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Russia 'simulated a nuclear strike' against Sweden, Nato admits
UK Telegraph ^ | February 4, 2016 | Roland Oliphant

Posted on 02/04/2016 1:09:05 PM PST by C19fan

The Russian airforce conducted a mock nuclear strike against Sweden during war games less than three years ago, Nato has said. The 2013 exercise, which saw a contingent of Russian aircraft approach Swedish airspace after crossing the Gulf of Finland, was one of several examples of dummy nuclear attacks against Nato and its allies in recent years, according to a new Nato report.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: agitprop; astroturf; paidrussiantrolls; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooge; russianstooges; sweden; vladtheimploder
What have the Swedes done since 1721 to piss off Ivan?
1 posted on 02/04/2016 1:09:05 PM PST by C19fan
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Maybe it’s practice for when Sweden becomes a fully islamic country.


2 posted on 02/04/2016 1:11:07 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (Cruz 2016)
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What have the Swedes done since 1721 to piss off Ivan? — This is done so the Swedes can remember they should not piss Ivan off.


3 posted on 02/04/2016 1:13:10 PM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator

That’s a good one!


4 posted on 02/04/2016 1:14:43 PM PST by C19fan
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Picking on Sweden is like picking on the short, fat, mentally handicapped kid on the street.


5 posted on 02/04/2016 1:25:55 PM PST by PGR88
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So, Sweden isn’t a NATO member, they don’t like to get involved in those messy wars, like WWII.


6 posted on 02/04/2016 1:27:53 PM PST by dfwgator
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All militaries practice.


7 posted on 02/04/2016 1:28:16 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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Hey Vladimir, if you want Europe, take it, although why anyone would do that is beyond me. You don’t have to nuke them.


8 posted on 02/04/2016 1:28:53 PM PST by JusPasenThru (but if not...)
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Sweden to Russia, “Not in the Face! Not in the Face!”


9 posted on 02/04/2016 1:30:14 PM PST by dfwgator
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“What have the Swedes done since 1721 to piss off Ivan? “

Nothing. They’re a realistic target to simulate against in that they have real guns and bullets, but safe in the sense that they can’t nuke Moscow if they get panicky.


10 posted on 02/04/2016 1:47:22 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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Point spread should be about the same as Alabama vs. Princeton.


11 posted on 02/04/2016 1:58:11 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Dead mussie alert


12 posted on 02/04/2016 3:09:00 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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Is that near Denmark?


13 posted on 02/04/2016 3:25:19 PM PST by ziravan (Buck the Establishment.)
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