Apocalyptic Hope ........ BB page one ....
Bulletin Board Page
3 Three...... global
military build-up;
Military exercises on both
the East and West Coast of the U.S.
Soviet-made
MIG-29 fighters fly over Havana during a military parade. Cuba's
armed forces are gearing up for their biggest military exercises
in almost 20 years, with hundreds of thousands of troops and
millions of civilians expected to take part, officials said.
[AFP/file] 12
- 04
See
below for the merging of our Army, Air Force and Navy into NATO
multinational forces.
"the terrible of the nations"( Ezekiel chs. 28, 30, 31,
32 )
Not only that, please see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/forces.html for the
double-mission of NATO.....
1. military and
2. political force
(allying with all nations in the "war on terrorism"
coalition partners)
"Some
trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the
name of the LORD our God"
"Save, LORD" ....... Psalm 20: 7 + 9
To
keep informed on world events, please see:
Keeping
current: The Final Phase .. http://thefinalphaseforum.invisionzone.com/index.php
JR
Nyquist http://www.jrnyquist.com/
Also
TB2K http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=9
Also
Mutterings
http://mutters.invisionzone.com/index.php?s=d374d4747fa47ac33db145751a8ce3ef&showforum=3
WW
3 ...and .Seven
Thunders includes Cyprus, Greece,
Turkey and Bosnia-Kosovo
Suppose
somebody gave a war, and everybody came.
WAR
with CUBA ? Caribbean
Sea : CUBA and Haiti
Cuba War Exercise: Dec. 13--Dec. 19th 2004
General Leonardo
Andollo told reporters on Sunday that MiG-29 jets, anti-aircraft
batteries were to be deployed during the weeklong exercises meant
to be a warning to Washington that Cuba would vigorously defend
itself against US aggression.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/13/content_399790.htm
Cuba's Largest Military Exercise in 20 years Bastion 2004 -- Dec.
14, 2004
Officials say about
100,000 soldiers, some 400,000 reservists, and
"millions" of civilians will take part
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez was expected to arrive in Havana on a two-day visit
on Monday, reports said - his second visit in just over one
month. There were few details on his itinerary.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4092647.stm
Atlantic
Coast exercises cause fear for Castro
Two U.S. carrier strike groups
(CSGs) sailed in the vicinity of Cuba as part of Summer Pulse 04,
the Navy's first exercise of a new operational construct that
will deploy seven CSGs around the world simultaneously,
a major change from the way carriers have been used in the
past. The goal is to create a more responsive, less
predictable carrier force that can quickly support contingency
operations around the world. A CSG typically consists
of six major vessels and 65 aircraft. Cuba sits just 90
miles from Florida. The Cubans note that the U.S. invasion
of Grenada in 1983, supported by the carrier USS Independence,
took place without warning.
http://www.cdi.org/friendlyversion/printversion.cfm?documentID=2264&from_page=../program/document.cfm
China
and Cuba: Dangerous Liason
It appears that Castro, to
further assure his stay in power, is allying with the Chinese. He
knows from prior experience that the U.S. will look the other way
in order not to upset its trade with China.
(Cosco), has sent "at least three shipments of
weapons" during 2000 "to the Cuban port of
Mariel." Castro, a pathological liar, and China are denying
the arms shipments.
Cuba is listed in the State Department as a state
sponsor of terrorism. It is known that Cuba has
facilities for the production of bacteriological arms,
with ingenious means of deliverance to the U.S.
– some thanks to the Smithsonian Institution’s help
from migratory bird research. Here is fine example of selling
"the rope."
Castro’s Cuba has caused
more trouble for the U.S. than any other country in the Americas.
Never forget that
Castro asked the Soviet Union to nuke the U.S. in
1962.
[Ed. note: This time,
would Castro invoke China which in turn would have North
Korea deploy missiles over the North Pole to
the USA ?? Thought-provoking and very probable ]
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/6/28/211846.shtml
China in Latin America
-- Sept. 17, 2004
including
the Bahamas and the Panama Canal
And it's not just Latin Americans [ Venezuela ] who are feeling China's presence
in their midst - the islands of the Caribbean
are also targeted by Beijing's growing presence and influence ,
O'Grady reveals, citing the deployment to Haiti of
a 130-man Chinese riot-control police unit, scheduled to arrive
in mid-September to join the United Nations stabilization mission
as "A relatively minor but interesting example."
Noting that it is true that while the "U.N. needs
peacekeepers for this thankless job in Haiti, it is at least
mildly ironic that China's police, notorious for their
high-handed and sometimes brutal treatment of Chinese citizens,
are now charged with protecting human life in Haiti."
"In February 1999, [China's defense minister] Chi [Haotian]
visited Havana to finalize an agreement with Cuban counterpart
Raul Castro to operate joint Sino-Cuban signals
intelligence and electronic warfare facilities on the island,
equipped (at China's expense) with the latest
telecommunications hardware and fully integrated into Beijing's
global satellite network.
Venezuela
, Argentina, Brazil
The idea that China offers an alternative to dealing with the
U.S. in both economic and political terms O'Grady suggests is
likely to appeal to the likes of [ Venezuela's ] Hugo Chávez, Brazil's
President Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva and
Argentina's Nestor Kirchner.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/9/11/170621.shtml
Communism in Latin
America
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela; OAS;Lula
da Silva, Brazil, FTAA, Central America, Mexico ( many links)
http://p080.ezboard.com/fthefinalphasefrm18.showMessage?topicID=4044.topic
Castro and Xu Caihou
Castro's War rhetoric as US imposes
sanctions June 30th -- June 21, 2004
You would
never be able to win that war," the Cuban leader
said. "Here you will not find a divided people."
The sanctions are to take effect June 30.
The new rules by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign
Assets Control will severely limit how often Cuban-Americans
can visit family and which relatives they can legally send money
to on the impoverished island.
Cuban-Americans who previously could visit relatives every year
will now be able to travel here once every three years. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&ncid=721&e=8&u=/ap/20040621/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_us_protest
Cuba
and China solidify military ties
Commander-in-Chief Fidel
Castro met with Colonel General Xu Caihou, Head of the General
Political Department of China’s People’s Liberation
Army.
During the meeting both Fidel and Xu agreed that the visit by the
Chinese delegation to the island strengthens bilateral relations
between both nations, governments and armed forces.
Xu Caihou also met with Cuban Armed Forces Minister, Army General
Raul Castro and gave him a friendly message of greetings from
Chinese top authorities.
http://www.radiorebelde.com.cu/noticia/nacional/nacional1b-240404.htm
See
missiles and allies of CHINA ...... note Bahamas, Caribbean,
Mexico, South America
American Atlantic Coast ......10
nation "AURORA"
led by UK ... to
September 2004
UK, France, Germany, Netherlands,
Canada, Peru, Norway, Italy and Denmark and the US.
The largest
commitment of Royal Navy personnel since the liberation of Iraq
12 months ago has been sent west for huge war games in the
Atlantic.
Eighteen warships, led by Fleet flagship HMS Invincible, are
taking part in Exercise Aurora, stretching along the eastern
seaboard of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2004/0405/0004052601.asp
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2004/jimg64-2.htm
UK led exercise with France--Germany--Netherlands--Canada--Peru (
and the US)
"Blinding
Storm" and "Rapid Alliance"
British Ships to our East Coast ( 7 nation-ships in all ) --May 28-2004
About 6,000 Royal Navy and Marine personnel and 18 ships are
converging on Norfolk in preparation for one of the largest joint
exercises since 1996 .
The biggest British ship – the aircraft carrier Invincible ,
with a crew of 1,050 – arrives today . The flotilla is
expected to sail out on Tuesday , and the two-week amphibious
exercise is set to begin June 10 .
Called Exercise
"Blinding Storm” by the United States
– and less grandly, Exercise " Rapid
Alliance” by the U.K. – the training will
involve upward of 30,000 troops from seven nations in exercises
off and on the coast of North Carolina. Dutch
marines and French soldiers will take
part, as well as a Peruvian submarine and
contingents from Germany and Canada.
The Albion is carrying four Challenger II battle tanks – the
British equivalent of the U.S. M1A1 Abrams tank – that will
surge ashore aboard the ship’s new landing craft .
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=70960&ran=38708
US
Carriers Leave our East
Coast at same time British ships arrive
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2004/jimg64-1.htm
US (?)
National Guard on duty in Puerto Rico -- July 22, 2004
SAN JUAN,
Puerto Rico -- Facing a surge in killings and growing pressure
for action, Gov. Sila Calderón has called in the National Guard
to help patrol this U.S. territory
500 troops with M-16s and body
armor are set to join the embattled police forces in San Juan and
three other cities as early as Thursday. [ July 22, 2004]
Plans call for troops from
field artillery, infantry and engineering units to patrol
alongside police in San Juan, the suburbs of Bayamón and
Carolina and the southern city of Ponce, and to help with
security at large public events, she said. The soldiers will not
carry handcuffs or be empowered to make arrests.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/caribbean/sfl-720prguard,0,5017835.story?coll=sfla-news-caribbean
US
Marines leave Haiti -- June 2004
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040623/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/haiti_us_troops&e=5
China to send forces to
Haiti --June 30, 2004
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/05/content_336807.htm
November 2004 -- So.
California Coast ( U.S. and Canadian Sea and Air
Power... foreign forces)
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5, led by
Rear Adm. Christopher C. Ames, is participating in a Joint Task
Force Exercise (JTFEX) off the coast of Southern California,
which runs through Nov. 15.
.... more than 6,000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen
This exercise is strengthening strike group assets at the
individual unit level while helping those units form into a
cohesive team, ready to work together to quickly and effectively
challenge threats to our nation’s security around the
world,” said [Christopher ] Ames. “The expeditionary
strike group concept is still relatively new, yet
it’s becoming increasingly clear this type of multi-functional
organization is an ideal weapon to take to the
fight in the global war on terrorism.”
Participating in JTFEX are USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Duluth
(LPD 6), USS Milius (DDG 69), USCGC Munro (WHEC 724), USS
Pasadena (SSN 752), USS Helena (SSN 725) and USS Thach (FFG 43).
The strike group is training with the Canadian destroyer HMCS
Algonquin (DDG 283), two Canadian frigates, HMCS Winnipeg (FFG
338) and HMCS Regina (FFH 334), and the Canadian replenishment
ship HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509). The Canadian ships are supported
by two detachments of CH-124 Sea King helicopters,
Canadian CF-18s and a Canadian CP-140, a multimission
reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft.
For related news, visit the Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Navy
NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/c3f.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15832
American Pacific Coast
U.S., Israel launch Arrow missile interceptor from Point Magu
Calif.--August 1, 2004
The Defense Ministry announced
that the Arrow successfully intercepted an incoming Scud
missile over the Pacific Ocean, while it was still in flight.
This realistic test of the Arrow ABM system was the first of its
kind, and had been planned for two years
We are in an age of
uncertainty. Countries in the `third circle' [ Iran ] are
continuing their efforts to acquire nonconventional capabilities
along with long-range launch capabilities," he added.
Green Pine and the
seven-meter-long Arrow missiles are designed to track and destroy
incoming threats in under three minutes at altitudes of more than
50 kilometers. Independent experts have estimated the Arrow's
success rate at 95 percent, but some doubt whether it would be
reliable against a salvo of Iran's most advanced missiles, the
Shahab-3.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/458075.html
Off
West Coast : Bonhomme Richard : Harrier aircraft and parachuters
ABOARD THE USS BONHOMME
RICHARD ---- Within minutes of each other, helicopters swooped in
to drop off Marines returning from an inland mission, and a
Harrier jet lifted straight off the deck of this massive warship
and blasted off toward a target somewhere near Yuma [
Arizona ] .
A third one rose straight up
and hovered in the air for a second at the edge of the ship
before it shot off like a rocket to conduct a "deep
strike" some 250 miles away in southern Arizona. The
hover ability is a unique feature of the Harrier, a
plane that commanders said gives the strike group its long-range
punch.
"At any moment there is a hot spot in the world,
this is the unit to which the Navy will turn," he said.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/10/18/military/18_06_1910_17_04.txt
COMPTUEX
.... joining forces under one command
From a naval
perspective, ESG 5 is a “one-stop shop” for the global
war on terrorism. It represents a new and revolutionary concept
for fighting terrorists in the world’s littorals by
harnessing the striking power of 6,000 Sailors, Marines and
Coastguardsmen; seven surface ships; a submarine; more than 30
aircraft; high-speed landing craft; and the fire power of the
15th MEU.
ESG5 is the first
Expeditionary Strike Group to operate with a Coast Guard cutter,
USCGC (WHEC 724) Munro, bringing together all elements
of our nation’s sea services - Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
— into a single fighting unit.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15655
off China
coast
MAP of ASIA .................. Map of China ( access twice)
Confronting
CHINA, Cuba's ally; ....... China's Ally
>> NORTH KOREA
"Presence with a
Purpose"
US
forces officially become
NATO forces ( multi nationa force )
Please Pray for our U.S, forces in the FAR
EAST also.
Chinese
missile threat -- Sept. 13, 2004 --Alexandr Nemets
The journal article did not detail China’s short-range
ballistic missiles (SRBMs) aimed at Taiwan; China’s DF-21
intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) with a range
between 2,000 km and 3,000 km aimed at American bases
in Japan and South Korea; nor China’s cruise
missiles and “094 project” – new-generation
strategic submarines.
Instead, the journal focused on China’s growing long-range
missile capability, notably its DF-5, DF-31 and DF-4 ICBM
brigades under the PLA’s 2nd Artillery (Missile Corps).
These longer-range missiles by themselves are formidable –
and foreboding, as the Taiwanese authors claimed that these
missiles are targeting American territory.
The Dongfeng 5 (DF-5) ICBM is a silo-based long-range
missile. It uses liquid fuel, has a maximum range of 13,000
km and is capable of hitting any
target within the United States. The first generation of
these missiles became operational in 1981, with the Soviet Union
as their primary target.
Chinese strategists believe that in the case of a U.S.
first strike, (a) about 50 percent of Chinese ground-based ICBMs
would survive and could deliver a retaliatory strike, and (b)
about 80 percent of the surviving ICBMs would reach their targets
in the United States. Even assuming a low estimate of 38 Chinese
ICBMs, some of them will be MIRVed – with multiple warheads
targeting different targets on U.S. soil.
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/9/12/233044.shtml
NATO joins "Summer Pulse 04" --June 30, 2004
The United States is planning a massive show of force in the
Pacific Ocean near China, reportedly to warn Beijing against
using force toward Taiwan.
The exercise, codenamed Operation Summer Pulse 04,
is expected to bring seven aircraft carrier strike groups, or
CSGs, to waters a safe distance off the Chinese coastline -- but
within striking distance -- after mid-July, The Straits Times
reported Wednesday.
This will be the first time in U.S. naval history for
seven of the navy's 12 CSGs to be sent to one region.
http://216.26.163.62/2004/eu_greece_06_29.html
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=1902088
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2004/jimg64-1.htm
"as close as lips to teeth" (
North Korea and China)
KOREA ... "Koa and
Shoa" ? ... Ezekiel 23:23 ]
Global Security summary http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/korea-orbat.htm
North
Korean threat http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/korea-crisis.htm
North Korean missiles have US range -- August 4, 2004
BERLIN North Korea is deploying new land- and sea-based
ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads and may have sufficient
range to hit the continental United States,
according to the authoritative Jane's Defense Weekly.
The land-based model has an estimated range of 2,500 to 4,000
kilometers (1,550 to 2,500 miles), Jane's said, bringing into
range all of East Asia, as well as Hawaii and U.S.
military bases on the Pacific islands of Okinawa and Guam.
The sea-launched model could be fired at least 2,500
kilometers from any point in the ocean, said the article,
which was due to appear Wednesday.
It's pretty certain
the North Koreans would not be developing these unless they were
intended for weapons of mass destruction warheads, and
the nuclear warhead is
far and away the most potent of those," he said.
http://www.iht.com/articles/532461.html
US Stealth fighter jets deployed to South Korea -- July
1, 2004
An official with the Ministry
said, "On Wednesday and Thursday, F-117A aircraft will move
to Korea from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico and will engage
in military training in Korea for several months."
the largest number the U.S.
has ever deployed to Korea.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200406/200406290031.html
3 targets : North Korean
missiles aimed at South Korea,
Japan and the
US
see http://p076.ezboard.com/fthedailyfrm1 for more
information ("Mutterings 1", thanks)
Build-up of weaponry
The North is believed to have
600 Scud missiles with ranges of between 300 kilometers and 500
kilometers
(187-312 miles) obvious target South Korea
and 100 Rodong-I missiles with a range of 1,300 kilometers (812
miles). obvious target Japan + islands
US intelligence reports say North Korea has developed ballistic
missiles with a range of up to 4,000 kilometers
(2,500 miles).Obvious target USA ...over the North
Pole
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1530&ncid=731&e=4&u=/afp/20040707/wl_asia_afp/nkorea_military_skorea
Combining our Air
Force with Foreign Forces (
mnf ... NATO jets already patrol US coasts))
German Air Force
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRheft/FRH9612/FR9612d.htm
http://www.alamogordonews.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=281&num=4481
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1996/vo12no13/vo12no13_luftwaffe.htm
Nighthawks
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20040701-137481.shtml
June 30, 2004 China
and North Korea sign military cooperation
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1530&e=18&u=/afp/china_nkorea_border
Alaskan Interceptors -- July 22, 2004
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A ground-based missile interceptor was
installed Thursday in Alaska's Interior — the first
component of a national defense system designed to shoot down
enemy missiles.
Crews at Fort Greely lowered the 55-foot-long, three-stage
interceptor into one of six silos built behind a double perimeter
fence reinforced by heavy barbed wire.
"We're coming to the end of an era where we have not been
able to defend our country against long-range ballistic missile
attacks," said Major Gen. John Holly, who heads the
ground-based missile defense program for the Pentagon's Missile
Defense Agency.
Five additional interceptors will be installed at the 700-acre
complex — another four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California — by the end of the year. Ten more will be
installed at Fort Greely by late 2005, launching the Bush
administration's multibillion dollar system.
the administration is spending
billions of dollars to deploy interceptors without
conducting adequate tests to see if they will even work.
According to Missile Defense
Agency officials, the interceptors will be linked to a vast
network of satellites, radars, computers and command centers.
In an attack, satellites would alert the U.S. Northern Command in
Colorado, triggering a response by interceptors topped with
optical sensors while a complex radar system would track incoming
enemy missiles.
As illustrated by a video simulation produced by the agency, the
interceptor would zero in on the warhead more than 100 miles over
the Pacific Ocean, destroying it at speeds faster than 15,000
mph. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&u=/ap/20040723/ap_on_re_us/missile_defense_alaska_2&printer=1
10
interceptors
The
US expects to be totally protected from a North Korean
missile attack by the end of 2004, but failures in
two tests could mean “big problems” for the
controversial programme.
Air Force Lieutenant General Ron Kadish, director of the Missile
Defence Agency, said a decision on when to put the first missile
interceptors on alert has not been made, but that plans call for
several to be ready to fire by September.
http://breaking.tcm.ie/2004/04/27/story144806.html
More info at http://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/Castro!Cuba.shtml
SPRATLY Islands, South
China Sea
China and the Philippines and OIL -- September 3, 2004
Manila was also keen to
underscore the point that it had not given up its territorial
rights to a portion of the Spratlys, which are contested in part
or full by Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam,
as well as China. Vietnam calls the islands Truong Sa, and in
China they are known as the Nanshas.
Expected to be the world's No 2 oil importer this
year, China is struggling to cool an overheating
manufacturing base that consumed 6 million barrels of oil a day
in 2003, a rise of 11.5%, according to research by British oil
company BP.
There are also 1,000 new motor vehicles entering the congested
streets each day in Beijing alone, draining refined petroleum
supplies. The government is wary of responding too harshly to the
consumption boom, because it is the engine of the economic-growth
miracle.
http://atimes.com/atimes/China/FI04Ad04.html
Meanwhile in the EAST
China Sea, China and Japan struggle over GAS exploration
http://atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FG27Dh03.html
Japan, U.S., and Allies
Start Naval Security Exercise --Oct. 25, 2004
ABOARD JAPAN COAST GUARD VESSEL IZU (Reuters) - Ships from Japan,
the United States, Australia and France steamed out to sea under
cloudy skies on Tuesday for Asia's first naval exercise to clamp
down on weapons of mass destruction, a drill that communist North
Korea has called hostile and provocative.
The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) drill in waters off
Tokyo is the 12th of its kind in the U.S.-led initiative but the
first to be held in the backyard of North Korea, a clear focus of
the exercise.
Another 18 countries, including Britain, Canada, Italy, Spain and
Russia, are attending as observers.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041026/wl_nm/security_japan_proliferation_dc
JAPAN seeks countermeasures
against North Korean threat
The Review analyzed that,
“North Korea is maintaining and strengthening its so-called
‘unbalanced military strength’ of massive killing
weapons, ballistic missiles, and large-scale special squad unit
(that Japan does not possess),” and added, “The
military strength of North Korea is an ‘important anxiety
factor’ in East Asia and has become a threat to Japan.”
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=060000&biid=2004070749598
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/07/2003178020
US forces at Okinawa, Misawa
Now the number is only 40,000
as the Self-Defence Forces have taken on greater responsibility
for the nation's defence.
According to the report, the US military presence in Japan since
the end of the Cold War has concentrated on strengthening defence
against possible threats from China or North Korea,
http://e.sinchew-i.com/content.phtml?sec=4&artid=200407070001
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200407/200407070039.html
CHINA gears for war with
the US in the Taiwan Straights - July
11, 2004
Sukhoi SU 27 fighter jets
The 18,000-man
landing on the beaches of Dongshan Island is to involve
amphibious assault craft, Russian-built fighter jets and
submarines operating in the Taiwan Strait to ward off
a simulated counter-attack by the U.S. Seventh Fleet,
according to press reports in China.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39377
NORAD
Targeting USA with nukes -- August 12, 2004
If a 10-kiloton
nuclear weapon, a midget even smaller than the one that destroyed
Hiroshima, exploded in New York's Times Square, the fireball
would vaporize or destroy the theater district, Madison
Square Garden, the Empire State Building, Grand Central Terminal
and Carnegie Hall (along with me and my building).
The blast would partly destroy a much larger area, including the
United Nations. On a weekday some 500,000 people
would be killed.
"We're racing toward unprecedented catastrophe," [
William] Perry warns [ former Sec. of Defense ]
The upshot is that the risk that a nuclear explosion will
devastate an American city is greater now than it was
during the cold war, and it's growing.
http://www.iht.com/articles/533532.html
Eberhart
( NORAD ) : attack is coming-- Aug. 26, 2004
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - It is "only a
matter of time" before militants try to launch a
seaborne attack on the United States, but threats of terrorism
are greater abroad because they are avoiding
hardened U.S. targets, a senior U.S. military official said on
Wednesday.
Eberhart, who is also head of the U.S.-Canadian North American
Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said the danger of a seaborne
attack was one reason why he advocated a modification of NORAD's
bi-national mission
to include the seas as well as the skies.
Asked what countries currently posed the greatest threat to the
United States, Eberhart only mentioned North Korea. http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004082522300002101836&dt=20040825223000&w=RTR&coview=
For
more on NORAD, please see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/forces2.html
US vulnerable to an EMP
attack affecting infrastructure...grids etc.--- July
28, 2004
The US armed forces
infrastructure, and American society at large, remain vulnerable
to a debilitating attack by an electromagnetic pulse
(EMP) generated by a high-altitude nuclear blast,
a senior-level, congressionally appointed panel has warned.
An EMP strike would also be
likely to knock out non-hardened satellites in low-Earth orbit
"within days or weeks", he said, noting that commercial
satellites are especially vulnerable. Interest in a big
penetrating bomb is growing in some US defence circles, including
the Defense Science Board (DSB), the senior policy advisory panel
to the Secretary of Defense. It recommended in its February 2004
report on 'Future Strategic Strike Forces' that the Department of
Defense "immediately undertake" a demonstration of a
"bomber-delivered massive penetrator" weapon as part of
a family of ultra-large bombs that would "improve
conventional attack effectiveness against deep, expansive,
underground tunnel facilities".
http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jdw/jdw040726_1_n.shtml
TAIWAN meeting held in
Hawaii
This US visit by Taiwan
reportedly spelled two breakthroughs in history.
First, the US Pacific Command for the first time
opened to non-military officers from Taiwan;
secondly, Wang Jin-pyng held 45-minute talks on June 21 in
Washington with US Deputy Defense Secretary
Paul Wolfowitz, the highest-ranking US official ever met
by the Taiwan "legislators".
The high-class reception and quite a number of activities
arranged by the US side are rarely seen in the history of
contacts between Taiwan and the United States after 1979
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200406/29/eng20040629_147928.html
TAIWAN Urged to buy Arms
from US
China has more than 500
missiles targeting Taiwan
But facing large-scale arms expansions by China in recent years,
Taiwan needs to strengthen its anti-submarine and anti-missile
capabilities so as to construct a more complete arms network.
The arms that the US government has agreed to sell to Taiwan will
supplement the gaps in the existing network.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2004/06/27/2003176739
TAIWAN's President :President Chen Shui-bian
HAWAII and
GUAM targeted by North Korean missiles -- July 7, 2004
SEOUL July 7 - Communist North Korea has been building and
deploying intermediate range ballistic missiles capable of
reaching U.S. military targets in Hawaii and Guam,
South Korean newspapers reported on Wednesday
The reports said
Cho's remarks to the parliamentary committee did not give
specific numbers for intermediate missiles in a North Korean
arsenal that also includes about 500 short-range Scud missiles
and the Rodong-1 missile, capable of hitting Japan.
The United States has 37,500 troops based in South
Korea to augment the South's 650,0000-strong
military, which faces off against North Korea's 1.1 million armed
forces.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2004&dt=0708&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=World&pg=wo_08.htm
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/07/08/200407080006.asp
OKINAWA
threatened too by North Korea
The new intermediate missiles
can reach Hawaii and Guam, a U.S strategic stronghold, as well as
Okinawa
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200407/200407070039.html
EUROPEAN - Mediterranean
MEDSHARK - "Majestic Eagle 04" ...
MS / ME04
Combining US Navy
with NATO multinational force ... Contingent of Summer Pulse 04
July ... Morocco Naval exercises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Naval
and air force units from 10 countries will take part in a major U.S.-led
NATO military exercise off Morocco in July, the Pentagon
said on Thursday.
Morocco will host the July 11-16 NATO exercise, code named "Medshark-Majestic
Eagle 04," which will include about 20,000
troops, more than 20 warships and submarines and large numbers of
aircraft.
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain,
Turkey and Britain ( + US and Morocco) will also participate, the Defense Department said.
Of the countries participating, only Morocco is not a member of
the Atlantic alliance. But the north African nation has cooperated
closely with western countries in the global war
on terrorism declared by Washington after the
September 2001 attacks on America.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5569817
MEDSHARK
"Morocco will be host for the exercise, but Spain will
provide a base in the Canary Islands and Morón Air Base in
southern Spain near Seville
Greek military officials will
serve as observers."
Medshark/Majestic Eagle is the final piece of the
Navy’s Summer Pulse ’04 exercise.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=23119
MEDSHARK
The U.S.–led exercise aims to enhance interoperability
between all 10 nations’ complex naval and air operations,
while fostering stronger military-to-military relationships for
the future.
“MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle ’04” (MS/ME04), will use
a NATO command-and-control structure under the direction of
Striking and Support Forces NATO located in Naples, Italy, and
approximately 20,000 personnel operating aboard more than 20
ships and submarines and numerous aircraft. MS/ME04 is the
culmination of the U.S. Navy's Summer Pulse ’04, which has
seven carriers operating in five theaters to demonstrate the
Fleet Response Plan (FRP). FRP is a Navy transformational
construct which ensures U.S. leadership
can call on up to eight carriers for tasking in a national
emergency.
The Norfolk-based carriers USS Harry S. Truman
(CVN 75) and USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
“pulsed” to play a part in MS/ME04.
Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven
aircraft strike groups, demonstrating the ability of the Navy to
provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with
other U.S., allied and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is
the Navy’s first deployment under its new Fleet Response
Plan
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=14048
Strike groups operating off
Europe are the USS John F. Kennedy
Deploying East Coast carrier
groups to Europe is “not normal, but not
unheard of,” McCullough said, because of U.S. participation
in NATO exercises.
Enterprise’s strike group
recently joined the British-run Joint Maritime Course exercise
off Scotland, a 10-nation, 50-ship exercise that ran June
21 until Thursday. [ July 1 ]
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=23118
US Army
combined with NATO-Alliance in IRAQ ( mnf )
http://www.voanews.com/Editorials/article.cfm?objectID=C4A3F2CE-E5C4-44F0-ABFDB999DEC59274
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/07/f34a5909-9477-4420-9e73-601bb8e78cb7.html
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2648909
American soldiers in IRAQ www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/bibi2.html
RUSSIA
Russia's
lurch backward ... Russia returns to totalitarianism --Sept. 15, 2004
http://www.iht.com/articles/538764.html
WOT War on Terrorism :
Russia
to have "pre-emptive" strike on terror bases worldwide --Sept. 8, 2004
"With regard to
preventive strikes on terrorist bases, we will take any action to
eliminate terrorist bases in any region of the world. But this
does not mean we will carry out nuclear strikes," General Yuri
Baluyevsky said Wednesday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040908/ts_afp/russia_attacks_military ( JK )
Russia to boost defense orders by 40 % -- August 12, 2004
Putin has placed his close
ally, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, in
charge of army reforms and has since promoted
him to head the massive military infrastructure, [ gog ?? ] demoting the status of the general chiefs
of staff.
Ivanov, who once served in the KGB, became Russia's first
civilian defense minister in 2001, but has struggled against
entrenched and powerful generals in his bid to introduce reforms.
Ivanov reported Thursday that
the Russian armed forces would take on 50,000
professional soldiers and officers next year.
http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040812153206.3qpn01w6.html (
g.d.y. )
RUSSIA vs. Georgia --July 2004
"He emphasized
that everybody entering Georgia with a weapon on him would be
terminated. "
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=4574096&startrow=1&date=2004-07-10&do_alert=0
http://p076.ezboard.com/fthedailyfrm1.showMessage?topicID=19381.topic
South Ossetia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3797729.stm
"Cooperative Partner 2004"
( CP 04 ) ... Black Sea Naval exercises ( 11 nations)
NATO and Partners :
Bulgaria, France, Italy, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Ukraine,
Mauritania, Morocco
Joint Force Command headquartered in Naples, Italy
www.epicos.com/News/NewsItem.asp?IdArticle=15111#
www.afsouth.nato.int ....
Black Sea Exercise
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/06/mil-040618-nato01.htm
Blackseafor
exercise
The Black Sea littoral states plan to hold the manoeuvres in the
water area of the Poti (Georgia) and Varna (Bulgaria) ports this
summer. Commanders-in-Chief of the Navies of the Black Sea Naval
Cooperation Task Group (Blackseafor) have discussed in Tbilisi,
Georgia the program of joint naval exercises. Fleets of the
Blackseafor countries will drill interaction at joint
humanitarian and rescue operations. NATO commanders will
familiarize Blackseafor officials with the NATO operation against
international terrorism carried out by the Alliance in the Black
Sea area. The Blacseafor group for naval cooperation will hold
its fourth manoeuvres under the command of a representative of
the Georgian Navy this summer. The first stage will begin in
Poti, Georgia, on August 3, 2004. Later the ships will call at
ports of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Bulgaria. The first stage
will finish in Romania on September 14. The second stage of the
manoeuvres is scheduled for April 2005.
http://www.bseanetwork.org/newsletter41.html
US-Russia-UK
.... joint Naval exercises July 2, 2004
Before arriving at Vladivostok,
the US ships took part on July 2 in one-day Russian-British-American
naval manoeuvres.
The joint exercise - the first in the history of the
three navies - took place in Pyotr Veliky Bay
outside Vladivostok.
South
America : Brazil, Argentina, Chile ... Operation " Gringo-
Gaucho"
USS Ronald Reagan .... 80 aircraft
http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=3794
Alaska
: "Northern Edge 04"
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13742
Terrorists:
cyanide in ventilation systems (super-stores ? ) and subways- July 3. 2004
http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=153755
Dutch FM Bot
says Galileo rather than fence. "dweling without walls"--July 14, 2004
Israel to part-take of Galileo surveillance
But he ruled out any obstacle to Israel signing an
agreement on Tuesday on taking part in Galileo, the new
multi-billion dollar satellite navigation system being developed
by the EU.
"I think we have to draw a distinction between ... the
security barrier and Galileo," Bot said. "Signature was
planned a long time ago and therefore I think it would be
difficult to cancel the signature."
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/450556.html
Galileo and GPS to work together --- June 23, 2004
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/22/galileo_accord/
http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=16704
Galileo and
Beidou cooperate
CENC - China-Europe global navigational satellite system centre
http://www.esa.int/export/esaNA/SEM5180P4HD_index_0.html
bbc
NATO = Multi National Force...... Global Force
Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer says :
"We should not accept fundamentalism under any religious
banner"
Direct link to RealAudio:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/agenda.ram
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/the_interview.shtml ( thanks Chris H )
Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer head of NATO- Alliance since January 1, 2004
He added: "These
are challenging times for NATO, which is busier than ever, and
has also embarked on a radical transformation to adapt to the
new security environment".
Mr de Hoop Scheffer is also this year’s Chairman-in-Office
of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation
in Europe (OSCE).
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=12776
Mexico
seeks changes in immigration -- Nov. 6, 2004
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=100751
Bulletin
Board page 4 Four www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/bibi4.html
Salvation
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm
Bible www.blueletterbible.org