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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."