Some summary of 2011 of the year. Poll. What should be Russia's unconditional strategic priority in the near future?
2011 year was rich in a variety of events. The world is entering the next stage of the global crisis. The European Union and the United States continue to fall. Latin American and Caribbean countries are stepping up ...
The choice of Ukraine is obvious
The outgoing 2011 year clearly showed the absurdity of Ukrainian throwing between the European Union and Russia. Ukrainian authorities will have to make their final choice, and if you consider everything ...
Year of the American UAV Reaper
Two months ago, the American MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (Predator) recorded millions of flying hours into its account. Over 20 percent of these watches fall on this year. Replacing ...
China and the global economy: forecasts for 2012 year
It seems that the potential of the Chinese economy is no longer so solid that it can be trusted. In the near future, China is predicted a significant slowdown in economic growth. Economists ...
The tender age of Eastern Europe
It would seem that the creation of such an education as the European Union should have solved the problem with mutual understanding in Europe for many years. However, our smaller brothers from among countries, there is no time ...
Chaos ruled in Iraq continues
American troops finally left Iraq. Does this mean that the long-awaited peace and stability has come to this country? - Unfortunately, events very quickly develop in the opposite direction. How...
US Air Force Receive New Predator C Plus UAV
General Atomics signed a contract with the US Air Force to build a third prototype of the inconspicuous Predator C Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle. General Atomics has already built two such devices and ...
Cheongung - South Korean multi-level air defense / missile defense system
The growing threat of North Korea’s missile attack has been worrying Seoul for decades. But only recently, when interception technologies have become available in the domestic and global markets, ...
European campaign: our fleet again prevents someone from sleeping peacefully
Judging by the reaction that followed the news of the departure of the ship-based aircraft carrier group (CAG), led by the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, our fleet again hinders someone ...
Russians under the white desert sun
According to the estimates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, up to 180 thousands of Russians currently live in Turkmenistan. However, these are only the most modest estimates. The exact number of Russians living in Turkmenistan is unknown for that simple ...
Aggravation in the Falkland Question: how it all began and how it will end
The dispute over the Falkland Islands, located in the south of the Atlantic Ocean, seems to soon be continued. José Murika, President of Uruguay, said that governments ...
Future SAU PzH 2000
The Army of the Netherlands reduces the number of its 155-mm self-propelled artillery guns PzH 2000 from 24 to 18. The number of gunners will be halved (due to the reduction of many staff ...
Regime change in Syria - a matter of time, considered in the West
The news site newsru.com, with reference to Interfax, reported on the first public demonstration of the new coastal complexes Bastion, conducted by the Syrian military. This weapon entered Damascus ...
CELAC: US hatred as a guarantee of strength
Not so long ago, an official statement was made on the creation of a Community of Latin American and Caribbean countries. This happened during the summit of heads of state of the region, which ...
And again Katyn?
After the collapse of the Soviet bloc, which included the Polish People's Republic, Russian-Polish relations became complicated. Historically, Russia and Poland have always been difficult ...
American Plan B: A New Attempt to Dismember Middle Eastern States
The other day, the head of the Pentagon, Leon Panetta visited Turkey, earlier - Baghdad and Kabul. The reason for the visits is very symbolic. In Afghanistan, the US Secretary of Defense met with the president ...
NASAMS goes mobile
Norway will spend $ 67 million to upgrade its NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) air defense systems. Updates include self-propelled (as opposed to towed) launchers ...
There is a process of birth of "neo-empires"
Summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have been surprisingly fruitful in Moscow. The main result of the CSTO summit can be rightfully ...
Tribal selection: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan continue to be divided into tribes
Analysts in Russia and the CIS countries agree that the tension of recent days around the situation in Kazakhstan, as well as the relatively recent events in Kyrgyzstan, are largely due to the influence ...
Ukraine does not live by European standards
At the beginning of the week in Ukraine (or, if anyone, in Ukraine), President Viktor Yanukovych met dear guests from Europe with bread and salt. And he baked a loaf in order to make the Euchars as soon as possible ...
USA - professional exacerbation of the situation around Iran
As a professional performer of their aspirations, the United States must be given its due - no one can succeed in embodying their ambitions. The latest military conflicts in which the US was the main ...
The revolutionary confrontation in the Middle East: what are the reasons?
2011 year will be remembered for a series of sudden and inexplicable revolutions in the states of the Middle East. The scenario of such uprisings is always repeated: in a socially developed, completely prosperous country, suddenly ...
The tank is dead, long live the tank
Did it really happen this time? Tanks on the way out? For several decades, the main battle tank was declared obsolete. Like a ship and other weapons that depend on big guns ...
China dumps its MiG-21 into a ditch
China officially removed its clone MiG-21 (J-7) from the first line of operation. This comes as no surprise. Over the past four years, China has more than doubled the number ...