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CIS Force Not Best Way To Combat Islamic Threat

CIS member-states Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan are creating a joint rapid-reaction force to combat what is perceived as the growing regional threat of Islamic militant groups. But some Russian analysts doubt the new initiative will be any more effective in fighting religious extremism.

Ingouchia 01.06.2001


Future Challenges Demand Penetrating Bomber

If you were a Chinese military planner, what would you fear more in 2015, a fleet of fighters whose forward bases you could hold at risk and aging bombers, nearly 90 percent of which could not penetrate your nation's air space, or double the number of B-2s?

Stealth bomber B-2 15.04.2001


US Military Tries to Plan for Rise of Asia

American defense and intelligence planners, looking 15 to 25 years ahead, see a rapidly growing Asia flexing its economic, military, and diplomatic muscle. Relations between the US and several nations in Asia could become seriously strained.

Aircraft carrier Kuznetsov 14.04.2001







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