Posted on 12/08/2021 3:30:01 AM PST by EBH
MOSCOW — Russia's defense chief on Tuesday signed a roadmap for closer military ties with China, pointing to increasingly frequent U.S. strategic bomber flights near both countries' borders. During a video call, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe “expressed a shared interest in stepping up strategic military exercises and joint patrols by Russia and China,” according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “China and Russia have been strategic partners for many years,” Shoigu said. “Today, in conditions of increasing geopolitical turbulence and growing conflict potential in various parts of the world, the development of our interaction is especially relevant.” Shoigu pointed to increasingly intensive flights by the U.S. strategic bombers near Russian borders, saying that there were 30 such missions over the past month alone. “This month, during the U.S. Global Thunder strategic force exercise, 10 strategic bombers practiced the scenario of using nuclear weapons against Russia practically simultaneously from the western and eastern directions,” Shoigu said, adding that they came as close as 20 kilometers (12 miles) to the Russian border. He also noted a rise in the number of U.S. bomber flights over the Sea of Okhotsk where they practiced reaching the points for launching cruise missiles, saying that it poses a threat to both Russia and China. “In such an environment, the Russian-Chinese coordination becomes a stabilizing factor in global affairs,” Shoigu said. Wei praised Russia for successfully countering what he described as U.S. pressure and military threats. Shoigu and Wei hailed a series of maneuvers that involved Russian and Chinese warplanes and naval ships, and signed a plan for military cooperation for 2021-2025. On Friday, two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers and two Chinese H-6K strategic bombers flew a joint patrol over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, prompting South Korea
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Would Putin allow Chicom Silk Road investment in Siberia?
Molotov Ribbentrop 2.0 with the US playing the role of Poland. Wolves negotiating the division of the carcass?
We are in a heap load of trouble under Biden/Harris.
Wanna bet that the ChiComs and Russians move at the same time...
couple that with China putting their returning cargo ship folks in a 7 week quarantine...wanna’ guess the timeline?
Can anyone say Gog/Magog?
What would Biden do is Russia invaded the Ukraine and China invaded Taiwan simultaneously????
Correction: What would Biden do IF Russia invaded the Ukraine and China invaded Taiwan simultaneously????
Mark my words. A simultaneous attack on Ukraine and Taiwan. Biden, and America, will be helpless
If Russia invades Ukraine, I’d Love for Russia to get bogged down in a military debacle in Ukraine. Drain there military and economy.
Putin needs to be whittled down to his small size.
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