Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense. Terrorist Groups. Terrorist Groups The organizational structure of a group determines its strengths and weaknesses.
A general knowledge of the prevalent models of terrorist organizations leads to a better understanding of their capabilities. Knowledge of the different labels and systems of classification that have been applied to groups and individuals aid us in discarding useless or irrelevant terms, and in understanding the purposes and usefulness of different terminologies. In recent times, the popular image of a terrorist group operating according to a specific political agenda and motivated by ideology or the desire for ethnic or national liberation dominated our understanding of terrorism.
While still true of some terrorist organizations, this image is no longer universally valid. There are two general categories of organization; hierarchical and networked. Terrorist groups can be at various stages of development in terms of capabilities and sophistication. International Assessment and Strategy Center > Research > China Sows The Whirlwind: Implications of Hezbollah’s Iranian-Chinese Weapons. Home Research Email this article Print this article by Richard Fisher, Jr.
Published on July 26th, 2006 ARTICLES Israel has been surprised and dismayed in the last few weeks by the unexpectedly high quality of Hezbollah munitions, most notably rockets and missiles. Iran’s ability to produce thousands of shorter-range "Katyusha" size or slightly larger artillery-size rockets that its proxy Hezbollah has used to rain down on Israel since July 12, 2006 is largely owed to Russian and North Korean technology transfers, Chinese technologies are probably involved as well. Without a doubt, however, the July 14 near-catastrophic attack against the modern and stealthy Israeli corvette Hanit would not have been possible without the C-802//Noor anti-ship missile, the means to produce which were sold by China to Iran in the mid-1990s.
Through Hezbollah, Iran has only unleashed a small taste of its Chinese-aided arsenal. A broad pattern Quite the opposite. C-802 Surprise Longer Range Cruise Missiles. Reliable Security Information. China Military Power Mashup China’s Military Academies 2012-06-21 — The 2012 International Security Seminar was held at the College of Defense Studies of the National Defense University (NDU) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on June 20, 2012. The experts an... 2012-05-29 (China Military News cited from PLA Daily) — A piece of good news was sent from Buenos Aires of Argentina to the Dalian Naval Academy of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on the morni... 2011-12-08 (China Military News cited from tehrantimes.com) – An informed source in the Iranian military has said that Russian and Chinese officials have asked for permission to inspect the U.S. spy drone that was recent... 2011-11-29 (China Military News cited from PLA Daily) – In late November, at an airport in Northwest China, a warplane using jet fuel landed safely, marking that the problem of color-changing of jet fuel in storage and u...
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