A Really Good Use of Russian Taxes: Russia plans to install a new “state-of-the-art” air defense system by the start of 2006, reports the Moscow Times. The newspaper links the announcement of the new S-400 missile system with talk by US and Poland over the possibility of installing a ballistic missile defense system in Poland. (DR 11/18/05)
The B-52 bombers that flew off the coast of Venezuela on Oct. 15 were accompanied by Marine Corps F-35s as part of a so-called “Bomber Attack Demonstration,” according to new images and information from the Pentagon.