Pentagon: U.S. military intervention in Syria could cost $1b a month (click here)
By Haaretz
Jul. 23, 2013
2:52 PMThe Pentagon has provided Congress with the first list of detailed options for military intervention in Syria, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The scenarios were presented in a letter by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, and enumerate that strikes on Syrian military targets will costs billions of dollars.
As reported in the New York Times, Dempsey wrote that "long-range strikes on the Syrian government’s military targets would require 'hundreds of aircraft, ships, submarines and other enablers'” and cost 'in the billions.'”
This is the first time that the Pentagon has explicitly laid out the challenges facing the U.S. in its efforts at intervening in the two-year long Syrian civil war. They reflect General Dempsey's acknowledgement that Syrian President Bashar Assad is not necessarily going to be ousted anytime soon...
Russia 's Strategic Missile Forces Start Snap Combat Drills (click here)
MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) – Over 2,500 servicemen and 350 weapons
systems are involved in snap combat readiness drills for Russia’s
Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), a Defense Ministry spokesman said
Tuesday.
The drills, involving the headquarters and two missile divisions of the Orenburg Missile Army in Russia’s Urals region, began Monday and are set to run through Saturday, Col. Igor Yegorov said.
As well as providing an opportunity to evaluate service personnel and equipment in these units for efficiency, the drills also test weapons systems’ operational readiness, establishing if they can be deployed within a set timeframe, Yegorov explained.
The exercise is the latest in a series of snap drills that have taken place across Russia since the start of the year.
Last week saw “unprecedented” drills in the Russian Far East testing the Far East and Central Military Districts’ combat readiness. The drills involved over 160,000 servicemen, 130 aircraft, 5,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 70 Pacific Fleet warships, five Russian armies, the Third Air Force, Air Defense Command and strategic aviation....
By Haaretz
Jul. 23, 2013
2:52 PMThe Pentagon has provided Congress with the first list of detailed options for military intervention in Syria, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The scenarios were presented in a letter by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, and enumerate that strikes on Syrian military targets will costs billions of dollars.
As reported in the New York Times, Dempsey wrote that "long-range strikes on the Syrian government’s military targets would require 'hundreds of aircraft, ships, submarines and other enablers'” and cost 'in the billions.'”
This is the first time that the Pentagon has explicitly laid out the challenges facing the U.S. in its efforts at intervening in the two-year long Syrian civil war. They reflect General Dempsey's acknowledgement that Syrian President Bashar Assad is not necessarily going to be ousted anytime soon...
Russia 's Strategic Missile Forces Start Snap Combat Drills (click here)
MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) – Over 2,500 servicemen and 350 weapons
systems are involved in snap combat readiness drills for Russia’s
Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), a Defense Ministry spokesman said
Tuesday.The drills, involving the headquarters and two missile divisions of the Orenburg Missile Army in Russia’s Urals region, began Monday and are set to run through Saturday, Col. Igor Yegorov said.
As well as providing an opportunity to evaluate service personnel and equipment in these units for efficiency, the drills also test weapons systems’ operational readiness, establishing if they can be deployed within a set timeframe, Yegorov explained.
The exercise is the latest in a series of snap drills that have taken place across Russia since the start of the year.
Last week saw “unprecedented” drills in the Russian Far East testing the Far East and Central Military Districts’ combat readiness. The drills involved over 160,000 servicemen, 130 aircraft, 5,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 70 Pacific Fleet warships, five Russian armies, the Third Air Force, Air Defense Command and strategic aviation....
