‘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.
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August 7th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
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.
August 9th, 2007 at 2:59 am
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.