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By THOM SHANKER Published: August 26, 2012 WASHINGTON — Weapons sales by the United States tripled in 2011 to a record high, driven by major arms sales to Persian Gulf allies concerned about Iran’s regional ambitions, according to a new study for Congress. Multimedia Graphic Arming the World...

What "politically" keeps the West from buying Russian arms should be self evident with today's Ukraine invasion, a piecemeal attack on a proper internationally recognized constitution by a bunch of old school Russian thugs.

Russia today will have zero NATO buyers. Best arms made in the world today a toss up between the US and Germany. Caption of article is misleading, to keep it short. No such interest in Russian armaments.

Thanks for your comments. 1. The US Treasury, not the US Federal Reserve Bank, prints our currency, the US dollar. 2. Most international banking exchanges involving the USD are done using "bookkeeping dollars." A series of debits and credits. The terms "Euro dollar" and "Asian dollar"...

The world's international exchange and trade gold supply is held in vaults inside the New York Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.. Gold is literally, manually, shifted to and from various gold bins per nation over time as balances of trade so justify. The US of course deals in dollars. The...

It is going to be impossible for Russia to totally switch to Euros vs. the dollar because the US and Russia in a joint venture from more pleasant times each own 50% of the world's largest oil refinery built (jointly) in Houston, Texas, USA.

A very positive analysis by and of the Pakistan Navy role in coordination with Qatar goals and ambitions at self and regional mutual defense in these times of regional uncertainty, including Russia in the Black Sea. In my singular view Qwadar seaport is primarily aimed at moving oil and gas...

You are right on target. Moldova...is next to Odesa..and shares the Dniester River Harbor into the Black Sea, across the water from the Crimea and the Russian Navy Base at Sevastopal. My view, just me, of why Russia will move to also seize Moldova is shown on the map I am copying and pasting here:

Your analysis is unique and very creative. Thanks for enlarging the discussion with fresh ideas. For folks who want to see what is being said in the only English language newspaper daily in Moscow, Russia, you all might want to open and read: The Moscow Times - Breaking News, Business...

Yes I did and within a matter of a few days the Russian Spetznatz troops "appeared" inside Eastern Ukraine. I will make a blind guess, my view only, and say there are probably two Regiments of Spetznatz troops operating now inside Eastern Ukraine, seizing city halls, etc. Most likely the same...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia.html?hp&_r=0 The US supports a free and independent nation of Palestine ever since 1947, a matter of UN record. For some years now the nation of Israel collects taxes for and transmits such collected taxes to the Palestinian...

US news coverage and commentary from our Pentagon identify these folks as Russian Spetznatz troops. Fighting going on in several cities with populations from 100,000 to 500,000 in size. Occupation of communications and government buildings is public knowledge now world wide...occupation is by...

You must not be watching current news. Spetznatz Russian soldiers in uniforms minus their shoulder patches number in the thousands in various eastern Ukranian cities to date. The joint peace conference to meet on Thursday will accomplish noting. People are being shot, dying, in hot exchanges...

Mr. Putin "to save and protect" Russian speakers in Eastern Ukraine started this whole mess! The world still operates under international law and releated traties and national constitutions through the UN. Ukraine's Constitution was violated and is being repeatedly violated by Putin, using the...

The Devil himself, not God fearing men, did this dastardly, cowardly, and totally irrational attack. I believe in a literal Hell as a Christian (Methodist) and would hope those who did this are sent there, to Hell, as soon as possible by the pursuing Pakistani military and police.

Ever since 1847 the US and many other nations support both Israel and Palestine, side by side, two independenet nations. Today's Palestine workers get best/higher/skilled worker pay working in Israel, walking/commuting into Israel and back each evening into Palestine. Palestinians in my one of...

C-130s configured into special warfare gunships a very good plan and effective tool in today's world.

As a retired assistant chief of staff (reserve) of HQ US Special Operations Command it is my judgement that Mr. Putin has made a huge mistake; expected to continue an uncontested take over of parts of Ukraine, now realizes he "went too far" completely outside of International treaties Russia...

The USAF B-52 bomber fleet has been flying a very long time. The first B-52 flew in 1952. Pending budget legislation in our US Congress seeks to continue the B-52 through 2044. Obviously B-52s to date have been flying for the USAF for 62 years. The DC-3 has been flying since January, 1936...

Excellent idea! The A-10, which us old timers in the USAF nick named the "flying bathtub" exist and now is a good time to ask for some. The pilot's seat in the A-10 is a very bullet proof titanium lined "tub" which protects the pilot from ground fire. The A-10 is a real wars battle tested...