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Russia Preparing for Nuclear War Games
Newsmax.com ^ | 5-16-2003 | Newsmax Wires

Posted on 05/16/2003 9:15:19 AM PDT by bsears29631

Russia Preparing for Nuclear Attacks on U.S, Britain NewsMax Wires Friday May 16, 2003 Russia will soon launch a mock nuclear attack against the U.S. and Britain during military exercises over the next week. Moscow's Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports that Russia's strategic bombers and nuclear submarines "will deliver hypothetical nuclear strikes on the U.S. and Britain, while locating and destroying aircraft-carrier groups of the U.S. Navy."

The massive air, sea and land maneuvers are being conducted in the wake of America's stunning victory over Iraq, a long time client state of Russia.

The paper said the exercises are taking place because, "Russian military leaders have learned a lesson from the Iraq war, and intend to show the U.S. and its allies their determination to repel any potential threat coming from the West."

The Russian military, in plans drawn up at the request of President Vladmir Putin, argues that the only way Russia can deal with an escalating regional conflict with the U.S., would be to employ nuclear weapons.

Though Russia's military has been considerably downzied since the end of the Cold War, and its conventional forces hold little weight against a modern, equipped army, Russia has continued to invest heavily in strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.

Sometime during the 90s, Russia attained nuclear superiority over the U.S. While Russia's large, strategic nuclear weapons have remained in parity with the U.S., Russia's tactical nuclear arsenal has been estimated to include between 20,000 to 40,000 weapons.

At the same time Russia has continued its nuclear buildup, the U.S. has virtually destroyed its arsenal of tactical nuclear warheads. Under orders from the Bush administration, the U.S. has also been moving to further reduce the U.S. strategic arsenal. Currently, the nation's most modern fleet of ICBM, the MX missiles, are being destroyed.

The Russian military exercises show a desire by the Russian military to deal with the huge technological lead U.S. conventional forces have, demonstrated by Operation Iraqi Freedom.

According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the Russian exercises "will be linked with destroying the U.S. satellite group in order to neutralize the NAVSTAR global navigation system, the Keyhole optoelectronic intelligence satellites, and the Lacross radio-locating intelligence satellites."

The paper said these maneuvers, "Under actual conditions of a war this would 'blind' the Pentagon and does not let the U.S. use high-precision weapons against Russian military groups."

So far, the exercises are to include Four Tu-160 and nine Tu-95MS strategic bombers, 12 Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, and four Il-78 flying tankers will be involved in the maneuvers on May 17-18.

The maneuvers are of a "global scale," the paper said.

Major-General Igor Khvorov, commander of the 37th air army of the High Commander-in-Chief, said that the official objective of the exercise is to polish cooperation between the long-range aviation, the Navy, and other branches of the army in the western, eastern, northern, and southern regions of the Russian Federation, and over the world's oceans. This emphasizes a global scale of the impending maneuvers.

Submarines of the Northern and Pacific fleets will launch ballistic missiles. Nuclear strategic and multi-purpose submarines, surface warships of different types, coastal missile and anti-aircraft units, and the missile-carrying, pursuit, and anti-submarine aviation will be involved in the exercise.

The paper also noted that Russian warships sent to the Arabian Sea to take part in an exercise with the Indian Navy will support strategic units. They will find and destroy U.S. Los Angeles class submarines and deliver missile strikes at enemy warships.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: nuclear; russia
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1 posted on 05/16/2003 9:15:19 AM PDT by bsears29631
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To: bsears29631
Wow. I'm glad Russia is our friend now. {/Sarcasm}
2 posted on 05/16/2003 9:16:38 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: bsears29631
How come the Russians are not targeting the China, Germany or France?
3 posted on 05/16/2003 9:18:09 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: bsears29631
The Russian military, in plans drawn up at the request of President Vladmir Putin, argues that the only way Russia can deal with an escalating regional conflict with the U.S., would be to employ nuclear weapons.

How the Wyrm turns ...... this used to be our doctrine with regards to possible West Germany invasion in the late 70's ..... we didn't know if we could win.

4 posted on 05/16/2003 9:20:51 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
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To: bsears29631
"They will find and destroy U.S. Los Angeles class submarines..."

Ha, in their dreams.

5 posted on 05/16/2003 9:25:44 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is a war room".)
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To: bsears29631
This is hillarious. They are using a handful of bombers and this is somehow a mission of "global scale." Honestly, I think most US military planners will be laughing at this.

Taking out the GPS satellites...get real. It takes how long to get a spacecraft into orbit. The planning is intense. And we are supposed to believe that they have the resources poised to take out the satellites. I don't think so.

We had hundreds of fighters and bombers over Iraq at any one time. The Russian military does not have the resources or the experience to launch a large scale military operation. Look at Chechnya and look what they did in Afghanistan. They suck, and any idle threat they make is just that, an idle threat.

You have to understand, out military operates under logistical geniuses. Russia just doesn't have them and has nothing to learn from. They have not launched a successful military campaign in a long time. Their little exercise, and I stress little, amount to comedy.

6 posted on 05/16/2003 9:30:11 AM PDT by milan
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To: bsears29631
Naturally this assumes that they have the av gas for the planes, they can find pilots who aren't giving at the local blood bank to get money for food, and that they have enough crew to get some ships out of port. They have fallen on hard times, but are still trying to show(unsuccessfully) that they still matter on the global stage.
7 posted on 05/16/2003 9:40:12 AM PDT by aegiscg47
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To: finnman69; Alamo-Girl; Fred Mertz; Commander8; fortheDeclaration; ksen; Gal.5:1
Your#3.......................EXACTLY

FROM ANOTHER THREAD:

Russia to Deliver Attack Against the USA: A Training One

.......... During the exercises, the newspaper says, Russian strategic bombers and submarine missile-carriers will simulate nuclear attacks against several military targets on the territory of the USA and Great Britain. They will also work on searching for and liquidating US Navy aircraft carriers transporting attack squadrons.

To allow this is 'MAD'-ness!

Call this 'exercise' OFF NOW AND FOREVER!

(If NO,.....then NOW is THE time to 'launch' on Russia!)

Strike First-First Strike!

(This will be our 'exercise'......too!)

Is Russia's secret ally in this really their old comrades North Korea?

Y2K is now to be repeated, but NOW is there Nuke DANGER?

8 posted on 05/16/2003 9:43:03 AM PDT by maestro
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To: bsears29631
The Ruskies are blowing hot flatulence out of their southern sphincter. That's almost as likely as the Axis of Weasels having the infrastructure to support it, much less the Axis of Evil.

Personally, I'm glad that we (leadership) finally have some gonads.
9 posted on 05/16/2003 9:46:12 AM PDT by dagar
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To: bsears29631
Awh, yes. Russia is no longer a threat!
10 posted on 05/16/2003 9:48:32 AM PDT by HighRoadToChina (Never Again!)
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To: milan
You are forgetting that the Russians never ever cut back on their strategic missiles and strategic forces. In fact, they have increased funding and development for them since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

It is very naive to think that because their conventional forces are in disarray that the same can be extrapolated to their strategic nuclear force.

Russia still has over 6,000 nuclear warheads and has deployed over 10,000 dual-purpose mobile SAM/ABM--their no nonsense approach to a SDI system some using nuclear tipped SAMs.

The Russia we are fed and the real Bear are two different things.
11 posted on 05/16/2003 9:56:51 AM PDT by HighRoadToChina (Never Again!)
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To: HighRoadToChina
Per X42:

New York City, Oct. 23, 1995: "For the first time since the dawn of the nuclear age, there's not a single solitary nuclear missile pointed at the people of the United States of America.


Concord, New Hampshire, Feb. 2, 1996: "... for the first time since the dawn of the nuclear age, there is not a single nuclear missile pointed at an American child today.


Philadelphia, April 26, 1996: "... for the first time since the dawn of the nuclear age, there is not a single, solitary nuclear missile pointed at an American child tonight."


Toledo, Ohio, August 26, 1996: "... for the first time since the dawn of the nuclear age, on this night, this beautiful night, there is not a single nuclear missile pointed at a child in the United States of America."


12 posted on 05/16/2003 9:59:38 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: bsears29631
bump for later read...
13 posted on 05/16/2003 9:59:40 AM PDT by Faith65
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To: bsears29631
"I looked into his eyes and could see his soul...." The Russians are our friends! (/sarcasm).
14 posted on 05/16/2003 10:01:12 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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To: maestro; hchutch
Call this 'exercise' OFF NOW AND FOREVER!

(If NO,.....then NOW is THE time to 'launch' on Russia!)

Strike First-First Strike!

(This will be our 'exercise'......too!)

Just out of idle curiousity...

Should Russia make the same demand when STRATCOM puts on a major exercise, where they practice fighting a nuclear war against Russia? And if we refuse to call off our exercise, and never hold it again, should Russia launch a first strike?

15 posted on 05/16/2003 10:05:50 AM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: Poohbah
Sheesh...

Some people these days...
16 posted on 05/16/2003 10:08:14 AM PDT by hchutch (America came, America saw, America liberated; as for those who hate us, Oderint dum Metuant)
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To: bsears29631
Practice makes perfect
good thing we emptied the tax payers pockets supporting these AAA++ holes
17 posted on 05/16/2003 10:12:36 AM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: HighRoadToChina
You are forgetting that the Russians never ever cut back on their strategic missiles and strategic forces.

Actually, they did--the START I and START II treaties cut their warhead count by more than 50%.

18 posted on 05/16/2003 10:14:51 AM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: bsears29631
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
19 posted on 05/16/2003 10:17:42 AM PDT by polemikos
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To: bsears29631; maestro
So much for the fall of the Soviet Union.

http://www.schwarzreport.org/SchwarzReport/2001/november01.html#Putin
20 posted on 05/16/2003 10:18:29 AM PDT by Commander8
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