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KALIBRating the foe: strategic implications of the Russian cruise missiles’ launch

13/10/2015 by Vladimir KOZIN / 57 comments

Diplomacy, with all the conventions of its forms, recognizes only real facts. Charles de Gaulle Last week the biggest event that took place in Syria as part of Operation Hmeymim was the use by the Russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla of 26 seaborne land-attack cruise missiles (LACMs) that hit 11 […]

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Syria and the Great Middle East Game

11/10/2015 by Gulam ASGAR MITHA / 6 comments

It’s over! The great game to the warm waters of the Indian Ocean has been won economically by China which has gained access through Pakistan after it was lost through military adventures of Great Britain, Soviet Union and the United States. Now the great Middle East game has started with […]

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Russian Operation Hmeymim in Syria: Fuzes Activated

06/10/2015 by Vladimir KOZIN / 19 comments

For almost a week Russian military jets are carrying out effective surgical strikes on the military targets of terrorist groups Daesh (Arabic acronym for IS), the Islamic Front, Jaish al-Fatah, Jaish al-Haramoun, and other Al-Qaeda-like conglomerates in Syria. Over the past days, Russian warplanes have flown more than 100 air […]

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