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ADM-160
—Medium-Range Air-Launched Decoy (MALD), a heavy aircraft defensive cruise missile

AGM-154A
—Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), GPS-inertial navigation guided glide weapon

AGM-158
—Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, advanced long-range precision strike weapon

AGM-88 HARM
—High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile, air-launched antiradar missile

ALQ-293 SPEAR
—Self-Protection Electronically Agile Reaction, an integrated aircraft defense suite

AN/APG-81
—advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground aircraft radar

AWACS
—Airborne Warning and Control System, an airborne radar that can detect aircraft from hundreds of miles and vector interceptor aircraft

Beriev-100
—Russian AWACS aircraft

BLU-97B
—Combined Effects Munition antipersonnel mine

BTR-80
—Russian armored personnel carrier

CID
—Cybernetic Infantry Device, an advanced manned combat robot

CLAM SHELL
—Russian antiaircraft radar

DTF
—Digital Terrain Following, using a global terrain and obstacle database for extreme low-level flying

F-22 Raptor
—U.S. Air Force air superiority fighter aircraft

F-35 Lightning II
—U.S. medium bomber and attack aircraft HEMI, 520

HUD
—Heads-Up Display, an electronic device that presents important flight data in front of a pilot

IRSTS
—Infrared Search and Track System, a sensor that detects heat and can feed targeting data to a computer

KAB-500L
—Russian laser-guided bomb

M320
—forty-millimeter grenade launcher

MH-47
—American heavy-lift helicopter

MiG-29
—third-generation Russian air superiority fighter, used by a number of former Soviet countries

MQ-55 Coyote
—advanced unmanned air weapon launch platform

MSBS Radom
—Polish assault rifle

OSCE
—Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, an intergovernmental organization promoting peace, security, and human rights

RDX
—Research Department Explosive, a widely used military explosive

ROCC
—Remote Operations Control Center, a location with many unmanned aircraft control stations

RPG-22
—shoulder-fired antitank weapon

RQ-20 Vedette
—small, stealthy unmanned airborne threat-warning aircraft

SNR-125
—Russian air defense radar system

SPY-1 Aegis
—American air defense radar system

Su-34
—Russian modernized second-generation fighter-bomber

Su-50
—Russian fifth-generation multirole stealthy fighter

Sukhoi-30
—Russian fourth-generation multirole fighter

Sukhoi-35
—Russian advanced air superiority fighter

T-72
—Soviet second-generation main battle tank, widely exported around the world

T-80
—third-generation Soviet main battle tank, widely exported

XV-40
—unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft used for covert, rapid supply and insertion

EMERGING ALLIANCE IN EUROPE—George Friedman, Stratfor.com, June 12, 2014— . . . The term “Intermarium” itself comes from a Polish general and founder of modern Poland, General Pilsudski. He was dealing with the same geopolitical problem that exists now. He had a Russia, a Soviet Union that was in the 1920s, increasingly assertive and pressing on his frontiers and the frontiers of the rest of what we now call Central Europe. Behind him he had a Germany that at that time was unclear with its intentions. Poland had emerged from World War I with these two empires clearing the way, so his question was how to preserve Polish independence.

He had really two strategies since he wasn't strong enough to defeat them. One had somebody from the outside guarantee their security and that was France for him, but he didn't really trust that this would be sufficient, so he imagined an alliance that ran from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, including countries at the time like Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and possibly Turkey. This group would serve to contain Russia and would have, instead of an east-west orientation, a north-south orientation . . .

But what I started thinking about was the fact that today Russia
was reasserting itself, was going to be reclaiming its priority within the former Soviet Union, repressing on them, and the fact that Germany is once again uncertain. I thought this might be something that would emerge and in a kind of very early protostage, that seems to be what is happening right now . . .

NATO: TOP COMMANDER WARNS AGAINST CRIMEA METHODS IN ALLIED COUNTRIES—© Stratfor.com, August 18, 2014—If Russia does in a NATO state what it did in Crimea, it would be considered an act of war against the alliance, Philip Breedlove, NATO's top military commander, said Aug. 17, EU Observer reported Aug. 18, citing Die Welt.

Breedlove said NATO nations are prepared for the intervention of armed military without insignia who seek to create unrest, as well as separatists who give military advice and help destabilize a country. If NATO sees such an approach in an allied country and deems it an aggression, it will entail a military response, he said.

NATO: SEVEN MEMBER STATES CREATING NEW RESPONSE FORCE FOR UKRAINE CRISIS—© Stratfor.com, August 30, 2014—Seven NATO member states will create a new response force of 10,000 troops to improve the group's capabilities as the crisis in Ukraine continues, RIA Novosti reported Aug. 30. Britain will join Denmark, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, and the Netherlands in contributing air, land, and sea units, while Canada may join in . . .

RUSSIA: POLAND WILL ONLY RECEIVE MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF NATURAL GAS FROM GAZPROM—© Stratfor.com, Tuesday, September 16, 2014—Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled energy company, is only capable of supplying Poland with the minimal contracted amount of natural gas and not the quantity requested, a Gazprom spokesperson said,
The Warsaw Voice
reported Sept. 16.

The spokesperson did not say why the company was reducing
natural gas levels to the country. Last week, Poland claimed it was receiving 45 percent less natural gas than expected, but current levels represent an estimated 20 percent drop. Austria and Slovakia have also reportedly experienced a drop in Russian energy imports.

RUSSIA'S AIR POWER CONSOLIDATES CONTROL IN UKRAINE—December 3, 2014 | 1913 GMT—Russia has deployed a significant number of air defense systems to eastern Ukraine, reports from local sources and the Ukrainian security services say. Medium ranged Buk M1M2 air defense systems cover most of the separatist held areas, and shorter ranged systems such as the Pantsir S1, Osa, and Tor cluster around the strategic supply lines running from the Russian border into the main cities of Luhansk and Donetsk. The systems combine to create a layered air defense infrastructure that prevents the Ukrainian air force from using its assets over separatist held areas.

Even though a Sept. 5 cease-fire agreement explicitly rules out Ukrainian air operations over separatist held areas, and the Ukrainian military has not attempted any such operations since then, the Russian move to establish this air defense presence indicates strong commitment to defending the separatist held territory.

The deployment of these air defense systems, as well as measures by artillery units to prevent the Ukrainian military from massing forces for an attack on separatist held areas, seem to serve a mostly defensive objective. However, separatist units continue to fight to expand their territorial hold over smaller areas along certain positions on the front line. They have continued to encircle and then take over Ukrainian checkpoints in areas near Luhansk, while bitter fighting between both sides continues at the Donetsk airport. The Ukrainian military's positions at Debaltseve, a strategic town that controls the main highway directly connecting Donetsk and Luhansk, have also been contested. As the separatist and Russian forces seek to consolidate their positions there, they may still make significant attempts to seize this location.

Even though the cease-fire has not been completely implemented
and skirmishes continue to break out along the front line, the shape and posture of Russian reinforcements do not necessarily indicate a further escalation of the conflict between Ukrainian forces and separatists. Instead, Russia seems to be consolidating the gains made prior to the cease-fire declaration, securing the separatists' hold on the territory they currently control . . .

A
MERICANS

S
TACY
A
NNE
B
ARBEAU,
president of the United States of America

T
IMOTHY
S
PELLING,
general, U.S. Air Force, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

T
HOMAS
T
ORREY,
CIA director

E
DWARD
R
AUCH,
president's national security adviser

K
AREN
G
RAYSON,
secretary of state

L
UKE
C
OHEN,
White House chief of staff

K
EVIN
C
ALDWELL,
admiral, U.S. Navy, director of the National Security Agency

R
OWLAND
H
ALL,
brigadier general, U.S. Marine Corps, top aide to General Spelling

H
UNTER
“B
OOMER
” N
OBLE,
Ph.D., chief of aerospace engineering, Sky Masters Aerospace Inc.

D
EKE
C
ARSON,
Sky Masters student pilot, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

F
RANK
T
ALBOT,
officer, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

C
OMMANDER
R
USS
G
ERHARDT,
U.S. Navy, air operations officer, CVN-77 USS
GEORGE H. W. BUSH

F
IRST
S
ERGEANT
M
IKE
I
KEDA,
U.S. Army, 75th Ranger Regiment

C
APTAIN
D
ANIEL
R
OJAS,
U.S. Army, 75th Ranger Regiment

F
IRST
L
IEUTENANT
W
ILLIAM
W
EBER,
U.S. Air Force, Special Operations Command

I
RON
W
OLF
S
QUADRON AND
S
CION

K
EVIN
M
ARTINDALE,
president of Scion, former president of the United States of America

B
RAD
M
C
L
ANAHAN,
commander of the Iron Wolf Squadron's XF-111 SuperVark bomber unit

P
ATRICK
M
C
L
ANAHAN,
Cybernetic Infantry Device (CID) pilot, Iron Wolf Squadron ground operations unit, former lieutenant general, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

W
AYNE
“W
HACK
” M
ACOMBER,
commander, Iron Wolf Squadron CID operations, former major, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (ret.)

M
ARK
D
ARROW,
XF-111 pilot, Iron Wolf Squadron, former Tornado fighter-bomber pilot, Royal Air Force (ret.)

J
ACK
H
OLLENBECK,
XF-111 weapons officer, Iron Wolf Squadron

B
ILL
S
IEVERT,
XF-111 pilot, former F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

G
EORGE
“S
MOOTH
” H
ERRES,
XF-111 weapons officer, former B-1B offensive systems operator, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

K
AREN
T
ANABE,
XF-111 pilot, former B-52 pilot, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

I
AN
S
CHOFIELD,
commander, Iron Wolf deep-penetration unit, former captain in Canada's Special Operations Regiment

S
AMANTHA
K
ERR,
operative, Scion's security and countersurveillance division

M
ARCUS
C
ARTWRIGHT,
operative, Scion's logistics division

R
USSIANS

G
ENNADIY
A
NATOLIYVICH
G
RYZLOV,
president of the Russian Federation

S
ERGEI
T
ARZAROV,
president's chief of staff

G
REGOR
S
OKOLOV,
minister of defense

V
IKTOR
K
AZYANOV,
minister of state security

D
ARIA
T
ITENEVA,
foreign minister

I
VAN
U
LANOV,
president's private secretary

G
ENERAL
M
IKHAIL
K
HRISTENKO,
chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces

L
IEUTENANT
G
ENERAL
M
IKHAIL
V
ORONOV,
commander of Russia's 20th Guards Army

C
OLONEL
G
ENERAL
V
ALENTIN
M
AKSIMOV,
commander of the Russian Air Force

I
GOR
T
RUZNYEV,
former president of the Russian Federation and former head for the Federal Security Service (FSB)

M
AJOR
G
ENERAL
K
ONSTANTIN
Z
ARUBIN,
commander, 9th Motor-Rifle Brigade

L
IEUTENANT
G
ENERAL
M
IKHAIL
P
OLIVANOV,
new commander of Russia's 20th Guards Army

M
AJOR
V
IKTOR
Z
ELIN,
Su-34 fighter-bomber pilot

C
APTAIN
N
IKOLAI
S
TARIKOV,
Su-34 fighter-bomber navigation and weapons officer

C
APTAIN
K
IRILL
A
RISTOV,
commander, 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade Quick Reaction Force

S
ENIOR
S
ERGEANT
I
VAN
C
HAPAYEV,
scout, 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade

C
APTAIN
L
EONID
D
AVYDOV,
Su-24M2 fighter-bomber pilot

C
APTAIN
S
TEPAN
N
IKOLAYEV,
Su-24M2 fighter-bomber pilot

L
IEUTENANT
Y
URI
B
ELINSKY,
Su-24M2 fighter-bomber weapons officer

C
APTAIN
T
IMUR
P
ELEVIN,
2nd Spetsnaz Brigade

R
EAR
A
DMIRAL
A
NATOLY
V
ARENNIKOV,
task force commander, Russian aircraft carrier
ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV

C
APTAIN
L
EONID
Y
AKUNIN,
chief intelligence officer, Russian aircraft carrier
ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV

M
AJOR
V
LADIMIR
C
HERKASHIN,
Su-35 fighter pilot

C
APTAIN
O
LEG
B
ESSONOV,
Su-35 fighter pilot

C
OLONEL
V
ITALYI
S
AMSONOV,
senior air controller, Beriev-100 AWACS plane

C
OLONEL
A
LEXEI
F
ILIPPOV,
Su-35 fighter pilot and fighter strike force commander

M
AJOR
Y
EVGENY
K
UROCHKIN,
MiG-29M fighter pilot

C
APTAIN
I
VAN
T
EPLOV,
T-72 tank company commander

C
OLONEL
K
ONRAD
S
ARATOV,
commander, 72nd Tactical Missile Brigade

L
IEUTENANT
K
ARARINA
K
IROV,
deputy action officer, 72nd Tactical Missile Brigade

M
AJOR
G
ENERAL
A
LEXANDER
K
ORNUKOV,
commander, Western Military District

C
APTAIN
P
AVEL
I
GNATYEV,
Su-30 pilot

S
ENIOR
L
IEUTENANT
V
IKTORIA
G
REF,
Su-30 weapons officer

U
KRAINIANS

M
AJOR
F
EDIR
K
RAVCHENKO,
second-in-command of Kaniv Volunteer Battalion, later partisan leader

C
OLONEL
R
OMANIUK,
commander of Kaniv Volunteer Battalion

S
ERGEANT
P
AVLO
L
YTVYN,
senior noncom, Kaniv Volunteer Battalion, later second-in-command of Fedir Kravchenko's partisan unit

H
ENNADIY
V
OVK,
partisan fighter

D
MYTRO
M
ARCHUK,
former colonel in Ukraine's special police, the Berkut

P
OLES

P
IOTR
W
ILK,
president of Poland, former general in the Polish Air Force and commander of the First Air Defense Wing

K
LAUDIA
R
YBAK,
Polish prime minister

J
ANUSZ
G
IEREK,
minister of national defense and deputy prime minister

A
NDRZEJ
W
ANIEK,
foreign minister

I
RENA
M
ALINOWSKI,
minister of the interior

C
APTAIN
N
ADIA
R
OZEK,
military aide to President Piotr Wilk, pilot in Polish Special Forces, 7th Special Operations Squadron

M
AJOR
G
ENERAL
T
ADEUSZ
S
TASIAK,
Polish Land Forces

M
AJOR
G
ENERAL
M
ILOSZ
D
OMANSKI,
Polish Land Forces

C
OLONEL
P
AWE
Ł
K
ASPEREK,
F-16 pilot and commander of the Polish Air Force's 3rd Tactical Squadron

M
AJOR
D
ARIUSZ
S
TEPNIAK,
head of presidential security detail, Bureau of Government Protection (BOR)

S
ERGEANT
K
ONRAD
M
ALEK,
Polish Border Guard

C
APTAIN
M
AREK
K
ACZOR,
MiG-29 fighter pilot

L
IEUTENANT
M
ILOSZ
C
ZARNY,
MiG-29 fighter pilot

S
TAFF
S
ERGEANT
T
EODOR
G
óRSKI,
support division, Polish armed forces

C
APTAIN
K
AZIMIERZ
J
ANIK,
liaison officer, Iron Wolf Squadron, Polish Special Forces,
Jednostka Wojskowa
Grom
counterterrorism unit

B
ALTIC
S
TATES

L
UKAS
T
ENYS,
prime minister of Lithuania

S
VEN
K
ALDA,
prime minister of Estonia

K
UNNAR
D
UKURS,
prime minister of Latvia

O
RGANIZATION FOR
S
ECURITY AND
C
OOPERATION IN
E
UROPE
(OSCE)

C
APTAIN
S
TEFAN
C
OVACI,
Romanian Military Police, co-commander of OSCE Starovoitove Arms Control Station

C
APTAIN
V
ITALYI
Y
UREVICH,
Belarussian Border Guards, co-commander of OSCE Starovoitove Arms Control Station

C
HINESE

Q
IN
H
ENG,
regional managing director for the Kiev branch, Shenzen Merchants Bank, and senior intelligence agent for the ministry of state security