Contents tagged with USA
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Media: US deploys Global Hawk drones to Japan from base on Guam
The United States has begun to move five Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Andersen Air Force Base on the island of Guam. The arrival of the first such drone to the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo was filmed by the Japanese NHK television channel.
More than 100 American technicians will also travel there to maintain and service the drones. The UAVs will be deployed in Japan temporarily, until October of this year. The decision that it would be a temporary deployment was based on the …
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Seoul: U.S. does not require payment for missile defense system placed in South Korea
South Korea only needs to provide the land for the deployment of the American THAAD missile defense system, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing sources in the South Korean military.
U.S. National Security Advisor Herbert McMaster, in a telephone conversation with his South Korean counterpart, confirmed that Seoul will not incur expenses in connection with the deployment of THAAD.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he wanted South Korea to pay one billion dollars for the THAAD …
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Media: Japan's self-defense forces to carry out new operations to protect U.S. Navy ships
Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) ships will carry out new operations aimed at the protection of the U.S. fleet ensuring the security of Japan, as announced on Sunday on NHK, citing government sources.
According to the report, Defense Minister Tomomi Inada has already issued the order. It is expected that the crew of the Izumo helicopter carrier will be the first to fulfill these tasks, which became possible after adopting amendments to defense legislation.
On May 1st, the ship will leave …
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Russian Military Command: U.S. missile defense can intercept all Russian ballistic missiles
The radar of the US nuclear missile strike warning system covers all the trajectories of Russian ballistic missiles that would be launched in the direction of the United States.
This was stated by Lt. General Viktor Poznihir, the First Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, according to Interfax.
“The radio-location system of the US nuclear missile strike warning system covers all possible trajectories of Russian ballistic missiles launched in the …
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North Korea threatens to destroy US nuclear submarine carrying Tomahawk missiles
North Korea has threatened to destroy the US Navy’s nuclear submarine “Michigan”, which stopped in the South Korean Busan port earlier last week, South Korean news agency Yonhap reports, with reference to a message from the North Korean propaganda portal Uriminzokkiri.
“The moment the Michigan tries to budge even a little, it will be doomed to the miserable fate of becoming an underwater ghost, incapable of coming to the surface,” the authors of the message promise.
According to them, “the …
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Two Russians were sentenced to deportation from the United States for illegal export of technologies
Two Russians citizens, Dmitry Karpenko and Alexey Krutilin, who were arrested for illegally exporting technology from the US to Russia, were sentenced to deportation, as indicated in the decision of the Eastern District Court in New York, as reported by a TASS correspondent from inside the courtroom.
Attorney Richard Levitt, who defended the interests of the Russians in court, told RBC that his clients were satisfied with the verdict and would not appeal. He also explained why Karpenko came to …
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Russia: U.S. decision to deploy anti-missile defense system in South Korea is destabilizing
Russia calls on the United States and South Korea to reconsider the advisability of deploying a missile defense system in the region. This was stated by Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennadiy Gatilov, RIA Novosti reported.According to Gatilov, this step is destabilizing.
"An additional destabilizing factor in the region is the decision taken last year by Washington and Seoul - in the wake of the vicious logic of creating a global missile defense system - the decision to deploy …
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Russian diplomat designated one of the priority topics of the first meeting between Putin and Trump
At their first meeting, the presidents of the United States and Russia will discuss "the full range of bilateral issues and the issues of the international agenda." This was reported by Kommersant newspaper, citing Andrey Krutskikh, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on Issues of International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security.
"The topic of stability, trust and security in cyberspace may become one of the priorities," said Krutskikh.
According to …
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Russia announces possible meeting between Tillerson and Lavrov in Alaska
A meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of General Rex Tillerson may be held during a conference of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arctic Council, Russia’s TASS news agency reports citing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov.
In particular, according to Ryabkov, Lavrov and Tillerson need to continue their conversation on the topic of Syria and other facets where there are differences between the U.S. and Russia. "This is the …
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Klintsevich: Russia would have a tough response to US aggression
A recent warning by the Russian General Staff about the threat of a sudden nuclear strike on Russia is a signal to U.S. leadership that any further developments will not be a surprise, and that Russians have nothing to fear – the situation is under control, as expressed Wednesday by the First Deputy of the Federation Council on Defense and Security Committee, Franz Klintsevich, commenting on the statement of the First Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, …