to (the Bushehr nuclear power plant) nuclear reactor fuel load.”

The statement said 163 nuclear fuel rods, “The need for inspection of nuclear reactor core loading.”

AP reporter Miao Shu, the same day, the first car from one fuel to be shipped out of storage to the transport of building a nuclear reactor “fuel pool.” The next 10 days, equivalent to 80 tons of nuclear fuel rods 163 will be gradually brought into the building and into reactor core. Loading is completed, the reactor still at least a month to start generating electricity.

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, Vice-President and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the Russian Atomic Energy Salish master Director Sergei Kiriyenko to participate in nuclear launch.

Salish 21, said that since the nuclear power plant, “the ups and downs” of history, today is “worthy of remembrance.” He thanked Russia for everything.

Fars news agency quoted Kiriyenko as saying: “Today is a great day, we enter the start phase of the Bushehr nuclear power plant material … … We declare, Russia to honor all commitments.”

Members Iran Tehran the same day that Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant started in terms of a “great victory, at the same time that Iran is seeking nuclear activities of its determination and ability.”

Ahmadinejad signals released reconciliation

Under the agreement, Russia will provide nuclear fuel and the Bushehr nuclear power plant all the necessary equipment, technology and staff training. Meanwhile, all the nuclear waste produced by nuclear power plants will be shipped back to Russia.

However, the Salish on the 20th that Iran does not need to buy nuclear fuel from Russia.

“Bushehr nuclear power plant is expected to use the period of 60 years, we plan to use for 40 years,” Salehi said, “Suppose we get nuclear fuel from Russia for 10 years, that the remaining 30 to 50 years, how can we do?”

He said that Iran now has enough nuclear fuel for use Bushehr nuclear reactors a year, every year one third of the nuclear fuel to be replaced. Have been put into operation once the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in place all the necessary equipment, can produce about 30 tons of enriched uranium per year, but only enough for one with the Bushehr nuclear power plant by using the same scale.

Iran’s previous plan to build 20 nuclear power plants, 10 new uranium enrichment facilities. Salehi said: “The future for the production of construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and other power plant needs (uranium) enrichment activities must continue.”

20, published in Japan, “Yomiuri Shimbun” published on the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – an interview article. Ahmadinejad also rejected demands to stop all uranium enrichment activities.

Newspapers quoted the Iranian president as saying: “We have the right to carry out uranium enrichment … … We have never wanted to provoke war or nuclear weapons.”

However, Ahmadinejad also said that if the research can guarantee Iran a supply of nuclear fuel needed for nuclear reactor, Iran would stop enriching uranium with 20% purity.

He said that as part of the deal, “If we can guarantee access to nuclear fuel supply, we promise to stop producing enriched uranium of 20% purity.”

Reuters interpretation of the speech Ahmadinejad seems to be a signal that the West fears Iran is willing to make a settlement of Iran’s nuclear program.

Lobbying to promote US-Russian talks on sanctions

Russia, 20, welcomed Ahmadinejad’s proposal calls for talks as soon as possible, to provide enriched uranium to Iran to discuss matters.

Itar-Tass quoted Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister as saying: “We believe it is necessary to hold such talks, the sooner the better.”

The United States and other Western countries have been worried about Iran’s nuclear program aims to develop nuclear weapons, Iran denied. Xia, bolstered in the United States, the United Nations Security Council in June this year by targeting Iran’s nuclear program in the first four Zhicai including further strengthening of financial controls and scope of the embargo and the freezing Kuodawuqi dozens of home business Zichan and right Bufen Iran Iran Renshi Zuochulvhang ban.

Meanwhile, the United States, the European Union, Canada and Australia announced additional sanctions on Iran.

20, from the U.S. Treasury Department, State Department and White House officials in Bahrain, Brazil, Ecuador, Japan, Lebanon, South Korea, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, eight countries launched an extensive lobbying, to promote the implementation of the United States and the United Nations in these countries has made on Iran sanctions.

The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement, Yue, Zhe Xie countries with senior government officials, bank regulators Jigou and departments in charge when Hui Tan, Ministry of Finance Guan Yuan Xiang Tamenqiangtiao, if Waiguoyinhang Ji Xu and the United States blacklisted the Iranian enterprise business relationship exists, these banks will not be able to enter the U.S. financial system.

U.S. officials said, “The new round of sanctions have begun to affect Iran’s economy … … the Iranian government to attract foreign investment to develop its oil and gas fields, access to financial services and to maintain financial relations with the international community”.

Ministry of Finance is responsible for counter-terrorism Affairs Minister called governments of these countries to take measures to prevent attempts to circumvent sanctions against Iran.

“As international pressure increased, the Iranian economy has been isolated, it will try to seek access to new channels for the international financial system,” Levy said, “Governments should adopt appropriate mechanisms to prevent such a threat.”

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Russia will test a new generation air defense system

Aug 22

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Russian long range mobile air defense system active S400 300x208 Russia will test a new generation air defense systemHead of the Russian army’s air defense forces 21 that Russia will be destroyed this year began testing a new generation of space hypersonic air defense weapon system goals.

Person in charge that day told Moscow Echo radio interview, said that the Russian army air defense forces and the military industrial enterprises to carry out a new generation air defense system with the research, design and testing work. The new system will use laser technology for hypersonic aircraft, including combat, including aerial targets, even targets in space.

Leader said that this year and next year will test a new generation of air defense systems, and will transform the current air defense weapons, but the new generation air defense system, a comprehensive service at the earliest to 2015.

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Chinese missile could shift Pacific power balance

Aug 16

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DF 15B missiles 300x225 Chinese missile could shift Pacific power balanceABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON – Nothing projects U.S. global air and sea power more vividly than supercarriers. Bristling with fighter jets that can reach deep into even landlocked trouble zones, America’s virtually invincible carrier fleet has long enforced its dominance of the high seas.

China may soon put an end to that.

U.S. naval planners are scrambling to deal with what analysts say is a game-changing weapon being developed by China — an unprecedented carrier-killing missile called the Dong Feng 21D that could be launched from land with enough accuracy to penetrate the defenses of even the most advanced moving aircraft carrier at a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles).

EDITOR’S NOTE — The USS George Washington supercarrier recently deployed off North Korea in a high-profile show of U.S. sea power. AP Tokyo News Editor Eric Talmadge was aboard the carrier, and filed this report.

Analysts say final testing of the missile could come as soon as the end of this year, though questions remain about how fast China will be able to perfect its accuracy to the level needed to threaten a moving carrier at sea.

The weapon, a version of which was displayed last year in a Chinese military parade, could revolutionize China’s role in the Pacific balance of power, seriously weakening Washington’s ability to intervene in any potential conflict over Taiwan or North Korea. It could also deny U.S. ships safe access to international waters near China’s 11,200-mile (18,000-kilometer) -long coastline.

While a nuclear bomb could theoretically sink a carrier, assuming its user was willing to raise the stakes to atomic levels, the conventionally-armed Dong Feng 21D’s uniqueness is in its ability to hit a powerfully defended moving target with pin-point precision.

The Chinese Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to the AP’s request for a comment.

Funded by annual double-digit increases in the defense budget for almost every year of the past two decades, the Chinese navy has become Asia’s largest and has expanded beyond its traditional mission of retaking Taiwan to push its sphere of influence deeper into the Pacific and protect vital maritime trade routes.

“The Navy has long had to fear carrier-killing capabilities,” said Patrick Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the nonpartisan, Washington-based Center for a New American Security. “The emerging Chinese antiship missile capability, and in particular the DF 21D, represents the first post-Cold War capability that is both potentially capable of stopping our naval power projection and deliberately designed for that purpose.”

Setting the stage for a possible conflict, Beijing has grown increasingly vocal in its demands for the U.S. to stay away from the wide swaths of ocean — covering much of the Yellow, East and South China seas — where it claims exclusivity.

It strongly opposed plans to hold U.S.-South Korean war games in the Yellow Sea off the northeastern Chinese coast, saying the participation of the USS George Washington supercarrier, with its 1,092-foot (333-meter) flight deck and 6,250 personnel, would be a provocation because it put Beijing within striking range of U.S. F-18 warplanes.

The carrier instead took part in maneuvers held farther away in the Sea of Japan.

U.S. officials deny Chinese pressure kept it away, and say they will not be told by Beijing where they can operate.

“We reserve the right to exercise in international waters anywhere in the world,” Rear Adm. Daniel Cloyd, who headed the U.S. side of the exercises, said aboard the carrier during the maneuvers, which ended last week.

But the new missile, if able to evade the defenses of a carrier and of the vessels sailing with it, could undermine that policy.

“China can reach out and hit the U.S. well before the U.S. can get close enough to the mainland to hit back,” said Toshi Yoshihara, an associate professor at the U.S. Naval War College. He said U.S. ships have only twice been that vulnerable — against Japan in World War II and against Soviet bombers in the Cold War.

Carrier-killing missiles “could have an enduring psychological effect on U.S. policymakers,” he e-mailed to The AP. “It underscores more broadly that the U.S. Navy no longer rules the waves as it has since the end of World War II. The stark reality is that sea control cannot be taken for granted anymore.”

Yoshihara said the weapon is causing considerable consternation in Washington, though — with attention focused on land wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — its implications haven’t been widely discussed in public.

Analysts note that while much has been made of China’s efforts to ready a carrier fleet of its own, it would likely take decades to catch U.S. carrier crews’ level of expertise, training and experience.

But Beijing does not need to match the U.S. carrier for carrier. The Dong Feng 21D, smarter, and vastly cheaper, could successfully attack a U.S. carrier, or at least deter it from getting too close.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned of the threat in a speech last September at the Air Force Association Convention.

“When considering the military-modernization programs of countries like China, we should be concerned less with their potential ability to challenge the U.S. symmetrically — fighter to fighter or ship to ship — and more with their ability to disrupt our freedom of movement and narrow our strategic options,” he said.

Gates said China’s investments in cyber and anti-satellite warfare, anti-air and anti-ship weaponry, along with ballistic missiles, “could threaten America’s primary way to project power” through its forward air bases and carrier strike groups.

The Pentagon has been worried for years about China getting an anti-ship ballistic missile. The Pentagon considers such a missile an “anti-access,” weapon, meaning that it could deny others access to certain areas.

The Air Force’s top surveillance and intelligence officer, Lt. Gen. David Deptula, told reporters this week that China’s effort to increase anti-access capability is part of a worrisome trend.

He did not single out the DF 21D, but said: “While we might not fight the Chinese, we may end up in situations where we’ll certainly be opposing the equipment that they build and sell around the world.”

Questions remain over when — and if — China will perfect the technology; hitting a moving carrier is no mean feat, requiring state-of-the-art guidance systems, and some experts believe it will take China a decade or so to field a reliable threat. Others, however, say final tests of the missile could come in the next year or two.

Former Navy commander James Kraska, a professor of international law and sea power at the U.S. Naval War College, recently wrote a controversial article in the magazine Orbis outlining a hypothetical scenario set just five years from now in which a Deng Feng 21D missile with a penetrator warhead sinks the USS George Washington.

That would usher in a “new epoch of international order in which Beijing emerges to displace the United States.”

While China’s Defense Ministry never comments on new weapons before they become operational, the DF 21D — which would travel at 10 times the speed of sound and carry conventional payloads — has been much discussed by military buffs online.

A pseudonymous article posted on Xinhuanet, website of China’s official news agency, imagines the U.S. dispatching the George Washington to aid Taiwan against a Chinese attack.

The Chinese would respond with three salvos of DF 21D, the first of which would pierce the hull, start fires and shut down flight operations, the article says. The second would knock out its engines and be accompanied by air attacks. The third wave, the article says, would “send the George Washington to the bottom of the ocean.”

Comments on the article were mostly positive.

AP writer Christopher Bodeen in Beijing and National Security Writer Anne Gearan in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

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C919 China-made large passenger aircraft will use China-made engines

Aug 16

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C919 China made large passenger aircraft 300x200 C919 China made large passenger aircraft will use China made engines13 from China’s commitment to develop large passenger aircraft engine project tasks Commercial Aircraft Engines Limited liability company was informed that in the second quarter of large aircraft engine project Qi Dong Fang An overall definition of work being comprehensively pushed forward and is expected to be completed by the end of the first round of this year defined work program.

It is understood that a large aircraft engine project team defined the overall program is Jina human resources in the domestic aviation engines, aviation engines in the field on behalf of my highest level of “team.”

Constitute R & D personnel, including business-fat, AVIC system engine plant by the senior engineers and experts, universities and research institutions, experts and scholars.

In another, early in August of this year, the business aviation industry has made the recruitment of design and development professionals about 300 people, engine design and development talent beginning to take shape.

The composition of this group of officers including the Masters and Ph.D. graduate students as the main body of the college graduates, the community of high-tech talent recruitment, the Chinese aviation industry experts, overseas high-level talents. Currently, these officers are being added to the overall scheme of large aircraft engine project definition of work.

China Commercial Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd. (the “China Aviation Industrial Commercial hair”) is the China Aviation Industry Corporation (the “AVIC”), one of its immediate subsidiaries, is a large aircraft engine main body and the responsibility of the project total manufacturing units.

The company on Jan. 18, 2009 in Shanghai, is the Central Aviation Industry, Shanghai Electric Group, Shanghai Guosheng Group shares a joint venture of diversification of business, registered capital of 60 billion yuan.

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U.S. and South Korea conduct a new round of military exercises in the Sea of Japan and the China Yellow Sea

Aug 16

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U.S. Navy George Washington aircraft carrier 300x212 U.S. and South Korea conduct a new round of military exercises in the Sea of Japan and the China Yellow SeaFrom August 16 to 26, the United States and South Korea, East Sea in Korea (Sea of Japan) and Korean West Sea (Yellow Sea) to conduct joint military exercises. This is a two time in less than a month, and the second joint exercises.

Large-scale than in previous years have

It is reported that the “Ulchi free” Guardian joint military exercises will be about 30,000 U.S. troops and about 56,000 South Korean troops to participate. U.S. military spokesman said a number of U.S. soldiers will join the exercise in the local community through the Internet.

Exercise, the ROK-US Combined Forces Command will hold anti-terrorism security exercise for the November 11, held in Seoul in preparation for the Group of 20 summit.

According to South Korean media reported that the purpose of this exercise is to enhance South Korea’s defense capabilities, will focus on the comprehensive training of all officers and soldiers and military commanders to improve decision-making capacity.

Commander of U.S. forces stationed in South Korea, General Walter • Sharp said the exercise was “the world’s largest by the joint staff command of one of the theater exercises.”

1975, U.S. and South Korea are held every year between the two countries, “Ulchi Focus Lens” joint military exercises. From 2009, the joint military exercise renamed “Ulchi freedom defender”, marks the beginning exercise led by the South Korean army.

It is noteworthy that, in the exercise before the start of the US-ROK military has declared to be large in scale than in previous years. The exercises in the past generally have more than 10,000 local and U.S. troops participated, but the number of participants has reached U.S. 30 000.

Continued US-ROK military exercise

In recent months, U.S. and South Korea have held a series of military exercises and the upcoming rise to great concern of all parties.

July 25 -28 days, U.S. and South Korea in the Sea of Japan “indomitable will” joint military exercises at sea, the United States, “George Washington •” aircraft carrier, Asia’s largest landing ship “Dokdo” ships, ships and more than 20 “F -22 “200 fighter aircraft participated in the exercises. U.S. and South Korea more than 8,000 troops into the two sides. This is since 1976, the largest US-ROK military exercise carried out. Japan sent four maritime self-defense, the first officer in the exercise as observers.

August 5 -9 days, South Korea in the West Sea (the Yellow Sea), held a separate land, sea, maritime mobility exercises. It is reported that 4,500 South Korean soldiers participate in the largest ever anti-submarine exercises.

Apart from August 16 -26 will be held on the “guardian of Ulchi free” exercise, the South Korean military official said: “Korea and the U.S. will be in September after the mid-western China Sea (that is, the Yellow Sea) to conduct a joint military exercise . until the end of the year, the Korea-US joint military exercise program once a month. ”

The previous two exercises, the US-ROK exercise between the two countries will aim to point to the DPRK.

In the “indomitable will” exercise before, South Korean Defense Minister Jin Tairong with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a joint statement • This is a “defensive nature of the exercise.” The aim is clear to the DPRK, the DPRK “to cease hostilities,” Korea and the U.S. in the future for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula to enhance joint defense capabilities.

In the beginning of August 5 anti-submarine exercises in South Korea, the ROK side said that this exercise is to demonstrate South Korea’s military strength to deal with “a potential violation of the DPRK.”

North Korea said it would take the most severe military response

15 August, a spokesman for the Korean People’s Army General Staff, issued a statement in Pyongyang for the upcoming Korea-US joint military exercises, the Korean army would take “the most severe military response measures.”

Korean Central News Agency quoted the spokesperson, then the same day reported that, in terms of size, content and nature, the Korea-US joint military exercises are forthcoming for the DPRK’s “full-scale war exercises” and “nuclear war exercises.”

Series of military exercises conducted on the US-ROK, the DPRK has maintained a hard line.

A spokesman for the DPRK National Defense Commission, on July 24 issued a statement, said it would “to a strong nuclear deterrent force” to respond to the US-ROK joint military exercise series.

Korean Central News Agency on July 31 issued a “indictment”, the recent activities of the militants accused the United States, the Korean Peninsula “extremely deteriorated”, is in the “eve of war” status, but also seriously undermine the Northeast Asia peace and stability .

And on August 9 the end of the day South Korean anti-submarine exercise, the western waters of Korea to the “northern boundary” (NLL) fired more than 130 pieces of coastal artillery. South Korea’s navy once into the alert and fight situation, a warning to North Korea broadcast.

Further reading: The United States has frequently participated in military exercises in China’s neighboring

In addition to a number of joint exercises with South Korea, the United States and Vietnam’s first joint exercise also caused a lot of discussion:

From August 11, the United States and Vietnam in the South China Sea held a week-long joint naval exercises, primarily non-combat training, in order to “further promote military exchanges with Vietnam to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the normalization of US-Vietnam relations.” It is reported that the U.S. military, “George • Washington” nuclear-powered aircraft carrier also took part in the exercises.

U.S. officials said the US-Vietnam joint naval exercises, “the U.S. Navy as part of series of outreach activities.” However, the BBC reported that “George Washington •” aircraft carrier and three destroyers involved in the exercise, place it in the South China Sea, indicating that “the U.S. commitment to defend freedom of the South China Sea shipping.” Just recently concluded ASEAN Regional Forum, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton claimed: “freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is related to U.S. national interests.”

Some analysts believe that with “Tian number” events, normalize relations with Vietnam 15 years, the United States to participate in military exercises in China’s neighboring row can be achieved several aims: to consolidate the Korea-US alliance with the ROK-US speech, inhibiting the relocation of U.S. military bases in Japan; with the United States The more exercise to win over Southeast Asia, “spoiler,” South China Sea issue, the formation of “North and South contain” China situation.

Apart from Korea, Vietnam to conduct joint exercises, June 23, the United States and Singapore, Malaysia and other 14 countries together to carry out joint military exercises around the Pacific Rim.

The U.S. “national” magazine that “the United States desire to establish ‘in Asia – Pacific military alliance’ to contain China, the methods and the establishment of NATO after World War II to deter the Soviet Union exactly the same.”

The behavior of the United States, China Society of Military Science, Major General, Deputy Secretary-General Luo Yuan, this shows that they still adhere to the Cold War mentality, pursuing to the jungle rules of the game as the philosophical foundation of the gunboat policy, bullying, to “light muscle” in the form of put pressure on China and ASEAN countries against China stimulation.

However, Luo Yuan pointed out that Americans want to “disturb the South China Sea” is not so easy. China-ASEAN relations have developed well, the two sides to further enhance the degree of dependence. ASEAN will not lose the greater loss of opportunities for mutual benefit with China.

U.S. Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Southeast Asia expert Ouneisituo • Powell also said: “not that many ASEAN countries are the top cow in the elephant, the courage to stand up, take the lead.”

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Chengdu air defense units equipped with red-64

Aug 11

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Peoples Liberation Army air defense missile red 6D 300x179 Chengdu air defense units equipped with red 64It is published in Canada in July, “Chinese Defense Review” magazine, southwest China’s air force is important to speed up the city’s air defense weapon upgrades, for the two surface to air missile defense of Chengdu, in full dress up the new Red Flag -64 missiles, a move This means that an important industrial city in southwest China have a more robust “air defense shield.”

Reported that the PLA air missile units consistent “active defense” strategy, advanced equipment, always give priority to the need to front-line border, aimed at “the enemy out.” But with the increasing complexity of modern air combat, the Chinese mainland cities began to provide a better air defense weapons, flag -64 stationed in Chengdu, the performance of this trend.

“Chinese and” that the Chinese Air Force in Chengdu, surface to air missiles deployed near the red flag -64, Department of Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology R & D, its technology from the Italian Alenia’s “viper” -2,000 missiles, mainly for against low-altitude aircraft and cruise missiles. With anti-jamming capability of the missile with the “semi-active radar, the radio added,” guidance system, a maximum range of 18 km. Each missile can simultaneously deal with 40 goals, track 12 targets, and 3 to intercept them.

Dress for the PLA Chengdu Hongqi -64 missiles, “Chinese and” to build its military power with India link, said India’s new aircraft and ballistic missiles with the ability to attack China inland. Despite the overall development of Sino-Indian relations in recent years, good, but the Indian military‘s “hedge bets” strong thought, “China threat” is still the market.

Indian media earlier reported that the Air Force Su-30MKI fighters 18 deployed close to the ground in China Tis the pump Superfund, and plans will be able to carry 1.5 tons of warhead, a range of 3,500 km of “Agni” -3 missile deployment also front attempt to cover targets in western China. As the Indian side of these initiatives, in southwest China suffered a huge security pressure. “Chinese and” that it is in this context, the PLA was in Chengdu installation of new “red flag” to be prepared all the time.

A long time, there are several around the “hot spots”, which led to the heavy task of China’s national air defense. Fortunately, the tireless research by scientists in China accelerated in recent years, surface to air missile unit of hardware upgrades, red -9, -12 red flag, red flag -64 and so has the world’s advanced level of new missiles in succession to his unit, which effectively improved the air-defense capacity.

“Chinese and” analysis said that the strategic direction of the west, the PLA has deployed in Yunnan Red -12 missiles, production is still small, long-range surface to air missiles were first red flag -9 supply of Lanzhou Military Region, in order to guard against the threat of U.S. military in Afghanistan . From this, China is actively respond to the use of advanced equipment, air threat, protect key domestic goals.

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