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Deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere

According to sources, a Russian navy squadron set off for Venezuela today in a deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere unprecedented since the Cold War, in a bid by Russia to boost military links in Latin America. The Russians will conduct joint maneuvers with the Venezuelan navy.
Translation: to poke a [...]

Putin, Putin, Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin knows that the missile defense program proposed by the United States is no threat to him or his country. So why is he making such a big deal? Putin says that there is no proof that Tehran is trying to build a nuclear-weapons program and Condi Rice accused Iran [...]

Russia Explodes Worlds Biggest Non-Nuclear Device

Count this up as another shot across the bow of the Bush administrations attempts to build a missile defense system. Russia has responded to the U.S. MOAB (often called the “Mother of all Bombs”) by creating what they label the FOAB, or “Father of all Bombs”.
Isn’t it great when bomb makers show us their witty [...]

Russia Says It Will Expel Four Brit Diplomats

MOSCOW - Russia said Thursday it will expel four British diplomats and suspend counterterrorism cooperation with London, the latest move in a mounting confrontation over the radiation poisoning death of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko.
Britain had announced Monday the expulsion of four Russian diplomats and restrictions on visas issued to Russian government officials after Moscow [...]

Russia Has a Successful Missile Test

Russia had its first successful submarine missile test launch after several past failures. Russians are touting the missile as having a capability of traveling 6,200 miles and holding an additional six individually targeted nuclear warheads.
MOSCOW - Russia said a new sea-based ballistic missile made its first successful test flight Thursday after several [...]