Russia To Deploy Combat Troops Near Norway

Examiner ^ | November 29, 2012 | By Kevin Brent

[Strategy]

The Russian Navy's Northern Fleet announced yesterday the permanent deployment of the 200th Motorized Brigade of the Russian Army adjacent to the Norwegian border. It is the first of two brigades to be permanently assigned to the Northern Fleet and placed under the overall command of Vice Admiral Vladimir Korolev. This development is not only significant for the size of the formation itself and where it is being deployed, but also for the composition of forces within the brigade.

Current Russian military commanders like their Soviet Era predecessors take the 'combined arms' warfare approach to force composition and structure with elements of all warfare specialties included in a 'mixed bag' forces able to address multiple threats in any area of operations it may be assigned to. NATO and U.S. forces also practice this doctrine and coined the phrase 'joint operations' rather than 'combined arms'. Both however are descendent developments of German mobilized formations designed around Blitzkrieg warfare in WWII.

[BBell]

“War to the hilt between Communism and Capitalism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come in 20 or 30 years. To win, we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard-of concessions. The capitalistic countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we will smash them with our clenched fist.” — Dimitry Z. Manulsky, to the Lenin School of Political Warfare, 1931.

In the 80's I read this in a Newspaper. I cut it out and laminated it and I carried it in my wallet the entire time I was in the Marine Corps and even after I got out of the Corps. It gradually fell apart though.

[Pining_4_TX]

“The USA can’t go broke”

I could not disagree more. We really are broke. We are in debt up to our eyeballs, and if you look closely, you can see the signs of decay in the cities and highways around the country. The greatest country the world has ever known is going the way of socialist Europe.