Auch die Bundesregierung rüstet auf. Abwehrzentrum tatsächlich in der Lage ist Angriffe aus dem Netz abzuwehren wird die Zeit zeigen. Die Federführung für das Abwehrzentrum übernimmt jedenfalls das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI
Friday, Dec. 3, 2010India's first ballistic-missile submarine is slated to be ready for use by 2012, a development that would enable New Delhi for the first time to field land-, air- and sea-based nuclear weapons, Indian navy head Adm. Nirmal Verma said y
An article from El Pais 15 May, 2011, by Torreblanca. This is a usual diatribe of the mainstream. No original ideas, no authentic federalism. The author would like to see the EU as a strong military bloc. No mention of WMD (probably the author would suppo
"... 15 August 1971. It was from this date that the US gave unlimited rights to the currency speculators after it reneged on the Articles of Agreement of the IMF that had placed the convertibility of the dollar on par with US$35 for one ounce of gold. Thi
"The struggle between the military/security complex and the financial sector comes down to a struggle over patronage." "Will Americans be so afraid of terrorists that they will give up their entitlements? Will false flag terrorist events be perpetrated i
Abu Muqawama aka Anrew Exum: "The single most important issue for me, which I was screaming about several days ago when the defenses of Tripoli began to collapse, concerns the status of Libyan munitions -- especially Libya's anti-aircraft weaponry. I hope
August 2008 The US and Poland have signed a deal to locate part of the US's controversial missile defence system on Polish soil. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travelled to Warsaw for the ceremony, after 18 months of negotiations. The agreement w
Dana Priest & William Arkin: "The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how
Samir Amin in Pambazuka's 2011-09-07, Issue 546: "Nobody knows who the members of the National Transition Council in Benghazi really are. There may be democrats among them, but there are certainly Islamists, some among the worst of the breed, as well as r
Samassa tilanteessa on Suomi. Vaikka Suomessa ei ole sotalaivateollisuutta, Kreikan uuden tukipaketin myötä suomalaiset osallistuisivat hankintaan laskennallisesti jopa 24 miljoonalla eurolla. Der Spiegel kertoo erikoisesta tilanteesta, joka voi hyvinkin olla valtiovarainministeri Wolfgang Schäublen eilisen Kreikka-toppuuttelun taustalla. Kreikan puolustusvoimat on nimittäin tilaamassa kahdesta neljään raskasta sota-alusta Ranskalta. Tilauksen arvo on vähintään 600 miljoonaa euroa, ja se pitää sisällään mahdollisuuden palauttaa tuote, jos siltä tuntuu. Saksalainen telakka- ja varustamoyhtiö ThyssenKrupp on julkisuudessa hiljaa, mutta Spiegelin tietojen mukaan se käy armotonta lobbaussotaa ranskalaisia kilpailijoitaan vastaan. Kiista on jo saanut poliittisen luonteen, jonka pelätään uhkaavan ensi viikonlopun eurosopua. Eritoten saksalaisyhtiötä kismittää Ranskan tarjoama viiden vuoden maksuaika ja sen jälkeen voimaan astuva optio palauttaa laivat Ranskan merivoimille. Thyssen näkee tässä ranskalaisten juonen tukea omaa telakkateollisuuttaan saksalaisten kustannuksella. Suomi rahoittaisi ostosta laskennallisesti noin 6 miljoonalla eurolla per sotalaiva.
07/05/2010 France and Germany, while publicly urging Greece to make harsh public spending cuts, bullied its government to confirm billions of euros in arms deals, a leading Euro-MP alleged Friday. Franco-German lawmaker Daniel Cohn-Bendit said that Paris and Berlin are seeking to force Prime Minister George Papandreou to spend Greece's scarce cash on submarines, a fleet of warships, helicopters and war planes. "Mr Fillon and Mr Sarkozy told Mr Papandreou: 'We're going to raise the money to help you, but you are going to have to continue to pay the arms contracts that we have with you'," Cohn-Bendit said. "In the past three months we have forced Greece to confirm several billion dollars in arms contracts. French frigates that the Greeks will have to buy for 2.5 billion euros. Helicopters, planes, German submarines."
R. Skenderović. Scrinia Slavonica : Godišnjak Podružnice za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i Baranje Hrvatskog instituta za povijest, 5 (1):
115--143(September 2005)