no caste
01-30-2010, 08:18 PM
AND - The skirmish with China is HEATING up re Taiwan.
Beijing threatens sanctions against American defence companies and suspends military exchanges after Washington announces $6.4-billion weapons deal with Taiwan
Poor Taiwan, pooped on the head by both countries.
World Arms sales:
US - 41%
Russia - 17%
China - 3%
(white market)
Date / Time: 1/24/2010 10:43 PM
Dangerous Crossroads: U.S. Moves Missiles And Troops To Russian Border
The Pentagon’s newest regional command, Africa Command, will expand its activities on and off the coasts of that continent beyond current counterinsurgency operations in Somalia, Mali and Uganda and drone flights from a newly acquired site in Seychelles. [4]
But this month has brought even more dramatic and dangerous news. The Pentagon has authorized the completion of a $6.5 billion arms deal with Taiwan with an agreement to deliver 200 Patriot Advanced Capability anti-ballistic missiles. The People’s Republic of China is infuriated, as Washington would be if the situation were reversed and Beijing provided a comparable arsenal of weapons to, for example, an independent Puerto Rico. [5]
As though that action was not provocative enough however, on January 20 the Polish Defense Ministry announced that a U.S. Patriot missile battery, and the 100 American soldiers who will operate it, would not be based on the outskirts of the capital of Warsaw as previously announced but in the Baltic Sea city of Morag, 35 miles [6] from Poland’s border with Russia. The missile battery and troops are scheduled to arrive in March or April.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eagles-of-usa1-/blog/2010/01/25/dangerous-crossroads-us-moves-missiles-and-troops-to-russian-border
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U.S., Poland Sign Special Ops Memo of Understanding
KRAKOW, Poland, Feb. 19, 2009
Gates said the memorandum is part of the U.S.-Polish partnership to help to modernize the Polish military.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53141
Beijing threatens sanctions against American defence companies and suspends military exchanges after Washington announces $6.4-billion weapons deal with Taiwan
Poor Taiwan, pooped on the head by both countries.
World Arms sales:
US - 41%
Russia - 17%
China - 3%
(white market)
Date / Time: 1/24/2010 10:43 PM
Dangerous Crossroads: U.S. Moves Missiles And Troops To Russian Border
The Pentagon’s newest regional command, Africa Command, will expand its activities on and off the coasts of that continent beyond current counterinsurgency operations in Somalia, Mali and Uganda and drone flights from a newly acquired site in Seychelles. [4]
But this month has brought even more dramatic and dangerous news. The Pentagon has authorized the completion of a $6.5 billion arms deal with Taiwan with an agreement to deliver 200 Patriot Advanced Capability anti-ballistic missiles. The People’s Republic of China is infuriated, as Washington would be if the situation were reversed and Beijing provided a comparable arsenal of weapons to, for example, an independent Puerto Rico. [5]
As though that action was not provocative enough however, on January 20 the Polish Defense Ministry announced that a U.S. Patriot missile battery, and the 100 American soldiers who will operate it, would not be based on the outskirts of the capital of Warsaw as previously announced but in the Baltic Sea city of Morag, 35 miles [6] from Poland’s border with Russia. The missile battery and troops are scheduled to arrive in March or April.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eagles-of-usa1-/blog/2010/01/25/dangerous-crossroads-us-moves-missiles-and-troops-to-russian-border
________________________________
U.S., Poland Sign Special Ops Memo of Understanding
KRAKOW, Poland, Feb. 19, 2009
Gates said the memorandum is part of the U.S.-Polish partnership to help to modernize the Polish military.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53141