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2008-12-17 "If it built even a primitive nuclear weapon like the type that destroyed Hiroshima, Iran would not hesitate to load it on a ship, arm it with a detonator operated by GPS and sail it into a vital port on the east coast of North America."
-- Ehud Barak, Defense Minister of Israel, speaking at a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University
2008-11 General Toshio Tamogami, head of Japan's air force, loses his job after writing an essay seeking to justify Japan?s role in the second world war.
2008-10-22 Russia's Pacific fleet will cut more than 4,500 officer jobs by the end of 2009.
-- According to Anatoly Serdyukov, Defence Minister of Russia
2008-10-14 Under the plan, by 2012:
The number of generals and admirals will fall from 1,107 to 886.
The number of officers will fall by more than half, to 150,000.
The number of military units in the ground forces will be slashed from 1,890 to 172 within three years.
And the four-tier system inherited from the Soviet army -- where the line of command is from a military district, to army, to division to regiment -- will be replaced with a streamlined three-tier system in which brigades will play a central role.
The brigades as interim units between a regiments and divisions, will be largely self-contained, combat-ready forces which are highly mobile and can be deployed quickly in a crisis.
-- According to Anatoly Serdyukov, Defence Minister of Russia, at army reform meeting
2008-10-06 Any intervention by Syrian troops into Lebanon would be unacceptable.
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The recent terrorist attacks that took place in Tripoli and Damascus should not serve as a pretext for further Syrian military engagement."
-- Robert Wood, deputy spokesman of US State Department, told reporters in Washington
2008-10 Russia will create a more modern, mobile army.
-- According to Jane's Strategic Advisory Services (JSAS), in a report
2008-10 "While ostensibly a military success, the August war actually exposed many of the Russian military's deep-seated weaknesses.
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A central problem is that of a Russian political and military leadership commitment to a Cold War scenario.
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Focus remains on a large army able to deploy overwhelming firepower ... There is little demonstrable interest in a smaller, better trained and flexible force.
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Improvements in command, training levels and the employment of flexible, modern weapons systems are required before the Russian military can face any opponents larger or better equipped than the Georgian military."
-- According to Jane's Strategic Advisory Services (JSAS), in a report
2008-10 Europe can defend itself against Russia agression.
2008-10 Europe spends roughly four times more on defense than Russia.
2008-10 Russias's defense spending totals about $70 billion annually

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