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Russia to Open Arctic Military Drone Base 420 Miles off the Alaskan Coast
Newsweek ^ | 11/13/14 | Damien Sharkov

Posted on 11/13/2014 12:51:40 PM PST by McGruff

Russia has announced plans to build a drone base for military reconnaissance in a town just 420 miles off mainland Alaska and just over 300 miles off the US state’s St Lawrence Island, Russia’s state news agency reported on Thursday.

"The command of the eastern military district in charge of the military development of the Arctic zone has moved forward with plans to form an unmanned aerial vehicle division,” Alexandr Gordeev, spokesperson for the district said.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; alexandrgordeev; arctic; canada; coldwar2; communism; putin; russia; sovietunion
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Hey, who peed in Putin's cornflakes?
1 posted on 11/13/2014 12:51:40 PM PST by McGruff
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“Alaska was historically Russian, so they have every right to invade and take it back”... isn’t that what Putin fans were saying about Crimea and eastern Ukraine?? I am sure they’ll show up here to justify this.

//sarc


2 posted on 11/13/2014 12:56:50 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: McGruff

Location

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anadyr,+Chukotka+Autonomous+Okrug,+Russia,+689000/@64.733333,177.516667,5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x59fc9fafd41a4d1b:0x51a32045e24f047


3 posted on 11/13/2014 12:58:36 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: McGruff

All this impotent posturing is like his no shirt campaign, to hide his weakness.


4 posted on 11/13/2014 1:10:02 PM PST by ansel12 (The churlish behavior of Obama over the next two years is going to be spellbinding.)
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To: Lazamataz; GeronL

Pingsky.


5 posted on 11/13/2014 1:11:38 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: McGruff

His wife when she caught him with the little 27 year old gymnast girlfriend.

What’s going to be really funny to watch is when a Russian military drone goes whipping around Alaskan airspace, and one of the locals, fresh off happy hour, takes it out.


6 posted on 11/13/2014 1:16:10 PM PST by ameribbean expat
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Shoot 'em down. Tell the Evil Dwarf Putin: "Перейти трахать себя!"
7 posted on 11/13/2014 1:17:01 PM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: thackney

Wow, how stoned were the Russians when they laid out the color scheme on those buildings?


8 posted on 11/13/2014 1:18:37 PM PST by ameribbean expat
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To: McGruff

Luckily, our old installations can be dusted off and spruced up a bit. I’m sure the local communities could use the jobs.


9 posted on 11/13/2014 1:19:30 PM PST by OldNewYork
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To: McGruff

"Which Kabluunaki is Putin?"

10 posted on 11/13/2014 1:23:09 PM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: McGruff

Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, the Pope, and the Solidarity movement in Poland.


11 posted on 11/13/2014 1:23:18 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: ameribbean expat


12 posted on 11/13/2014 1:24:28 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: GeronL
If Russia doesn't take Alaska, China will.


13 posted on 11/13/2014 1:30:01 PM PST by Lazamataz (Proudly Deciding Female Criminal Guilt By How Hot They Are Since 1999 !)
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To: Lazamataz

Obama might gift it to them.


14 posted on 11/13/2014 1:32:01 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: ansel12

All this impotent posturing is like his no shirt campaign, to hide his weakness.

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His weakness being the fact that he is so gay he makes those living in San Fran’s Castro district blush.


15 posted on 11/13/2014 1:35:32 PM PST by dmz
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To: ansel12
I was actually quite surprised at how short Putin was in that picture from China where Obama is on Wives Row.

Putin 3rd from left.

16 posted on 11/13/2014 1:38:58 PM PST by Lazamataz (Proudly Deciding Female Criminal Guilt By How Hot They Are Since 1999 !)
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The Russian government has bee cleaning up and brightening up all the old gray concrete Soviet era buildings.

The paint schemes are um...very Russian, which is to say brash and a bit outrageous.

The newer condoplexes in Moscow are a bit tamer, but still far more appealing then the concrete block crap of Brehznev land.

Even the Russians hated that.


17 posted on 11/13/2014 1:47:38 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Lazamataz

Who let the Coffee barista on the right in the Picture


18 posted on 11/13/2014 1:47:49 PM PST by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: Regulator

Kinda looks like Santa Ana or Anaheim


19 posted on 11/13/2014 1:49:05 PM PST by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: Lazamataz; dmz
Here he is next to the ousted president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.

""Amateur shrinks have tied Putin's behavior to his diminutive stature — by some accounts he's only 5 feet 5 inches tall, others say he is 5 foot 7, but since he supposedly wears lifts in his shoes it's difficult to tell.""

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20 posted on 11/13/2014 1:49:29 PM PST by ansel12 (The churlish behavior of Obama over the next two years is going to be spellbinding.)
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