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Russia criticises U.S. general over plan to destroy Kaliningrad air defences
Reuters by Yahoo ^ | September 20, 2019

Posted on 09/20/2019 8:48:26 AM PDT by NorseViking

MOSCOW, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russia on Friday accused the United States of brazenly threatening it after a senior U.S. general said Washington had drawn up a plan in case it needed to destroy air defences in Russia's Kaliningrad exclave in Europe.

U.S. General Jeffrey Harrigian said on Tuesday that "If we have to go in there to take down, for instance, the Kaliningrad IADS (Integrated Air Defense System), let there be no doubt we have a plan to go after that," the Breaking Defense magazine reported.

Kaliningrad is a Russian region that lies on the Baltic Sea between EU members Lithuania and Poland. Moscow captured the region from Germany towards the end of World War Two.

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1 posted on 09/20/2019 8:48:26 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

There are folks that have full time careers coming up with plans.

We probably have plans for going to war with Monaco and the Vatican.


2 posted on 09/20/2019 8:52:36 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

Don’t underestimate the aggressive war-making capacity of Lichtenstein! We must always be vigilant...


3 posted on 09/20/2019 8:57:10 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: NorseViking

Since WWII we have had plans for going to war with just about everyone and everything.


4 posted on 09/20/2019 9:15:09 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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Heck, during WWII we had plans to conquer England if she suddenly decided to switch sides and join Germany.

It is why they are called contingency plans. LOL


5 posted on 09/20/2019 9:56:08 AM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: NorseViking

Sound like a job for Wesley Clarke.


6 posted on 09/20/2019 10:07:00 AM PDT by McGruff
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Hi.

Come on Vladimir, we have contingency plans to invade Canada.

5.56mm


7 posted on 09/20/2019 10:07:32 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: M Kehoe

I know:)


8 posted on 09/20/2019 10:08:46 AM PDT by NorseViking
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Kaliningrad is named for one of Stalin's flunkeys. It used to be known as Koenigsberg--named in honor of King Ottokar II of Bohemia (reigned 1253-1278). If "Koenigsberg" sounds too German, then it would be better called Ottokargrad.

Koenigsberg was the birthplace of the philosopher Immanuel Kant.

9 posted on 09/20/2019 10:09:26 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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The former East Prussia. The Russians squealing means we hit a nerve. Move on.


10 posted on 09/20/2019 10:20:00 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: fruser1
No-doubt. There are any number of contingency plans. Some are probably reasonably specific - say if we determine we need to shut down the Iranian's ability to threaten Gulf shipping. Or maybe specific plans to take away North Korea's IRBM and ICBM missile threat.

The gotcha with specific plans is twofold - one they are specific and really only useful in that one area. Two, they tend to need to be updated fairly often in order to keep the details correct. So in addition to specific plans, there are more general plans. At the highest level these are just strategies. eg. achieve air superiority, open/maintain sea lines of communication, close sea lines of communication/blockades, anti-air/counter-air, area denial, etc. etc. How to implement strategies, achieve goals is further broken down as to "against guerrilla forces" or "against near-peer forces" etc. If/when specific needs arise, these higher level plans are used as a framework and specific details are worked out.

So in that regard, we "have plans" to go into most anywhere. Heck we could say we "have plans" to go into Canada if they cut off our supply of maple syrup... ;-)

11 posted on 09/20/2019 10:39:18 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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Yeah, I always thought we should at least take everything south of the St. Lawrence because I prefer river boundaries, and also a strip on the west coast of BC so we can drive to AK without customs.

Already failed twice. Maybe three’s the charm.


12 posted on 09/20/2019 10:45:47 AM PDT by fruser1
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“There are folks that have full time careers coming up with plans.

We probably have plans for going to war with Monaco and the Vatican.”


Exactly. We’ve long had plans, and definitely war-gamed, an invasion of Canada on multiple occasions since the War of 1812 (even though they are probably our closest ally (physically and otherwise). I don’t know why the Russkies there panties all in a wad about it - plans are just that: plans. They are not threatened actions. Oh, and they don’t have plans to take out our defenses in Hawaii and/or Alaska? Puhleeeeeze!

What would be surprising was some admission (true or not) that we had NO plans to take out Kaliningrad.


13 posted on 09/20/2019 10:52:54 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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“Already failed twice. Maybe three’s the charm.”


It’d take about 3 days to do it - 2 if we don’t let our troops drink any Canadian whiskey until we’re finished taking over. Of course, who wants Quebec - we’ll just put up a big fence all around it. In fact, we’re practicing fence-building right now, as we speak. :>)


14 posted on 09/20/2019 10:57:30 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: fruser1

Unless you are talking about New Brunsick and Nova Scotia and PEI there aint much south of the St. Lawrence worth having. Just adding more sparsely peopled land to Maine and upstate NY. Now since most Nova Scotians root for the Sawx and Pats, that would make sense.


15 posted on 09/20/2019 11:03:58 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: fruser1

We have a plan for an alien invasion from outer space too


16 posted on 09/20/2019 11:23:28 AM PDT by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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