Posted on 02/02/2015 2:11:15 PM PST by tcrlaf
Russian radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops have begun massive drills at seven firing ranges in Russia's Southern Military Region, as well as in Crimea and Armenia
Large-scale exercises of Russian radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops have started on seven firing ranges in Russia's Southern Military Region, as well as the Crimean Peninsula and Armenia, Russia's news agency RIA-Novosti reports.
A total of 1,700 military personnel and more than 350 pieces of military hardware are taking part in the war games, according to the press service of the Southern Military Region.
(Excerpt) Read more at sputniknews.com ...
These maneuvers were scheduled two months ago, but I get the impression that Russia is trying to send someone a message with this. Are they listening? Or do they just not care?
After Obama's statement about sending high-tech weapons to Ukraine, Putin said today that it would have "irreversible consequences".
I just read on a Russian language webpage that the Georgians and oppressing the Armenians in the Georgian province of Samtskhe Javakheti. That is an Armenian-majority province politically within the Republic of Georgia on the Armenian border. The strategically vital Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline runs through it. I would watch that situation very carefully. If the Russians take control of that pipeline - using Georgian oppression of the native Armenians as a pretext for a military incursion - they’ll control one of the key remaining non-Russian controlled east-west oil and gas pipelines. Maybe they’ll even invade Adjaria and take out the strategic Black Sea port of Batumi. Then Putin will call the EU and see what can be done about those sanctions. The Euros are wissies and they’ll cave for sure.
Putin is trying to buy the image of being militarily powerful, on the cheap.
I guess most of this silly blustering is for the Russian people, since NATO military leaders aren’t fooled by all these flyovers and sending ships into new areas and the empty posturing.
From the conservative point of view, and the Western military leader’s point of view, it serves the purpose of encouraging the Western voters to take defense from Russia seriously, and helps win political support for better defenses, something that is useful to us that must deal with Russia.
Does this come under the heading of the Obama Administration's “Smart Diplomacy”, “Aggressive Diplomacy” or Hillary Clinton's “Reset”. (ominously and ironically embodied by the very same red push button that used to signify the red doomsday nuclear launch panic button of the 1980’s )
We did our NBC Warfare training every 6 months. I didn’t mind the charcoal suit in January, but it really sucked in July......especially in Augusta, Georgia.
Bring it. The difficult part of the zombie apocolypse would be pretending to not be excited.
Interesting
oh my gosh! “irreversible consequences”...what do you think that means?
Do you think he might attack a sovereign nation and take it over? Oh wait....think he already did that.
Or do you think “irreversible consequences” might mean Ukraine kicking the crap out of the Russians for invading their country?
What do you think, comrade?
Here’s a good article on the Samtskhe Javaheti situation. I quibble with the author in that I think that instead of launching the attack from Armenia, Putin will first seize Adjaria.
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