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East Asian sea is becoming the U.S. military’s “vacuum”

Sep 19

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Whenever a slight warming of Sino-US military relations, the United States was out playing the “China threat.” The Pentagon announced that Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently visited China for the year, the Washington think tank “Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments,” President Andrew Clay Pineiweiqi in the U.S. “The Wall Street Journal,” the author said that China continued to strengthen its “anti-intervention” Neng Li, Qi Li Yi prevent him from country to the relevant Di Qu, consider the Dao of fighting against Chinese missiles, the current East Asian waters are Zhujian warships and aircraft, the U.S. troops, “Vacuum Belt”, the U.S. allies in the region are being “Finland it” (Bianzhe Note : In the Cold War, Western countries believe that Finland just keep nominal Du Li, practical to follow the Soviet Union’s foreign policy to set rules).

    Said China’s anti-intervention capacity of up to Guam

Krepinevich U.S. think tank “Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments,” Mr President, the center mainly for defense planning and investment strategy research, and for the Pentagon to provide policy advice and consultancy services. Pentagon assessment Krepinevich, “as good a defense analyst and innovative military thinkers, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates that he received wide recognition, including.” Krepinevich September 11 in ” Wall Street Journal, “the author said that China’s military expansion around the” trump card “weapons launched a series of capacity. “Trump card” the term means from the ancient Chinese assassin, hidden blade, fuzzy motives, but to seize the other party “Gate of Life” give a fatal blow. China believes that the U.S. military operations are highly dependent on satellite and computer networks, and this is where the U.S. military’s Gate of Life. China in recent years to accelerate development of counter-attacks on U.S. military satellites and network capabilities.

“Anti-intervention” strategy, also known as “regional refuse to stop” strategy, first proposed by the U.S. Rand Corporation, which means not to seek all-out war with the United States, through the local effective against U.S. forces and shake the United States to continue war of political and military base. If successfully implemented, will effectively prevent the U.S. freedom of action in the capacity of the East Asian Seas.

The article said that China’s “regional Denial” capacity has focused on coastal areas stretching from China to Guam. In order to track and crack down on U.S. aircraft carriers and other surface combat ships, the Chinese Navy has used the new equipment, torpedoes and high-speed sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missile submarines; to find and fight against the U.S. long-distance ships, the Chinese military is building over the horizon radar, and the deployment of reconnaissance and anti-ship cruise missiles armed with high-speed aircraft. In addition, the Chinese ballistic missiles and cruise missiles strike capability, has been a threat to U.S. forces in Okinawa Kadena Air Base and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Article, in China, this “anti-access” capability, the forward deployment of U.S. warships and warplanes, the East Asian waters is gradually turned into “vacuum”, that U.S. military ships and aircraft for their own safety, to stay away from China against missile range.

    U.S. experts of “Finland” of scare yourself?

Krepinevich said in the text, in the past 20 years, the United States strive to maintain regional stability, military balance in East Asia, the region as “unprecedented, long-term peace and prosperity”, while China is such a situation the biggest beneficiary. China to curb U.S. power projection in Asia’s developing more and more aggressive, one of its objectives is to control the U.S. allies. The Cold War, the United States to maintain military superiority of the Soviet Union, its important reason is that if the military balance in the direction towards favorable tilt toward Moscow, the United States, European allies would be unable to deter the Soviet Union that they will eventually fall into the control of the Soviet Union European countries will face is “the Finnish-based” fate.

The article also said that the Soviet Union did not succeed to Europe, “Finland” and now this threat has emerged in East Asia. China’s military growth, is the “Finland” of the best strategies for interpretation. And the establishment of China’s dominant position in East Asia has seen the symptoms: China has recently announced more than 200 million square kilometers of the South China Sea is defined as “core national interests.”

Although the United States East Asian allies to maintain a stable regional military balance, they want to play a leading role in the United States to protect this balance. But if the U.S. military imbalance in the state of the East Asian region continues to deteriorate, these allies will have to follow the example of Finland, the practice of the year to meet the Soviet Union.

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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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Afghanistan riches

Jun 29

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Eastern Afghanistan Ghazni Province 300x200 Afghanistan richesAccording to one by the U.S. military and the U.S. Geological Survey, the launching of the report, contains the current value to 1 trillion U.S. dollars in Afghanistan’s mineral resources, many of them of iron, copper, cobalt, gold, and used to make notebook computers and mobile phone batteries lithium ore, with its reserves of the rich, is likely to become the next Afghanistan, the world’s mining center. However, Afghanistan’s huge mineral deposits found in the Western media have expressed concern that the new finding was that as a “double-edged sword”: it brought about radical changes in wealth in Afghanistan, but also may make Afghanistan become the new competition for resources battlefield.

Hidden treasures

Someone made a calculation: if the value of one trillion U.S. dollars in Afghanistan deposits equally, then the 29 million Afghans will bring at least 30,000 U.S. dollars per person return.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman said that this is best news in recent years in Afghanistan. “Over the years, the Afghan government has been actively seeking and exploring its mineral deposits, we have the Ministry of Commerce and other government departments will strive to develop mining industry to benefit from the benefit of the people of Afghanistan.”

War products

Afghanistan’s recent history has been subjected to the torture of war, the discovery of mineral resources in Afghanistan is a product of war.

“70s of last century, when I lived in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when the then Soviet Union, the World Bank, United Nations, there are other countries and organizations Kaishi highly concerned about the country’s mineral resources,” said a retired U.S. Guanyuan memories . Despite the country’s mineral resources attracted the concern of many countries, but the war continued year after year, exploration work has been neglected, the specific reserves are not an accurate assessment.

In 2004, a group of geologists were sent to the U.S. post-war reconstruction of Afghanistan, they are occasionally in the capital Kabul, the Geological Survey library, found a group of old charts and data. This set of data, some areas of Afghanistan are likely to contain the mineral.

Moreover, geologists have also found that 80 of the last century the Soviet Union into Afghanistan, this set of data mining has caused the Soviet Union experts attention, but after the Soviet Union in 1989 to nothing. Until the 90′s, Afghanistan plunged into civil war quagmire, to avoid the destruction of war, several of Afghanistan’s geologists to these data carefully hidden in their own homes. 2001 United States launched the war in Afghanistan, they will return to the Afghanistan data Geological Survey.

“These data are mostly drawn map, but as long as 30 years of war in Afghanistan, many of the contents of the map have not been updated,” Engineer Ahmed recalls his 70 years in the last century has been working in Afghanistan, Bureau of Mines.
Great treasure

Inspired in the old data, the U.S. Geological Survey, decided in 2006 started a new round of investigation. This time, they chose to air measurement. Take a group of geologists U.S. P-3 Orion antisubmarine patrol aircraft, use the world’s most advanced detection systems for gravity and magnetic measurements, during which spans nearly 70% of Afghan territory.

Aerial survey results are very optimistic about 2007, the geologists decided to launch a more sophisticated measurement. They will be equipped with new equipment in the old British bomber in it to help them describe the three-dimensional surface deposit map of Afghanistan. This is also the most complex history of Afghanistan Geological Survey. According to the U.S. geologists say, and found surprising, they believed, Afghanistan rich in minerals.

Nevertheless, the measured data only after gathering dust for two years by the United States and the Afghan Government. In 2009, the Pentagon’s post-war Iraq is responsible for the development of a task force was transferred to Afghanistan. They got this set of geological data and expressed an interest. So far, the efforts of several generations of geologists really be a cause for concern, behind the commercial value of the data began to be assessed.

Soon, this Task Group on the United States to bring a team of mining experts, who went to Afghanistan to areas for further exploration. They then reported the results of the exploration to the U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

According to U.S. experts said, so far, the largest found in Afghanistan from the iron ore and copper, its grade high enough to Afghanistan as the two mining producers. Other surprising findings, including substantial reserves of niobium ore, the metal in the superconducting material and medical material has a very wide range of applications. In addition, geologists are still in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, the Pashtun areas found significant reserves of rare earth ore and gold.

June 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. geologists again to further exploration in eastern Afghanistan’s mineral resources in salt lake. They believe that, here also contains a large amount of lithium ore. Defense Department officials said the present analysis, in Ghazni province, lithium ore reserves almost the world’s largest lithium mine one of Bolivia’s considerable reserves.

Lithium battery mine is an important raw material, often used in notebook computers and mobile phone battery manufacturing. In this regard, a memorandum from the Pentagon that Afghanistan is likely to become a “lithium mining sector in Saudi Arabia.”

While in Afghanistan, the development of mining Jiang is a long and arduous task, but experts believe, this place has great potential, can attract Daliang of Touzi and Jiuye opportunities, so Xiayi Dai from the troubled war.

U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, senior commanders Peeters General (David Petraeus) said in an interview: “Maybe there are many uncertain future, but I believe Afghanistan’s mineral potential is unlimited.” While the local Ministry of Mining Consultants diari that the rich mineral resources is likely to become the cornerstone of the Afghan economy.

Gold Force

1 trillion U.S. dollars – the geographers U.S. officials and the value of Afghanistan’s latest assessment of mineral deposits.

According to “The New York Times” reports, this result is likely to change the trend in Afghanistan’s economy and even the war, but for now stretched to the Obama administration in Afghanistan, this news is unusually significant.

It is learned that the report by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Geological Survey to launch the. Excluding the United States Department of Defense and the Afghan government support, the U.S. Geological Survey contributed to the entire report.

Pentagon in action

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the U.S. Department of Interior, Ministry of the Interior U.S. Bureau of only eight of scientific information and research institutions. In the past 75 years, the Geological Survey has more than 100 countries and cooperation related to the geological survey carried out. 50,60 In the last century and early 70′s, the U.S. Geological Survey, once cooperation with Afghanistan, the exploration of Afghanistan’s mineral, water and other energy sources. Moreover, the Geological Survey is also responsible for training local geologist.

According to USGS to provide information, at present, U.S. Geological Survey’s program in Afghanistan is divided into two parts: the first phase takes about 24 months, mainly through the Afghan government agencies, and the World Bank, the British Geological Survey, etc. sector, the share of existing geological information; the second part of the program takes about 24-36 months, the focus of collecting new data and information. According to the plan, USGS through satellite systems, drilling equipment, sample checks, etc. to get the new Afghanistan, the local geological information, the investigation of mineral deposits, are included.

Throughout the exploration process, USGS’s work has also been great support the U.S. Department of Defense. They may take military reconnaissance aircraft, bombers, aerial measurements, you can also use the latest equipment for three-dimensional graphics.

The report is published in the minerals throughout Afghanistan, including the southern and eastern areas near the Pakistani border, where U.S. forces and Taliban forces are most intense areas of contention.

Published delicate time

However, according to BBC reports, the outside world for this report there are still some doubts. For example it’s published. In fact, in 2007, USGS had already released the information related to mineral deposits, but not until December 2009, the real feasibility report only came out, and until June 14 this year, worth one trillion U.S. dollars of the assessment report before the final release.

It is said that the report is deliberately put out of the Pentagon, NATO countries continue to attract troops in Afghanistan, while lobbying for U.S. domestic public opinion, but the fundamental purpose is to integrate and control of resources and economic structure of Central Asia to grasp the initiative in their own hands.

Currently, the Pentagon has already begun to prepare to help Afghanistan to submit a new mining developments. A number of international accounting firms have begun to conduct asset valuation of mineral Afghanistan, and soon, these related technical data will be submitted to the mining companies, and potential foreign investors.
Moreover, cooperation between the United States Department of Defense other than mineral exploration, oil and gas assessment project in Afghanistan have been in Kabul and Sheberghan two places to start, and received the support of local agencies and the military.

In addition to USGS geologist who, and some special work for the Department of Defense geologist. At least two American geologists as the Pentagon engaged in activities related to geological exploration, Bonita Chamberlin is one of them, she spent 25 years working in Afghanistan.

“I have found in Afghanistan, 91 species of local minerals, metals and precious stones, in addition, there are 1407 mining point,” In 2001, she told the “Los Angeles Times” interview. Since then, she was also because of geological exploration work in Afghanistan, has written a book entitled “Afghanistan’s gem.”

In these areas in Afghanistan surveys the work of the geologists who, though ready to face some danger, but once the discovery, but also bring them huge benefits. “For me, it is well worth the risk,” a geologist, said, “In fact, some feel wonderful.”

U.S. set cover?

The Afghan people, trillions of dollars worth of minerals, is indeed a heartening news. However, the exploitation of these deposits, Afghans will face numerous challenges.

“This is a no mining-cultural country,” U.S. Geological Survey expert Jack Medlin said, “They have a number of small mines, but in the future may be very large mines, a shovel is not enough alone.”

Although geologists have passion, but the infrastructure behind, making Afghanistan when a large-scale exploitation of these mineral resources can, it is still unknown.

Development of considerable difficulty

It was reported from north to south Afghanistan, only one national highway. This road is a north-south artery ran through Afghanistan, but it was said this “lifeline” they can only accommodate two cars at the same time passage, and in some mountainous sections of the case also often destroyed. Most to the headache that most sections of this road through the Taliban-controlled areas. Afghan government and coalition forces often on the road vehicle bomb attacks by the Taliban, car crash commonplace.

Afghanistan’s external environment is not optimistic. Because it is a landlocked country, Afghanistan is not the sea. In the past half century, any international trade in Afghanistan have to go through Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan, which neighbors.

“9.11″, Afghanistan’s international environmental degradation. Afghanistan, Iran closed the road leading to the majority in Iran; and border areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan is under Taliban control it will be transporting minerals out little hope; and Turkmenistan are at the road connecting northern Afghanistan and the control of warlords below.

Despite facing such adverse circumstances, but analysts believe that the U.S. will eventually lead mining industry in Afghanistan. The U.S. has dispatched a team of experts began to assist Afghanistan to establish a system dealing with mineral development.

As we all know, by the United States initiated this war in Afghanistan has been going on for nearly 9 years, but the security situation in Afghanistan is still tense. The American public strongly question the war is there reason to continue.

Afghanistan news release mineral Americans seem to change the view.

U.S. Department of Defense has repeatedly pointed out that the United States in Afghanistan are engaged in the war on terrorism, not to compete for its mineral resources. But this argument is clearly induced a strong, and it give people the impression that the United States, the United States in Afghanistan found a huge underground mineral deposits, as in Iraq, as have the oil. The United States fight the war in Iraq to protect the world’s energy, but now the U.S. presence in Afghanistan is aimed at protecting the world’s mineral resources.

Propaganda against the United States, there are analysts argued that the United States and Afghanistan wantonly thrown in this time of mineral resources reserves in Afghanistan is obviously “ulterior motives”, main purpose is to “persuade the American public to support the war in Afghanistan” to quell the growing American strong anti-war sentiment, and hope “in the November mid-term election for the Democratic Party Dora some votes.”

Induce China

Intended for the U.S., the Chinese National Defense Strategic Institute Professor Jin Yinan pointed out that the U.S. is clearly twofold: on the one hand to lift the American public support for the war, on the other hand, the announcement or other countries “a bait.” He said the U.S. side has repeatedly Wakhan corridor to China to open up problems also asked South Korea, Japan more into the battlefield in Afghanistan, but have not received a positive response. Therefore, the United States has been felt in Afghanistan are weak, so they “throw a huge economic bait” and hopes to Japan and South Korea and other countries agreed to the request of the United States.

American Brookings Institution senior fellow Bruce Riedel also believe that the U.S. actually hopes to have more countries join the U.S. strategy for Afghanistan, but has been suffering from no reason, “but different now, because the United States claim itself as the protection of these resources, then other countries to join the natural conditions. ”

Although the United States has been hoping other countries to participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan affairs, to also wary. According to “The New York Times” reports, U.S. officials said the United States worried that China’s thirst for resources also will fight in Afghanistan and the United States the mineral.

“This is a gesture, the United States will share to create a ‘cake’ of the posture in the hope that China and India and other neighboring countries involved in Afghanistan as soon as possible”, nader said. In his view, “This is the United States and neighboring countries of Afghanistan as a means to an end game.”

Indian media fan the flames were. According to India’s “Business Standard” magazine, with the mineral was found in Afghanistan, China may be following Russia and the United States and become the other superpower in Afghanistan. The newspaper also vivid descriptions, said: “In the deposits of the transport issue, the Chinese than the Western companies dominate, in both countries there is a 400 km long between the Wakhan Corridor, China will no doubt try to open the corridor to address the transportation problem . ”

Institute of International Relations at Fudan University’s Dr. Cheng Chongren seems that Americans “ulterior motives”, in fact, a major purpose of the United States, China agreed to U.S. terms is to induce open Wakhan Corridor. “In order to eliminate the terrorist base camp, the United States will strongly lobby the Chinese of course, to the Chinese to agree these are the United States ‘stakeholder’ in the area.”

Mei Xinyu, an associate research fellow of China Academy of the Ministry of Commerce also believes that participation in the international development of China’s power, others can not stop nature. However, he also believes that the sharing of “cake” at the same time, “I’m afraid we need to beware of the resources used for the bait or Uncle Sam – inducing us into the quagmire of war in Afghanistan, for their Huozhongquli attempt.”

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U.S. aircraft carriers into the Yellow Sea of China, the biggest threat is not military threat

Jun 26

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Washington aircraft carrier 300x214 U.S. aircraft carriers into the Yellow Sea of China, the biggest threat is not military threatRecently, many foreign media coverage of the uproar, “the U.S. aircraft carriers into the Yellow Sea”, said the U.S. military will send nuclear aircraft carrier in the end of June, “Washington” to go to the Yellow Sea to participate in the US-ROK joint military exercise.

For this event, many domestic experts and scholars have made the appropriate comments. June 22, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made stand on the issues. Meanwhile, many military enthusiasts online attention on the matter, have “posted” to express their opinions and views. “Chen Hu Troops” and the concern with you, “the United States Han Huanghai exercises”, especially the U.S. carriers into the Yellow Sea, once the impact would arise.

I think that there are three issues that require attention: first, this move by the United States the biggest threat to China what the second is how to treat China’s response, the third is how to react to obtain the best effect.

United States, a move the biggest threat to China what is

Many media reports said the U.S. “Washington” USS “combat radius of 600 kilometers, once into the Yellow Sea, near the coast of China’s territorial waters and the entire North China, most of the Liaodong Peninsula and so an all Department In the United States under the carrier’s combat radius of coverage. ”

Also commented that the U.S. military would be careful surveillance of the military deployment along the Chinese coast. That is, at present the major media and some experts view, focusing on the U.S. aircraft carrier into the Yellow Sea of China itself, the immediate military threat.

In my point of view, the U.S. military move against the greatest threat posed by China is not a direct military threat. Because the U.S. was fully aware of the attitude of the Chinese – the Chinese armed forces have the determination, ability and means to deal with access to the coast, pose a direct military threat of large-scale carrier battle group.

That is, if the U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups into the Yellow Sea, really dare to have any direct military action, the Chinese military can take adequate and effective measures to counter the threat.

So the greatest threat to China what is it? In fact, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang’s speech which, expressed on this issue is clear. Qin Gang said in the current situation, the parties should keep calm and exercise restraint, should not exacerbate tensions, undermine the region, the national interest.

Obviously, Qin Gang’s answers have been explicitly discussed, the United States this move, for China, the surrounding area produced the greatest threat to undermine the stability of the region, prone to lead to confrontation, lead to conflicts and even a war footing. This is the greatest threat to the U.S. move will have, and this threat is not only detrimental to China, is not conducive to the entire Northeast Asian regional security and stability.

How do the Chinese side of the response

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang in his speech that China is very concerned about the reports, was closely tracking developments. Obviously, this statement is a diplomatic response, that the Chinese side on this issue is of great concern.

From the event itself, the U.S. aircraft carrier into the Yellow Sea exercise, not a normal sexual activity, but a special case. Historically, though often with the U.S. aircraft carrier South Korea, Japan to carry out some exercises, but most of its exercises in the Sea of Japan Sea or the Korean peninsula in Northeast waters. This time of exercise in the Yellow Sea, which is on the Korean peninsula west of this part.

This situation was previously rare. In October 1994 there have been a similar situation: the U.S. “Kitty” aircraft, participated in a military exercise held here, while “in the territorial waters of the outer edge of China conducted a cruise.” Critics of the world at that time regarded the move as a provocative action. Now the U.S. has made this very state of the move, can be said that this action should be a show of force, to exert influence and pressure on the measure.

According to the U.S. and ROK to say, a show of force, influence and pressure of the move, mainly for the DPRK. But in fact the exercise will also affect the location that this approach to China. In this case, the Chinese side made any reaction is normal.

Not only China, a country of any such circumstances, can respond accordingly. This response may include diplomacy, public opinion, military. At the same time, it also shows that even the U.S. If for some considerations to cancel the action, can not be seen as the U.S. side makes a concession, or what the benefits to China, but can only think that this is the United States aware of their action of this region will affect stability and trigger the end fight, but to the “mistakes and wrongs” of the action.

How to respond to obtain the best results

The answer to this problem is not the response itself against China, and not simply for that event. Any country in the world encounter a similar situation, will respond accordingly.

Once encountered such a situation, what response to make to get the best effect? I would like nothing more than two:

One must be diplomatic position and attitude accurately and effectively communicate one’s message, telling the other: Your practice undermine regional stability, will lead to confrontation and even lead to conflict and war, so this is improper. As the countries in the region, have the right to express concern on this issue, expressed concern that opposition.

Another aspect is the military response. When a country faced a similar situation, in the military to receive the best results, we will build “a bad thing into a good thing.”

For any one country, national organizations such as another aircraft carrier battle group into a huge threat to national security could be when the sea are in fact one of the best training objectives: Since you have a show of force in this area, to drill I also can target your actions, organizing appropriate action to you as a target for the exercise – this is a closest to the practical operation of the exercise objectives. From the military point of view, this exercise will receive general training or training, which is less than the effect.

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U.S. military pay big bucks to buy a large number of M -17 helicopters

Jun 23

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As we all know, the United States and Russia in the military field struggled, however, the U.S. military has spent big money to buy Russian military helicopters. Recently, the U.S. military move criticized by the members. So, the U.S. forces is the intention?

Russia took the opportunity to wild speculations?

According to the U.S. “Washington Post” revealed shocking news 19: the United States to large-scale procurement of Russian-made military helicopters m -17, to make them the core of the Afghan air force helicopter.

During the Cold War, the CIA had provided the Afghan rebels, “Stinger” portable air defense missiles, they destroyed the Soviet helicopters. And now, the U.S. Department of Defense spent 648 million U.S. dollars actually purchase or refurbishment of 31 Russian-made rice -17 transport helicopter, sent to the Afghan air force. U.S. Department of Defense also plans to buy 10 next year. In the next 10 years, the U.S. military also plans to buy dozens of Russian-made helicopter.

This program received custody of the United States Congress pocketbook bombing. U.S. lawmakers that Afghanistan should fly over the US-made helicopter. Members of parliament criticized the Pentagon never find alternatives.

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby and Christopher Dodd, are working together to put pressure on the Pentagon, asking them to reconsider the purchase program. Shelby said that spending money to buy Russian helicopters, will lead the task delay, there will be security issues and delivery problems. They believe that the U.S. military has no alternative plan, which has led to the Russian wild speculations: Since 2006, the single price of rice -17 6 million U.S. dollars rose from 18 million U.S. dollars.

But Pentagon officials argue that six million U.S. dollars can buy only secondhand, new about 15 million U.S. dollars.

The many benefits the military list m -17

U.S. and Afghan officials have a soft spot on the meters -17. U.S. military officials said, because it is -17 meters of the Soviet Union special geographical environment of Afghanistan, “tailor” the. Its power and navigation design fully into account more than in Afghanistan’s mountains and desert geographical environment. U.S. Air Force R · Boella responsible for rebuilding the Afghan air force, he said: “If people can take a trip to Afghanistan, personally take the m -17, they will understand that this aircraft how important the future of Afghanistan. We have to jump out This is the frame of the Russian aircraft operations in Afghanistan … … it freely. ”

U.S. military officials said, since 2005, the U.S. military began to help rebuild the Afghan National Army Air Force, then, only a dozen of the Air Force in Afghanistan in a “vacation state” of the pilot, only a few meters -17 Russian aircraft fell into disrepair. Because Afghanistan has been the driving Russian Air Force pilot, aircraft, the Pentagon decided to become Afghanistan’s main rice -17 models. In addition, low literacy pilot in Afghanistan, with over 40 years of age also. Let them drive the United States to change planes, too difficult.

In Afghanistan, the land transportation is very inconvenient, helicopters are the main means of transport. Until now, the Afghan pilots also used m -17 contains Afghan officials (including President Hamid Karzai).

Undercover missions with m -17

Today, the Afghan air force already has 48 aircraft and 3,300 soldiers. In addition to m -17, they are Russian-made helicopters and Italian rice -35 C-27 transport aircraft design. Boella, said in 2016, Arab Air Force will have 146 aircraft and 8,000 soldiers. Pentagon officials said the original plan to occupy half of the -17 meters, but now they intend to reduce the ratio.

“Washington Post” on June 19 also revealed that the U.S. Special Operations Command will buy several Mi -17 to secret U.S. special forces in the implementation of the mandate, to hide the fact that they are Americans. U.S. military officials who requested anonymity said: “We hope (Russian helicopters) mixed in, to do something. But the Russians know that we are so dry.”

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U.S. military to consider cross-border fight against Taliban militants in Pakistan

May 30

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Taliban militants in Pakistan 300x198 U.S. military to consider cross border fight against Taliban militants in PakistanThe U.S. military is considering a policy that if the Taliban in Pakistan and other organizations to implement a successful attack on the United States, the United States unilaterally launched retaliatory action, including sending special forces into Pakistan.

Increased threat

“Washington Post” quoted more than 29 senior officials of the U.S. military reported the New York Times Square explosion case of attempted assault, assault suspects Germany and the Taliban in Pakistan there may be links that the U.S. government increasingly feel the need to implement to combat operations.

The officials said the United States only in extreme circumstances may launch retaliatory action, such as the United States suffered devastating attacks prompted U.S. President Barack Obama is convinced that the CIA on militants in Pakistan’s air strikes have been unable to make America safe.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo said this month in the past nine months, the total number of terrorist attacks within the United States showed significant increase in trend. Memorandum specifically mentioned the case of Times Square attack.

U.S. retaliation will mainly rely on air strikes, does not rule out sending U.S. special forces stationed in Afghanistan crossed into Pakistan’s possible.

U.S. special forces in Afghanistan to combat cross-border way of constantly seek to expand the grounds that the CIA’s air strikes alone can not be captured suspects to obtain information. Pakistan against U.S. military action on the ground and repeatedly protested against air strikes.

A military official said: “The Times Square attack failed case, the (unilateral combat) plans to re-attention.”

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that if armed groups in Pakistan successful implementation of similar attacks on the United States, they would face “serious consequences.”

U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones and the CIA sent to Pakistan this month by Obama to Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Army Chief of Staff Erweiziji Jani and other officials to convey a similar message.
Information sharing

The United States against unilateral action plan also intends to strengthen cooperation with the Pakistani intelligence service. Negotiations between the two sides in preparation for the capital of Quetta, western Pakistan province of Balochistan, a second military intelligence center. The United States as Quetta in Pakistan for the Afghan Taliban stronghold.

U.S. military officials said the two sides within the past few months Khyber – Pashtun provinces (former North-West Frontier Province), near Peshawar, capital built the first office that is called “hybrid center” intelligence.

Pakistani intelligence agents can be “mixed Center” by U.S. intelligence, including unmanned aerial vehicles and other platforms transmit real-time monitoring screen, and then used for military operations. Monitor screen at the same time to pass the U.S. military in Afghanistan.

A U.S. senior official said, Quetta Information Center can be used to track the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, “Quetta consultation.” Other officials say the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. forces would “base camp” to launch major offensive in Kandahar, Quetta Information Centre will play a role.

Distrust

The United States has urged the Pakistan Government to strengthen the domestic forces against Taliban and other militants, Pakistani intelligence agencies also believe that long-term to keep in contact with the Taliban. Pakistan denies.

The U.S. military said intelligence center will allow both more clearly what each other is doing.

“They will get more information at our disposal. We can witness what they do, verify their claims of action,” a U.S. official said.

The United States complained that, although cooperation has been strengthened, and the other joint intelligence centers in the second the slow pace of the selection process is “like a typical Pakistani glacier speed.” U.S. officials to Pakistan to U.S. military and civilian officials delayed issuing visas dissatisfied.

A U.S. official said the United States changed dramatically in recent years for the fight against militants in Pakistan way, from the “mass punishment” of action to specific organizations, a controlled retaliatory blow.

The official said the military generally agreed that air strikes can only reduce the “base” organizations and the threat of its associates, but to the US-Pakistan relations may be irreparable damage.

“We need to carefully decide fight back, so as not damage the relationship between the two sides has been established, which is the prevailing view,” another official said.

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U.S. Open several recent Navy fighter – “Hornet” successor appearance

May 14

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fa837a9e633991c555458cefa2d9e837 300x180 U.S. Open several recent Navy fighter Hornet successor appearance 【The United States, “Navy Times” website on May 10 reported】 title: From the development of a glimpse of the new aircraft and naval helicopters

Navy Club in early May in a show organized, clean and posters put up in the future no one fighter’s generous concept map. Navy commanders talked about many years ago, in 2025 these aircraft in service.

Navy unmanned aircraft continue to promote the long procurement process, requiring private dike cross the “ship take-off unmanned aerial surveillance and attack,” the information to achieve in 2018 “limited the fleet operational use.”

Navy’s defense contractors responded. In this exhibition, airlines show, they have the ability to go beyond the current Navy-funded demonstration project, the Northrop – Grumman developed the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System.

General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems Inc. is introducing the “predator C Avenger,” the carrier-based version – “Ocean Avenger.” “Ocean Avenger” has been used in the Air Force, serving with the “predators” and “Harvester” like many of the system.

In addition, Boeing demonstrated the F / A-XX “sixth-generation fighter,” the picture, including the two-seater, and no two models.

Navy in the April 30 request for information relating to a helicopter, the helicopter as early as in 2016 put into use. It is reported that a “continuous carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle system.”

Navy to seek to obtain a – Grumman developed unmanned helicopters MQ-8 “Fire Scout,” a much larger aircraft. The size of the Navy requested the aircraft close to the traditional manned helicopter can carry cruisers and destroyers in use, combat radius should be far more than “Fire Scout”, and to take advantage of satellite communications.

The show features models also include the Northrop – Grumman’s Fire-X, this model will be used with the “Fire Scout,” basically the same control mechanism. Another possible option is to Boeing’s YMQ-18A “hummingbird” model.

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