Strategy

Russia, China, and America’s Hypersonic Missile Race

Tue, 21/08/2012 - 08:23
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Mon, 20/08/2012

Russia, China, and America’s Hypersonic Missile Race

By J. Michael Cole

August 20, 2012

At first everything went as planned: the vehicle separated from a B-52 Stratofortress high above a naval air warfare center sea range in California and decoupled from the rocket booster. But 31 seconds into the test, a problem developed with a cruiser control fin and the X-51A Waverider hypersonic vehicle plummeted into the Pacific Ocean, missing its target of cruising at Mach 6 for five minutes.

Assad’s Kurdish Strategy

Tue, 21/08/2012 - 08:18
Original Article Post Date: 
Mon, 20/08/2012

Assad’s Kurdish Strategy

Joshua Landis

Aug 20, 2012

Assad’s Kurdish strategy appears to be to help the PKK to take control of the Kurdish regions of Syria in the North East. His aim is to hurt both the Free Syrian Army and Turkey, which are leading the opposition against him. In general, his strategy is to weaken the Sunni Arabs of Syria.

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