Russia Says Iran Has No Long-Range Missiles

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Russia Says Iran Has No Long-Range Missiles. AFP, Jan 3, 2012.
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-say ... iles-062648430.html


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(1) Race And Recruiting. Strategy Page, Jan 4, 2012.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20120104.aspx

Mote: Interesting statistics for US military.

(2) Army And ARGUS Together At Last. Strategy Page, Jan 4, 2012.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20120104.aspx

Note:
(a) ARGUS-IS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS
(is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project contracted to BAE Systems; Boeing A160 Hummingbird as a platform)
(ii) Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance-Imaging System  (ARGUS-IS). DARPA, undated.
http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/I2 ... nce-Imaging_System_(ARGUS-IS).aspx
(b) Argus Panoptes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes
(a primordial giant whose epithet "Panoptes", "all-seeing", led to his being described with multiple, often one hundred, eyes)

(3) Su-27 Survives On Upgrades. Strategy Page, Jan 4, 2012.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20120104.aspx
(Su-27SM(3); an improved version of the Su-27 (the Su-30))

(4) Black Cats Get Their B-26. Strategy Page, Jan 1, 2012.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/20120101.aspx

Note:
(a) Chen Pei-huang and Sofia Wu, B-26 bomber shipped from U.S. to Taiwan for museum display. CNA, Jan 4, 2012
(Kangshan Air Force Military History Museum, in former Kaohsiung county, swaps an F-5E and an F-5F for an B-26 with Portland-based Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum; Americans will re-assemble the three planes after shipments)
(b) Douglas A-26 Invader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader
(The Douglas A-26 Invader (B-26 between 1948–1965) was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts)

(5) South Korea Exports Their U-Boats. Strategy Page, Dec 31, 2011.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20111231.aspx
("Indonesia has finally signed up to buy three South Korean Chang Bogo class submarines. These are an improved version of the German Type 209, but built in South Korea under license")

Note:
(a) ROKS Chang Bogo (SS-061)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROKS_Chang_Bogo_(SS-061)
( the first submarine to serve with that navy; ordered in 1976 and commissioned in 1992, built by Germans in Germany)
(b) JANG Bogo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Bogo
(787-846, alternately 841; surname also spelled Chang; a military man)