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Posted on 07/05/2005 11:49:21 PM PDT by familyop
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Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday checked out a supersonic strategic bomber in Moscow. The bomber was headed for a training mission. (AP)
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"War games seen as 'message'"
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
August 17, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A joint Chinese and Russian military exercise set to begin tomorrow is meant as a political signal to the United States, in addition to helping Moscow showcase its weapons for sale to China, U.S. defense and intelligence officials said yesterday.
"For the Chinese and the Russians, this is a message to the United States," one U.S. official said. "They want to see our bases in Central Asia and presence in Asia cut back."
The fact that the United States was not invited to observe the war games is a sign of the anti-U.S. nature of the exercises, said several officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Defense officials from India, Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia will be present in China to observe the exercises."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Meanwhile, U.S. military and civilian intelligence agencies are stepping up monitoring activities in the western Pacific, defense officials said."
"Some Chinese websites suggest that Moscow sold Beijing SU-27 fighters on the condition that they remain south of the Yangtze River, a sizable distance from the Russian border."
Okay now something happening. The Russian won't want the Chinese near their borders with fighter, Unless the conspiracy goes deeper.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200508\FOR20050818b.html
"Russia Test-Fires ICBM Across Northern Asia"
By Sergei Blagov
CNSNews.com Correspondent
August 18, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Moscow (CNSNews.com) - A Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during an exercise Wednesday, reportedly hitting a target area in the far-eastern Kamchatka peninsula, some 7,000 kilometers to the east.
The RSM-54 Sineva ballistic missile was launched by the Yekaterinburg submarine, during wargames involving the Northern Fleet and the Air Force's long-range division, the fleet headquarters reported.
Another submarine was reportedly on standby in case the first launch failed. During a similar exercise in February 2004, the Novomoskovsk nuclear submarine failed to launch a Sineva.
A second missile was then launched, but it was destroyed in flight after veering off course. That unsuccessful exercise, like this week's one, was observed by President Vladimir Putin.
August is a busy time for the Russian military, with a number of major exercises during the month.
Others include the first joint exercises with China, beginning on Thursday, and joint maneuvers in Uzbekistan with Uzbek armed forces, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said in Moscow."