‘Rival to NATO’ Begins First Military Exercise
August 7th, 2007Via: Times Online:
Russian and Chinese troops are joining forces this week in the first military exercises by an international organisation that is regarded in some quarters as a potential rival to Nato.
Thousands of soldiers and 500 combat vehicles will take part in “Peace Mission 2007â€, organised by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia. Russian officials have also proposed an alliance between the SCO and a body representing most of the former Soviet republics.
Scores of Russian and Chinese aircraft begin joint exercises tomorrow before a week of military manoeuvres from Thursday that will include Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. At least 6,500 troops are involved in what is described as an antiterror exercise.
If India were to join up with this Russian-Chinese alliance, they might not be the most technologically advanced military force, but they would formidable in terms of sheer numbers.
In terms of gun toting warm bodies to fight wars… Hmm. I think there are many in this alliance. Month’s ago a flash presentation at Carolyn Baker’s site showed that if you are 1 in a million in America, there are 1,400 just like you in China. Hopefully there are slow boats, not fast ones heading our way.