How China Is Advancing Its Military Reach

As the US shifts its focus to Asia, Alexander Neill, head of the Asia Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute, sets out the Chinese military advances challenging the regional balance.

At the Pentagon recently, US President Barack Obama announced deep cuts to the US military and set out a shift in attention towards the Asia-Pacific region, in a thinly-veiled message to China.

Despite a narrative of peaceful intent, China’s leaders have struggled to reassure the US over the direction of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Both countries admit that their military dialogue falls well behind other aspects of the relationship. [Read more...]

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All Eyes On German Renewable Energy Efforts

This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a wind-swept corner of rural eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution.

Yet environmentalists, experts and politicians from El Salvador to Japan to South Africa have flocked here in the past year to learn how Feldheim, a village of just 145 people, is already putting into practice Germany’s vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government passed legislation in June setting the country on course to generate a third of its power through renewable sources – such as wind, solar, geothermal and bioenergy – within a decade, reaching 80 percent by 2050, while creating jobs, increasing energy security and reducing harmful emissions. [Read more...]

Russia’s Mars Probe Will Crash To Earth In January

A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth’s orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will pose no danger of contamination, the Russian space agency said Friday.

Between 20 and 30 fragments of the probe with a total weight of up to 200 kilograms (440 pounds) will survive the fiery plunge and shower the Earth’s surface, Roscosmos warned in a statement.

The agency said the unmanned Phobos-Ground spacecraft will plummet to Earth between Jan. 6 and Jan. 19, and the rough area of where the fragments could fall could only be calculated a few days ahead of its plunge. [Read more...]

Iran’s Unyielding; Panetta’s Consideration; UN’s Standing For Negotiation

After Israel warned the world must act to prevent Iran getting nuclear weapons, the country’s supreme leader in Iran on Thursday said, Iran “will respond with full force” to fight back any attack — or even any threat of military action – against its nuclear sites.

Iran “will respond with full force to any aggression or even threats in a way that will demolish the aggressors from within,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told students at a Teheran military college. Khamenei said the message was directed at Iran’s enemies, “especially America and its stooges and the Zionist regime (Israel).”

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta considers military strike would lead to serious impact. [Read more...]

New Hacking Techniques Raise Fears Of Sabotage

When a computer attack hobbled Iran’s unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

Yet for all its science-fiction sophistication, key elements have now been replicated in laboratory settings by security experts with little time, money or specialized skill. It is an alarming development that shows how technical advances are eroding the barrier that has long prevented computer assaults from leaping from the digital to the physical world.

The techniques demonstrated in recent months highlight the danger to operators of power plants, water systems and other crucial infrastructure around the world. [Read more...]

UN Links Iran With Nuclear Weapons

The United Nations nuclear watchdog says it has information indicating Iran has carried out tests “relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device”.

In its latest report on Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency  says the research includes computer models that could only be used to develop a nuclear bomb trigger.

The BBC  says this is the IAEA’s toughest report on Iran to date.

Tehran condemned the findings as politically motivated. [Read more...]