Putin’s Activation of ‘Iskander-M’ Ballistic Missile Is a Message to Obama (Baltics now targeted)

Observer ^ | 10/07/2016 | John R. Schindler

[MarchonDC09122009]

Obama's insane foreign policy and setting the Middle East and Europe on fire has resulted in increasingly bold Russian aggression against NATO allies.

Russia now flies directly over four NATO allie's airspace testing response.

They shadow our Pacific fleet with Carrier killer threat. And, as of today Russian has now set up offense nuclear capable ballistic missile placement that poses a threat to Poland and all Balkan countries.

Conflict is getting hotter each week.

[butlerweave]

Obama just wet his pants , Again

[eekitsagreek]

The campaign of the very Kremlin-friendly Donald Trump is in free-fall

It is? Don't think so.

[Snickering Hound]

I think you mean Baltics.

[ETL]

"It’s therefore no surprise that Russians view Obama with contempt—and so does their leader. "

Yet it was the Obama administration who handed KGB Putin everything he wanted on all-important missile defense and nukes, including the obviously dangerous Iran nuke deal, which Putin loves and claims to have played a major role in.

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From Real Clear Politics, Sept 10, 2015...

"In a 2014 New Yorker interview, Obama said his goal was to create a 'new equilibrium' in the Middle East.

In the short run, at least, his signature diplomatic undertaking can be counted on to bring more violence to this volatile region.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the [Obama-Putin Iran deal] agreement is formally known, provides the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism an infusion of somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 billion of unfrozen assets and a great deal more of continuing revenues as businesses and governments around the world rush to profit from oil-and-gas-rich Iran's reintegration into the world economy.

The agreement relaxes the international isolation of the Islamic Republic and ratifies Tehran's status as a nuclear threshold state. And it relieves restrictions on Iran's acquisition of weapons, including ballistic missiles. ..."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/10/iran_deal_throws_sparks_on_mideast_tinderbox_128034.html
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Aug 2015

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[MarchonDC09122009]

Media: US Intelligence Believes that Russia Deployed Iskanders near Kaliningrad

https://southfront.org/media-us-intelligence-believes-that-russia-deployed-iskanders-near-kaliningrad/

America Germany Arabic Czech France
#EU# RUSSIA 08.10.2016 - 

Media: US Intelligence Believes that Russia Deployed Iskanders near Kaliningrad

According to unnamed source in the US intelligence, the Iskander-M ballistic missile systems have been deployed by Russia in Kaliningrad region.

The US believes that Russia deployed the Iskander-M ballistic missile systems in Kaliningrad region, 

-> the Reuters news agency reported on Saturday, citing a source in the US intelligence.

The source, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the reasons of deployment of the ballistic missile systems in Kaliningrad “could be innocuous.”

    “They moved a similar missile system to Kaliningrad in 2014 for a military exercise. It could also be a political gesture – a show of strength – to express displeasure with NATO,” the US official told Reuters, commenting on the information, appeared in Estonian media earlier.

There still are no comments of the Russian side in connection with the statement.

[1rudeboy]

And to think that, just a few months ago, one of our resident Russian trolls was claiming that Russia has no interest in the Baltics.

[MarchonDC09122009]

I agree with you.
News media, foreign and domestic project leftist establishment wishes.

[MarchonDC09122009]

Yes, thank you for the correction!

RE:”I think you mean Baltics.”

[dfwgator]

“Trump said something bad 11 years ago...”

“Nevermind that s__t, here comes Mongo!”

[Shadow44]

I bet this would back off is Obama would stop his insane quest to replace Assad with a Caliphate.

Obama did everything he could to provoke Russia, while simultaneously doing everything to set up Eastern Europe for another round of Western Betrayal.

[ETL]

The American people are like passengers on a bus with a drunken driver at the wheel.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

from Podesta email #927
(paragraph breaks-mine for ease of reading)

On Missile Defense, Clinton Said, “We Don't Believe That There Will Be A Threat From Russia.”

“I last saw [Putin] in Vladivostok where I represented President Obama in September for the Asia Pacific economic community. I sat next to him. He's an engaging and, you know, very interesting conversationalist.

We talked about a lot of issues that were not the hot-button issues between us, you know, his view on missile defense, which we think is misplaced because, you know, we don't believe that there will be a threat from Russia, but we think that both Russia and the United States are going to face threats from their perimeter, either from rogue states like Iran or from terrorist groups, that's not the way he sees it.”

[Hillary Clinton remarks at Sanford Bernstein, 5/29/13]

[MarchonDC09122009]

Very important quote.
Unfortunately the leftist MSM will fail to point out what a threat her poor judgement and terrible job performance indicate she’d be a disaster as Commander-in-Chief.
Obama and Clinton = Nero 2.0

RE: “On Missile Defense, Clinton Said, “We Don’t Believe That There Will Be A Threat From Russia.”

[headstamp 2]

Yeah but Trump is a potty mouth. (s)

[ETL]

"Putin’s Activation of ‘Iskander-M’ Ballistic Missile Is a Message to Obama"

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From the campaign trail, 2008...

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090412030633/http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."
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From Investor's Business Daily, Jan 2012:

Obama To Betray Missile Defense Secrets To Moscow

Investor's Business Daily ^ | January 9, 2012 | IBD staff

Appeasement: From ObamaCare to recess appointments, honoring the Constitution has not been an administration hallmark. But when it comes to betraying secrets to mollify the Russians, it becomes a document the president hides behind.

It was bad enough that the 2012 defense authorization bill signed by President Obama set America on a downward spiral of military mediocrity.

He also issued a signing statement, something he once opposed, saying that language in the bill aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on the U.S. Standard Missile-3 - linchpin of our missile defense - might impinge on his constitutional foreign-policy authority.

Section 1227 of the defense law prohibits spending any funds that would be used to give Russian officials access to sensitive missile-defense technology as part of a cooperation agreement without first sending Congress a report identifying the specific secrets, how they'd be used and steps to protect the data from compromise.

The president is required to certify that any technology shared will not be passed on to third parties such as China, North Korea or Iran, that the Russians will not use transferred secrets to develop countermeasures and that the Russians are reciprocating in sharing missile-defense technology. ..."

"In his signing statement, Obama said he would treat these legal restrictions as 'non-binding' and that 'my administration will also interpret and implement section 1244 (sic) in a manner that does not interfere with the president's constitutional authority to conduct foreign affairs and avoids the undue disclosure of sensitive diplomatic communications.'

Betraying our secrets is easy for a president who betrayed allies Poland and the Czech Republic to placate Moscow.

Poland was to host ground-based interceptors such as those we've deployed in California and Alaska, with missile-tracking radar deployed in the Czech Republic.

Obama pulled the plug when Moscow objected. Never mind, he said, we have a better approach: a four-phase plan that calls for using three versions of the Navy's Standard SM-3 interceptor missile that forms the backbone of its Aegis missile-defense system.

The fourth phase consists of a missile still on the drawing board scheduled for deployment by 2020, a version of the SM-3 called the Block IIB. It would intercept hostile missiles in the "early intercept" phase before an enemy missile could release its warheads and decoys. The Russians want the SM-3's secrets, and Obama appears to be willing to turn them over.

The president wants to save the New Start Treaty, which the Russians have threatened to abandon if we try to fully implement President Reagan's dream of defeating a nuclear missile attack.

Russia has unilaterally asserted that any qualitative or quantitative improvement in U.S. missile defenses would be grounds for withdrawal from the treaty.

Read More At Investor's Business Daily:
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/010912-597158-obama-gives-russia-missile-defense-secrets.htm#ixzz3jXmMbVwY
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March 2012...

"Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones. Here is what they said:

Obama: "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it's important for him to give me space."

Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ..."

Obama: "This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility."

Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir."

"This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." That statement tells us much about the president's mindset.

The specific mention of missile defense is worrisome enough. Mr. Obama has retreated from the missile defense plan that was negotiated with European allies during the George W. Bush administration.

Apparently, he is signaling Moscow that he intends to retreat further. The clear implication from the president's comments is that he cannot tell the American people before the election what he plans to do after the election.

In addition, there is the phrase "on all these issues," implying more is at stake than just missile defense."

Article: Obama plans double cross on missile defense
When it comes to keeping America safe, we shouldn't be too flexible:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/29/obama-plans-double-cross-on-missile-defense/print/
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[PLMerite]

I'm a visual kind of guy:

[Caipirabob]

In other words, Hillarys Russian "reset" was another complete and total disaster.

Russia to Hillary: YOU GOT IT WRONG!

[ETL]

Russia Deploying Tactical Nuclear Arms in Crimea

Obama backing indirect talks with Moscow aimed at cutting U.S. non-strategic nukes in Europe

BY: Bill Gertz
October 10, 2014

Russia is moving tactical nuclear weapons systems into recently-annexed Crimea while the Obama administration is backing informal talks aimed at cutting U.S. tactical nuclear deployments in Europe. ..."

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-deploying-tactical-nuclear-arms-in-crimea/

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Ignore the red and orange lines. They were already on the map when I downloaded it.
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"The issue of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol has been a thorn in the side of relations between Ukraine and Russia ever since the Soviet Union collapsed.

The port has been crucial for Russia’s navy over the years - providing quick access to the eastern Mediterranean, Balkans and Middle East."

(2014) Article: What is the Crimea, and why does it matter?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10671066/What-is-the-Crimea-and-why-does-it-matter.html

[MarchonDC09122009]

Very formidable mobile based weapon.
Thank you for posting the photos.