Posted on 10/01/2014 12:53:10 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
U.S. troops and tanks will deploy across the three Baltic states and Poland in the next two weeks on a mission designed to deliver an unmistakeable message of NATO resolve to Moscow.
The "Ironhorse" armored cavalry unit, with around 700 soldiers, some 20 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks with Bradley and Stryker armored fighting vehicles, is one of the most formidable U.S. military forces to be sent onto former Soviet soil. Several of the bases and training areas it will operate from were built for the old Soviet Red Army.
The aim is to convince Moscow that - unlike in non-NATO Ukraine - any Russian interference in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia would put it at war with the Western alliance.
All three countries were once part of the Soviet Union and analysts say Moscow would dearly like to reassert its influence there, particularly in ethnic Russian areas.
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PLAYING_WITH_FIRE_PING!
700 troops and 20 tanks? Oh my! Pooty Poot will wet himself. /s
You may not be aware of American Military might.
Remember, the Soviets spent many years battling the Afghans and left in defeat.
We won in less then 2 months.
1 American tank, coupled with the highly trained and skilled crew is worth hundreds of Soviets.
Without adequate air and AAA support, they are nothing but targets.
Yikes.
If it can crawl, it can fall.
Are they referring to the 11th ACR’s 1st Squadron?
Treadhead and other pings.
11th ACR is alive and well being the OpFor at Ft. Irwin.
This “Ironhorse” is a squadron from 1st Bde, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood. And mighty light on tanks for the Polish plains.
“The purpose is to be a very visible demonstration of commitment to our allies,” says Captain John Farmer, public affairs officer for the Ironhorse, formal designation of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
For what?
Trying to start a war?
Russia has been on a military build-up for about a decade
20 whole tanks!!!!!
Oh, they’re from the 1st Cav. Div. 20 does sound light for a 700 man unit. Are they mostly mech infantry?
Before long, many anti-western blowhards will fall silent.
With the Sultan in Washington, just how is any action short of a missile on Moscow going to show anything useful to anyone? Putin has all the reason in the world to disregard anything the US military does now, considering the Sultan’s less than zealous pursuit of ISIS in the ME.
There’s more friendly air support in the area than many realize except for the Russians. The Russians know it.
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