World Millitary Power

Rusia telah memutuskan siapa yang akan diberi wewenang untuk menjadi pembeli pertama untuk sistem pertahanan udara terbaru Rusia S-400 "Triumph", yaitu China. Keputusan ini diberikan oleh Vladimir Putin. Sekarang sedang dinegosiasikan jumlah dan nilainya.

Kenyataan bahwa Departemen Pertahanan Cina telah menyatakan minatnya untuk membeli S - 400 pada tahun 2012.

The fourth Russian Varshavyanka-class submarine for delivery to the Vietnamese navy has been launched in a ceremony at the shipyard where it was built, St. Petersburg city officials said Friday.

Vietnam signed a contract in 2009 to buy six of the diesel-electric submarines – dubbed “black holes in the ocean” by US navy officials for their near invisibility – in a deal reportedly worth $2 billion.

Last year in July we reported on the fact that Russia will increase patrols off both coast of the United States.

On June 1 or a bit later we will resume constant patrolling of the world’s oceans by strategic nuclear submarines,” Russian navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said Friday.

This in apparent response to the “threat” posed by the United States which has adopted a “pre-emptive war strategy” and is considered by Russian military and intelligence officials as the single largest military threat to world peace and stability.

The review by British expert John Coles began in 2011 and has recommended structural changes to the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) to improve efficiency and productivity.

The latest instalment is expected to focus on what improvements have been made and comes as the ASC completes a two-year refit of one submarine, the HMAS Rankin.

Qatar announced contracts worth about $23-billion (U.S.) on Thursday to buy attack helicopters, guided missiles, tankers and other weapons from Boeing Co., Airbus SAS and other arms makers as the Gulf state accelerates its military build-up.

The world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter announced deals with about 20 global companies, including firms from the United States which were awarded deals worth 27.5 billion riyals ($7.6-billion),