Sino-Russian Wargame
Bruce, Here is the other shoe waiting to drop. Our national leadership is so caught up with infighting, they are loosing sight of the big picture. Terrorism may be the close-in battle, but the Chinese are the next major enemy. -O Photo 1 Amphibious tanks taking part in the Sino-Russia joint military exercise are seen in waters near eastern China's Shandong peninsula August 20, 2005. Some 10,000 Chinese and Russian troops launched the second stage of their countries' first-ever military exercises on Saturday in a demonstration of the strengthening ties between the former Cold War adversaries. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto Photo 2 Russian soldiers from the Marine Corps gather at an appointed site for the second phase of the China-Russia joint military exercise in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005. Russian and Chinese paratroopers landed along China's northeastern coast on Saturday as some 9,000 soldiers from the two countries began the second stage of their historic first joint military exercises, news reports said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming) Photo 3 Russian soldiers from airborne troops march at an appointed site for the second phase of the China-Russia joint military exercise in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005. Russian and Chinese paratroopers landed along China's northeastern coast on Saturday as some 9,000 soldiers from the two countries began the second stage of their historic first joint military exercises, news reports said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming) Photo 4 Russian soldiers from airborne troops gather at an appointed site for the second phase of the China-Russia joint military exercise in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005. Russian and Chinese paratroopers landed along China's northeastern coast on Saturday as some 9,000 soldiers from the two countries began the second stage of their historic first joint military exercises, news reports said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming) Photo 5 A Chinese amphibious military vehicle from a landing ship rushes to the beachhead in an amphibious landing drill during the third phase of the China-Russia 'Peace Mission 2005' joint military exercise, held in China's Shandong Peninsula, Wednesday, Aug 24, 2005. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming) Photo 6 Chinese Marine Corps officers line the beach with amphibious vehicles in Qingdao during Sino-Russian joint military exercise. The US military is observing the first big war games between China and Russia but does not regard them as a threat to Taiwan, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.(AFP/XINHUA) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/