HELLO TO OUR Global FRIENDS?Russian Air Force chief says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offers island as base for strategic Russian bombers, with Cuba being another possible base. SOURCE...
Russia may base bombers in Cuba (and in Venezuela)
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American Security and Warfare. Categories of Warfare Blurring
U.S. Must Maintain Conventional Dominance
By Donna Miles - American Forces Press Service
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates article, titled "A Balanced Strategy: Reprogramming the Pentagon for a New Age," cited the need to ensure the United States is prepared to confront both conventional and unconventional threats as well as warfare that blends the two.
"The categories of warfare are blurring and no longer fit into neat, tidy boxes," Gates wrote. "One can expect to see more tools and tactics of destruction -- from the sophisticated to the simple -- being employed simultaneously in hybrid and more complex forms of warfare."
While other nations might not want to challenge the United States "fighter to fighter, ship to ship, tank to tank," Gates said, they are seeking other ways to undermine U.S. capabilities.
"They are developing the disruptive means to blunt the impact of U.S. power, narrow the United States’ military operations and deny the U.S. military freedom of movement and action," he said. READ ALL...
See also: New Cuban Missle Crisis
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Tracking the Bear
An F-15 Eagle from the 12th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base flies next to a Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber Sept. 28 during a Russian exercise that brought the Bear near the west coast of Alaska. The Eagle took off as part of North American Aerospace Defense Command's reaction to this training opportunity provided by the Russian 137th Air Army. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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