by Justin Vela, SOFIA, Bulgaria (Aug. 6) -- What if you had a missile system and nowhere to put part of it? That seems to be Washington's dilemma as it shops around for a site for a system meant to protect its forces and allies in Europe and the Mideast f
9.3..2012 Nemokrati: "Den svenska regeringen samarbetar direkt med Saudiarabiens regering och försvarsministerium MODA. Detta handlar... om en EU-anpassad utrikespolitik, som integrerar EU:s och NATO:s utvidgning och som Carl Bildt och Moderaterna ända sedan överenskommelsen om den fattades tillsammans med övriga europeiska högerpartier 1982 i EDU velat hålla hemlig för svenska befolkningen, media och väljarna. (Allt om den kan man läsa i Sven Ove Hanssons bok Till höger om neutraliteten. Bakom fasaden hos näringslivet och moderaterna. 1985. Stockholm: Tiden.) Carl Bildts farliga utrikespolitik som riskerar både världsfreden och Sveriges säkerhet har också inbegripit att initiera det “östliga partnerskapet”, ett “svenskt-polskt initiativ“, vilket fullbordar USA:s robotsköld runt det eurasiska fastlandet och fått Putin att gå i taket ...
The Local (Germany's news in English) AFP/DPA/The Local/jcw 21.5.2012: "NATO leaders on Sunday gave the go-ahead for the new European missile shield, provoking anger in Russia. The US air base in Ramstein, western Germany, will host part of the system."
Sardegna tre poligoni militari il terzo, il più esteso, quello sperimentale interforze del Salto di Quirra. Dove, nel sud ovest dell’isola, gli eserciti stranieri e le multinazionali testano armi innovative: quella stessa base nota per l’inchiesta giudiziaria e per il tasso sospetto di morti di tumore e leucemie.
Sixty percent of the arms sales abroad so far this fiscal year resulted from a $30 billion weapons contract with Saudi Arabia signed last December for 84 F-15 fighter jets and assorted weaponry. Which is part of a $67 billion deal struck with the Saudis in 2010 for the multirole warplanes, 2,000-pound bunker-busting bombs, 72 Black Hawk and 70 Apache Longbow attack helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-2 and other missiles, and warships. The largest bilateral arms transaction in history. And that in turn is part of an $123 billion arms package with Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates announced in the same year. The “Iranian threat” may be the most lucrative public relations scheme ever devised.
NYT 8.8.2012: "The United States and its Arab allies are knitting together a regional missile defense system across the Persian Gulf to protect cities, oil refineries, pipelines and military bases from an Iranian attack, according to government officials and public documents. "