Russia offers fifth-generation fighters for much less than cost of F-22
Officials said Russia would offer fifth generation fighters for one-third of the cost of comparable Western aircraft. They said Russia was developing fighters that would be superior to current European and U.S. aircraft.
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| Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walks away after inspecting a new Russian fighter jet after its test flight in Zhukovksy, outside Moscow, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The new jet, Sukhoi T-50, is Russia's response to the latest U.S. F-22 Raptor fighters. AP/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool |
"It will be a machine superior to our main competitor, the F-22, in maneuverability, armament and range," Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
On June 17, Putin toured a Russian aerospace facility that was developing and testing a fighter-jet prototype, designed to have a shelf life of up to 35 years. Officials said the unnamed aircraft completed 16 flight tests in a program costing a reported $1 billion.
Putin said the fighter-jet program would require another $1 billion investment. He said engineers were developing the engine, avionics and weapons for the aircraft.
Russia's Sukhoi has been working on a fifth-generation aircraft called Paka Fa. The prototype of the aircraft, called T-50, was designed to surpass the performance of the U.S.-origin F-22.
"The requirements we are setting on this plane are well above those for the U.S. fifth-generation aircraft," Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said.
Officials said the program, begun in 1999, was meant to produce a stealth fighter with a range of up to 5,500 kilometers. They said Pak Fa, armed with advanced air-to-air, air-to-ground and air-to-sea missiles, would begin service in the Air Force in 2015.
"At the first stage, there will be dozens of planes, more than 50," Popovkin said.
NYT: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan is exploiting the troubled United States military effort in Afghanistan to drive home a political settlement with Afghanistan that would give Pakistan important influence there but is likely to undermine United States interests, Pakistani and American officials said.The dismissal of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal will almost certainly embolden the Pakistanis in their plan as they detect increasing American uncertainty, Pakistani officials said. The Pakistani Army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, preferred General McChrystal to his successor, Gen. David H. Petraeus, whom he considers more of a politician than a military strategist, said people who had spoken recently with General Kayani.
Pakistan is presenting itself as the new viable partner for Afghanistan to President Hamid Karzai, who has soured on the Americans. Pakistani officials say they can deliver the network of Sirajuddin Haqqani, an ally of Al Qaeda who runs a major part of the insurgency in Afghanistan, into a power-sharing arrangement.
In addition, Afghan officials say, the Pakistanis are pushing various other proxies, with General Kayani personally offering to broker a deal with the Taliban leadership.
Washington has watched with some nervousness as General Kayani and Pakistan's spy chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, shuttle between Islamabad and Kabul, telling Mr. Karzai that they agree with his assessment that the United States cannot win in Afghanistan, and that a postwar Afghanistan should incorporate the Haqqani network, a longtime Pakistani asset. In a sign of the shift in momentum, the two Pakistani officials were next scheduled to visit Kabul on Monday, according to Afghan TV.
Despite General McChrystal's 11 visits to General Kayani in Islamabad in the past year, the Pakistanis have not been altogether forthcoming on details of the conversations in the last two months, making the Pakistani moves even more worrisome for the United States, said an American official involved in the administration's Afghanistan and Pakistan deliberations.
"They know this creates a bigger breach between us and Karzai," the American official said.
Three American troops were reported killed and the bodies of 11 men, some beheaded, were found Friday in rising violence across Afghanistan.Mohammad Khan, deputy police chief in Uruzgan province, said a villager in the Bagh Char area of Khas Uruzgan district spotted the bodies in a field and called police."They were killed because the Taliban said they were spying for the government, working for the government," he said.
No doubt this was the militant faction of the otherwise moderate wing of the military arm of the Taliban, hmmm?
The theory of PAYING ATTENTION only to the optimistic evidence when negotiating peace would sense that if they could only talk to the political arm of the political Taliban, all would be well.
A massive, unmissable presence of men and arms by the USA might counteract the moral sureness of beheadings in the way of Allah. Seeing and hearing B-1's thundering past in the sky might give pause. Smelling the putrefying bodies of America's enemies, the enemies of the PEOPLE of America, might establish the kind of credibility that brings in intelligence to keep your village from becoming the mud powder which is the by product of JDAMS.
But helping persuade opium farmers they are better off raising bulghur wheat while the Taliban sharpen their ginstu's in the next village untrammeled by western conscience, as they prepare to fight, kill and die in the way of Allah IS A LOSING MESSAGE.
We are not trying to out negotiate the United Mine Wokers Union.
Why is this not clear?
It seems fitting that the Muslims would kick off their Jewish genocidal campaign in Austria, land of Hitler's youth and rise power.
Hurry Up Harry caught the whole goosestepping, blood lusty march by the Muslims calling for the annihilation of the Jews and exalting the anti-Christ himself, Hitler. Good luck with Europe. Good luck with a Jew-less continent overrun with warlike Muslims.
I wonder how torsion is in the new Europe..............
Jew Hate March in Vienna
If neo-Nazis would march in Vienna with a poster proclaiming “Hitler wake up”, the left-liberal Viennese weekly Falter would not describe this as “strange demand”, but ask why the police allowed this slogan (a criminal offence in Austria) to be shown unhindered in public. But when it reported a demonstration organized by anti-imperialist “activists” on June 1st, they found the demand “Hitler wake up” only “strange”.
The big pro-Hamas demonstration in Vienna on June 4th was different from demonstrations in other European cities. One of its main speakers was Omar al Rawi, a Social Democratic (SPÖ) member of Vienna’s local parliament (Wiener Landtag), who is also “Integrationsbeauftragter” (officially responsible for the integration of foreigners) belonging to the Muslim religious community of Austria. Omar al Rawi, who is associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, spoke in front of about 10,000 demonstrators shouting “Israel – murderers” who waived “Israel – child killer” banners.
Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran.
To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defences will return to full alert.
“The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way,” said a US defence source in the area. “They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren’t scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the [US] State Department.”
(Daily Mail) KFC has been forced to ditch their halal-only menus at some of its stores after disappointing sales.
The fast food chain began trials last year, saying it was responding to huge demand from Britain's growing Muslim population.
But thousands of regular customers complained, including Alan Phillips, who was furious when the Burton-on-Trent branch refused to serve him his favourite Big Daddy chicken burger with bacon and cheese topping.
He was told it was forbidden to keep bacon on the same premises as halal meat and he would have to travel five miles to the nearest non-halal restaurant.
Now KFC has admitted five of its outlets - including Burton - are reverting to standard menus following poor sales.
Another that will drop the trial halal menu is the Colne takeaway in Burnley, Lancashire, where thousands of people joined a Facebook group called No Halal at Colne KFC.
Takeaways at: Accrington, Lancashire, Old Kent Road, London, and Hyde Road, Manchester, as well as Burton and Colne, will revert to full menus on 19 July.
A spokesperson for KFC blamed low demand. He said: 'We introduced our trial in areas where we expected a large demand for halal restaurants, and as with any trial, we continually evaluate results, and adapt as necessary. [...]
All pork products are forbidden by Muslim law, so participating outlets have to take them off the menu.
In March, Mr Phillips, who was refused a Big Daddy Burger in Burton, said the policy was 'extremely unfair' on non-Muslim customers.
He said: 'It was like they were saying I couldn't buy bacon because it might offend people.
'I have many friends who are black, white and Muslim but they wouldn't be forced to eat non-halal meat.
'I have no problem with them selling halal meat, but I would like the choice.'
In her letter to Napolitano, Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., called on Homeland Security to find out and report more on the extent of the problem. She cited several troubling developments that would point to Hezbollah creeping closer to and inside the United States, with the help of Mexican drug gangs.
“It is vital we know what is happening on our border, especially as crime and violence continue to rise there and as terrorist plots and threats are increasing inside the U.S.,” she wrote.
Myrick outlined a complex set of potential threats and evidence of their existence. She said “Iranian agents and members of Hezbollah” are thought to be learning Spanish in Hugo Chavez-run Venezuela before trying to obtain false documents to enter the United States as purported Mexicans. She said Hezbollah, known for its tunnel-digging skill, could be receiving drug money from cartel operations in exchange for help forging better tunnels across the U.S. border for trafficking.
She said gang members in prisons in the American southwest are starting to show up with tattoos in Farsi, implying a “Persian influence that can likely be traced back to Iran and its proxy army, Hezbollah.”
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(BBC)- US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told the BBC that the world “cannot depend as much on the US as it did in the past”.
He said that other major economies would have to grow more for the global economy to prosper.
He also played down any differences in policy between the US and Europe regarding deficit reduction.
Mr Geithner was speaking in Washington ahead of G8 and G20 meetings this weekend in Toronto.
The Group of Eight and Group of 20 rich and developing nations are assembling on Friday for three days of talks on emerging from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
During World War II, when France was occupied by the Nazis, Parisians found ways to resist. Today France is again undergoing a foreign occupation, and Parisians are forming strategies of resistance.
The occupation today is from Muslim immigrants, who are aggressively foisting their culture and customs onto an unwilling host. The central battle is around a working class neighborhood called "La Goutte d'Or," translated as "the drop of gold." The term was originally in reference to a white wine from ancient vineyards.
Today La Goutte d'Or is largely occupied by Muslim immigrants of African and Arabic origins. Many of these immigrants are illegal. Most are not loyal to France and are hostile to its language, culture and customs. Every Friday in the Goutte d'Or, thousands of Muslims illegally fill the streets to pray (see photo), blocking traffic and commerce. Shopkeepers are unable to open their stores and conduct business. This activity is not just about praying. It is cultural aggression, an assertion of Islamic superiority over the streets and neighborhoods of France.
Many French are alarmed and believe that the "Islamization" of France is well underway. One of the ways they are fighting back is to stage large block parties in Paris on Fridays, where "salami and booze" are served and consumed. Both foods are traditional to France but forbidden and repulsive to Muslims.
Does this annoy and irritate the Muslim interlopers? Too bad. If the Muslims of Paris want to get "in your face" about their religion, the Parisians will get right back in the faces of the Muslims with the preservation of their own cuisine, culture and customs. It's a way of saying, "We French are here to stay and will not be displaced."
All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
OBSESSION
UNDERCOVER MOSQUE
GERT WILDER'S
Original Artwork By Bosch Fawstin
CULTURISM
by John Kenneth Press
