author: anthony h cordesman

Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Birth of a Regional Nuclear Arms Race?

... iran-general-/iran-and-venezuela-to-link-up-at- opectalks - in - drive - to - push - oil ... Country Analysis Briefs , October 2007 , http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs ... Fact - sheet : Designation of Iranian Entities and Individuals for ...

Iran: Sanctions, Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change

... Iran sanctions: Ministers adopt Iran oil imports ban”, BBC News, January 23, 2012. 2 US Energy Information Agency, “Country ... Fact Sheet: Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA),” May 23, 2011. http://www ...

Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars [2 volumes]: [2 volumes]

... Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC- Pasdaran - e Inqilab ) , http://www.globalsecurity.org ... Fact Sheet , January 2006 , http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/ OPEC_Revenues / OPEC.html . 225. EIA , " Iran Country Brief , " August 582 ...

Arab-Israeli Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars

... allies won 39 . Although the election was for less than half of the councils in the Gaza Strip , the results indicate the widespread support and clout Hamas has continued to maintain in the Gaza Strip . Hamas won further important ...

Chinese Strategy and Military Modernization in 2015: A Comparative Analysis

... technologies include engines for aircraft, tanks, and naval vessels; solid state electronics and microprocessors, guidance and control systems, enabling technologies such as cutting-edge precision machine tools, advanced diagnostic and ...

The Arab-U.S. Strategic Partnership and the Changing Security Balance in the Gulf: Joint and Asymmetric Warfare, Missiles and Missile Defense, Civil War and Non-State Actors, and Outside Powers

... CFM56 aircraft engines; and A/TGM-65 AIM-7 and AIM-9 missiles which have ... training; training equipment; technical support; and contractor engineering ... manuals. Defense services transferred would include training, professional ...

Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict [2 volumes]: [2 volumes]

... Web sites appeared from extremist movements and terrorist groups that publicized the actions of such groups or made false or exaggerated claims. Dissemina- tion of video, pictures, and accounts of insurgent attacks were part of an ...

Cyber-threats, Information Warfare, and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Defending the U.S. Homeland

... management , only four people should have this authority . On another system , nearly 300 programmers could alter production programs and data . Segregation of duties refers to the policies , procedures , and organizational structure ...

The Gulf And The Search For Strategic Stability: Saudi Arabia, The Military Balance In The Gulf, And Trends In The Arab-Israeli Military Balance

... Balance Anthony H. Cordesman. Further , the attacker could expand the area ... detect small ships , wooden ships , or ships operating in a high sea . The E ... 5E could not be economically upgraded . Even if the Saudi force expands to over ...

The Gulf And The West: Strategic Relations And Military Realities

... level of squadron readiness, has begun to perform much of its own major support on the F-5, and provides Saudi ... Fighter Ground Attack: 20 Tornado GR.1, 3/67 F-5E • Air Defense: F-15 C/Db • Reconnaissance: 10 RF-5E (2 more kept in U.S. ...

The Indian Ocean Region: A Strategic Net Assessment

... cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/as.html. 496 Ibid. 497 ... Gateway to the Indo-Pacific: Australian Defense Strategy and the Future of ... Project Case Study Series, Center for Strategic and International Studies ...

The Lessons of Modern War: The Afghan and Falklands conflicts

... Harpoon anti - ship missiles 350 torpedo exhaust valves Satellite dishes and ... plan to transfer an American amphibious assault ship to Britain in the event ... elite battalions of mountain commandos which were stationed at Comodor ...

The Lessons Of Modern War: Volume Iii: The Afghan And Falklands Conflicts

... Harpoon anti - ship missiles 350 torpedo exhaust valves Satellite dishes and ... plan to transfer an American amphibious assault ship to Britain in the event ... elite battalions of mountain commandos which were stationed at Comodor ...

The Gulf Military Balance: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula

... Executive Order 13599, which implemented section 1245 of the assets FY2012 in ... 15, 2012, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication ... Obama signed into law the “Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act ...

Chinese Strategy and Military Power in 2014: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and US Assessments

... technologies. In the case of key national security technologies, controlled equipment, and other materials not readily obtainable through commercial means or academia, China has utilized its intelligence services and employed other ...

Withdrawal from Iraq: Assessing the Readiness of Iraqi Security Forces

... IqN ) .1 Iraq will , however , need effective forces for both counterinsur ... August 2008 , only $ 457 million of the $ 8.5 billion the United States had ... August 13 , 2008 , edition of Washington Post noted that U.S. officials say ...

Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Birth of a Regional Nuclear Arms Race?

... PFEP and a commercial FEP . The PFEP is a test facility located at Natanz before industrial - scale enrichment takes place at the FEP , Iran's main uranium enrichment facility . The PFEP , when completed , will hold 1,000 centrifuges ...

National Security in Saudi Arabia: Threats, Responses, and Challenges

... [ PFEP ] were early European designs of Pakistani origin . Iran stated it did not carry out enrichment and that no nuclear material was introduced to the PFEP prior to IAEA sam- pling . The IAEA sampling found two types of highly enriched ...

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