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I usually do not comment on unbalanced or ill-thought posts but China, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan, on their own, are not 'cake-walk.' Also, the USSR is at present, nonexistent and given the mire of relations within and between the former member states, it seems too distant a dream for it to be...

Congratulations. Are there any details available of the launch vehicle?

This is a very old article indeed. It is dated 2007. I just came across it and found it to be very interesting hence the post. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BEIJING - North Korea is well known for its nuclear ambitions. But it is relatively...

These are Chinese PLAAF Su-27 Flankers accompanied with an IL-76 aircraft. These aircraft used Iranian aerospace on the way to Turkey for the "Anatolian Eagle" exercise with the Turkish Air Force. Thus far, only two long-shot photos from the Tabriz runway strip are available. These images...

I wouldn't say so. North Korea is unique in that it has technically established the world's first Communist (or it's North Korean variant, Juche) hereditary dynasty.

1. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html 2. http://yuldo.net/asian-eng/abstracts/seminar-23-fouser.pdf 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_People's_Republic_of_Korea#Education There is a very strong emphasis education and moreover on continued...

Personal freedoms were very much limited under Saddam Hussein. How much so they were in relation to the DPRK of today is subject to debate (given the DPRK's own restrictions) though and so is the matter of infrastructure which wasn't very widely spread and concentrated on some areas (for...

Indeed the first announcement placed the project at around 2025 which was then reduced to a 2023 figure and now the ten year figure which the report states. This leads us to one of two conclusions. One is that perhaps Iran has actually made some headway in her SLV technology and program (which I...

I personally find this discovery rather ludicrous. Given the sparse nature of information and it's inherent sensitivity, to put it in a comical sense, I wouldn't be surprised if it were a load of much-exaggerated fireworks alone.

Even a journey of a thousand miles... begins with the first two steps - Confucius.

I see. Thank you for your viewpoint.

Firstly, not all people of Iran are 'Persians' but all are Iranians and this is why the term Iran is and ought to be stressed and not the foreign term, 'Persia' Secondly, Iran shall not return to monarchical rule again. Also, in an historical sense, it was not monarchy which kept Iran in...

I don't quiet understand this article or what it purports. On what does it actually base that there is "growing alarm" on the part of Iran and what 'defection' is there if it were ever present? The article also does not provide a single statement on the part of any Iranian official purporting as...

Dearest all, I wish to educate myself more on Pervez Musharraf and what views Pakistanis have on him and more importantly on what are his views on Pakistan or where it's heading. He enjoys support amongst the small group of French-Pakistanis here. Amongst themselves they have mixed views...

It is an image of my own ideologue, Dr. Ali Shariati. He is by far one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century. It is difficult to summarize him but apart from other things, he was a religious historian and focused on the sociology of Islam and how it impacted all...

I actually happen to know someone who has visited North Korea on a tour. We had a long discussion and he gave me a first-hand account of his observations. He was monitored of course and he could not interact with the local population. I will also add that all tours are guided in North Korea...

So basically your assessment of the DPRK is short in that they are sadists and devoid of logic.

How have you determined the space program to be useless. Also, the space program is only one leg of scientific research. The other key areas which have been heavily invested in with the direction of the state. This isn't true for the reason that direct trails are irrelevant. The space...

State the titles of the books along with authors. Thank you.

Iran sends 4,000 tons of aid to Pakistan The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) is to dispatch over 4,000 tons of humanitarian relief to Pakistan's flood victims. "The 4,285 tons of relief consignments include tents, food, blankets, clothes, home appliances and medical equipment," IRCS...