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Russia – Venezuela Defense News

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Couple of quick summaries to start the week off: 1.  Upgrade of Nuclear Deterrent ordered: (Moscow Times) 29 September 2008.  President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday announced plans to create an upgraded nuclear deterrence system by 2020, including a space defense system and new nuclear submarines. “A guaranteed nuclear deterrent system for various military and political…

OPTEMPO

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So, um Scribe — been a little lax in posting this past few weeks, eh? What gives? Well, a little bit of: Mix in a lot of: And of course, all from the AO viewpoint:  So yea, been a bit busy with the necessary stuff, but that said have been scribbling offline in the wee…

Bulava Fails Latest Test – Lessons for US?

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“After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded into the air” – Russian MoD spokesman to Interfax 23 Dec 08 And thus was written the postscript on the latest test of the star-crossed Bulava SLBM.  Five failures in eight attempts would seem to call into question the fast-track to…

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China to Sell 4th Gen. Fighters to Iran

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    Interesting development noted below in light of discussions about calling out China (or not) in context of new Maritime Strategy Iran buys (sic) Israeli fighter jets   Iran has signed a contract with China for the delivery of two squadrons of J-10 fighter planes. The design was developed by Israel for its Air Force…