Entries Tagged as ‘II Cold War’

December 18, 2009

A New World War for a New World Order

The Origins of World War III: Part 3

This article is Part 3 in the Series, “The Origins of World War III.”
Part 1: An Imperial Strategy for a New World Order: The Origins of World War III
Part 2: Colour-Coded Revolutions and the Origins of World War III
by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Published: Dec. 17, 2009 – Global Research
Introduction
In [...]

September 4, 2009

Pentagon Plans For Global Military Supremacy

U.S., NATO Could Deploy Mobile Missiles Launchers To Europe
by Rick Rozoff
Published: Aug. 22, 2009 – Global Research
From August 17-20 the annual U.S. Space and Missile Defense Conference was conducted in Huntsville, Alabama, which hosts the headquarters of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
Among the over 2,000 participants were the Missile Defense Agency’s new director, Army [...]

August 13, 2009

China warns against missile defence systems…

GENEVA — China’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that there was a “looming danger” of an arms race in outer space, as he urged countries not to deploy missile defence systems that could undermine global security.
“The practice of seeking absolute strategic advantage should be abandoned,” Yang Jiechi told the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
“Countries should [...]

August 13, 2009

US Missile Defense System: Most Expensive Fraud of the Century…

The US Missile Defense System, a stumbling block in Russia-American bilateral relations, may prove to be the most expensive fraud of the present century. American physicists claim that the system has not been created as yet. They warned US President Barack Obama about it prior to his visit to Russia.
Several days before his visit to [...]

August 12, 2009

Russia’s ‘Star Wars’ missiles defy US ‘threats’…

Talks of a new spatial Cold War gain momentum over Russia’s preparations to build missiles capable of containing US ‘threats’ from outer space.
Russian air force has announced plans to fully restructure the country’s aerospace defense mechanism in a bid to counter possible strikes on the country.
Head of Russia’s Air Force, General Alexander Zelin, publicized the [...]

July 13, 2009

US destroyer to join maneuvers in Georgia…

As Washington continues to maintain its presence in the Caucasus, the US Navy is to send its USS Stout (DDG-55) into joint maneuvers with the Georgian armada.
According to RIA Novosti, the guided-missile destroyer is to berth at the port of Batumi in southwestern Georgia tomorrow for exercises which test joint cooperation against unpredicted complexities at [...]

July 2, 2009

North Korea test-fires 2 short-range missiles…

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates the already high tensions following Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment.
The missiles were fired from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan on Thursday afternoon, a ministry official said on condition of [...]

June 30, 2009

Russian troops mass in war games near Georgia…

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Monday started its biggest military exercises in the Caucasus since its war with neighbouring Georgia last year, mobilising thousands of troops in a clear warning to its foes.
Georgia swiftly condemned as “dangerous” the week-long exercises, which are taking place just north of where Russia and Georgia fought over the pro-Moscow [...]

June 25, 2009

North Korea vows to enlarge its atomic arsenal…

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea vowed Thursday to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” in the event of a U.S. attack, as the regime marked the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War.
The anniversary came as the U.S. Navy followed a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons [...]

June 13, 2009

S.Korea sends more troops to N.Korea border…

US intelligence officials believe Pyongyang will respond to the UN Security Council resolution with a third atomic test, according to sources quoted by American TV networks.
More Marines were sent last week to two islands along the disputed Yellow Sea border, the scene of bloody naval battles in 1999 and 2002, a Marine Corps source told [...]

June 13, 2009

North Korea says it will ‘weaponize’ its plutonium…

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea vowed Saturday to step up its atomic bomb-making program and threatened war if its ships are stopped as part of new U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing the nation for its latest nuclear test.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry also acknowledged for the first time that the country has a uranium enrichment [...]

June 12, 2009

Putin: Russia will abandon nukes if others do…

The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the country could get rid of its nuclear weapons if other nuclear powers are ready to abandon them too.
“What do we need nuclear arms for?” Putin said during talks with visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
“Was it us that invented and ever used it?” he said in a [...]

June 12, 2009

Russia insists on halt to US missile shield…

Russia says that the US must halt its plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe before the two countries can start a dialogue on missile defense.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko, also insisted that Moscow would not cooperate in the Pentagon’s plans to site an anti-missile radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor [...]

June 12, 2009

North Korea may be preparing another nuclear test…

WASHINGTON — North Korea may be preparing for its third nuclear test, a show of defiance as the United Nations considers new sanctions on the dictatorship for conducting an underground nuclear explosion in May, according to a U.S. government official.
North Korea conducted an underground explosion on May 25, its first since a 2006 atomic test. [...]

June 11, 2009

Russia says North Korea to launch new ballistic missile…

“We have certain information on the type and characteristics of the rocket. However there is no precise information on the timing of its launch,” said a source in Russia’s General Staff. He added that Russia would monitor the launch.
He did not specify if it would be a long or short-range missile. In the past week, [...]

June 10, 2009

North Korea would use nuclear weapons in a ‘merciless offensive’…

North Korea today said it would use nuclear weapons in a “merciless offensive” if provoked — its latest bellicose rhetoric apparently aimed at deterring any international punishment for its recent atomic test blast.
The tensions emanating from Pyongyang are beginning to hit nascent business ties with the South: a Seoul-based fur manufacturer became the first South [...]