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Russian air base in Kyrgyzstan to be strengthened - general
Interfax ^ | march 7, 2004 | Interfax

Posted on 03/07/2005 2:40:50 PM PST by Bald Eagle777

Russia's Kant airforce base in Kyrgyzstan, which is part of the Collective Rapid Deployment Force in Central Asia, will be supplied with an additional number of combat planes.

"There are plans to supply more combat planes to the base and this task will be fulfilled," said Russia's 5th Air and Air Defense Army commander Yevgeny Yuryev.

Yuryev said the runway will be enlarged and extended and the old equipment will be replaced.

"In the future, following reconstruction, the base will receive a large amount of modern military equipment," the general said.

Russian air force headquarters reported that the air group based in Kant will be involved in all exercises to be held in Central Asia.

The Kant air base was opened in Kyrgyzstan on October 23, 2003.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: centralasia; kant; kantairforcebase; kyrgyzstan; russia; russianairbase; russianmilitary; spetsnaz
Interesting developments. The sahowboxing continues, and escalates.
1 posted on 03/07/2005 2:41:01 PM PST by Bald Eagle777
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To: Bald Eagle777

corr. sp: "shadowboxing"


2 posted on 03/07/2005 2:41:43 PM PST by Bald Eagle777 (No more high-tech Exports to China. None. The Clinton years were a DISASTER.)
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3 posted on 03/07/2005 5:39:19 PM PST by csvset
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To: Bald Eagle777

Actually there is something real funny about this Russian base.A few miles from it is another airbase,this time used by who else,but the yanks!!!That facility hosts American transport jets,Dutch F-16s on rotation basis for their operations in Afghanistan.The Kyrghis government is playing it smart by allowing the US to sort out it's security concern,while the Russian presence would ensure that the US influence stays limited.


4 posted on 03/07/2005 5:52:57 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: csvset

Post this map on your wall and/or table. Get the pins out to keep track on the maps and keep an extra set of dice at the ready. This region will continue to boil.

Get ready.


5 posted on 03/07/2005 9:33:13 PM PST by Bald Eagle777 (No more high-tech Exports to China. None. The Clinton years were a DISASTER.)
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To: Bald Eagle777; sukhoi-30mki
Interesting because in the same time…


Kyrgyzstan says no to US spy jets

BEIJING, Mar. 5 -- Kyrgyzstan has reiterated its refusal to deploying U.S spy jets in its territory.

Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry released a statement Friday, saying that the country won't consider US's request to dispose AWACS long-distance spy jet in the middle Asian country.

In the statement, the official said the US's proposal has gone beyond peacekeeping and humanitarianism tasks of the International Counter-Terror Coalition in Afghanistan.

As a member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Kyrgyzstan doesn't think the deployment of U.S spy jets will be committed to the duty in the organization.

Earlier, the U.S. and NATO proposed to station spy jets near Bishkek. But Kyrgystan government publicly turned down the plan.
6 posted on 03/08/2005 7:23:57 AM PST by Lukasz (Terra Polonia Semper Fidelis!)
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I saw this last week or the week before and saw a double standard. We can't fly AWACS while Russia is gearing up.

Pretty funny that most people don't know that both the US and Russia have bases in the same country. This could get interesting


7 posted on 03/08/2005 7:48:38 AM PST by Bald Eagle777 (No more high-tech Exports to China. None. The Clinton years were a DISASTER.)
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I saw this last week or the week before and saw a double standard. We can't fly AWACS while Russia is gearing up.

That is because US officials insisted to develop democracy in Kyrgyzstan. Local dictator doesn’t share US optimism in that matter and he prefer Russians who likes status quo.

Pretty funny that most people don't know that both the US and Russia have bases in the same country. This could get interesting

I’m not 100% sure but I think that similar situation is in Georgia and Uzbekistan. Georgians trying to get rid of Russians but Russians of course don’t want to leave this country. Uzbek dictator Karimov probably would like to see American troops out, that is lesson from orange revolution.
8 posted on 03/08/2005 8:07:36 AM PST by Lukasz (Terra Polonia Semper Fidelis!)
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To: Bald Eagle777

i dont think this is about Russia, its more about China at this point.


9 posted on 03/08/2005 7:46:11 PM PST by eluminate
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To: Lukasz

also Lukasz I may be wrong but I think one of the bases is located either in Ossetia or Abkhazia in either case if the Russian troops leave Georgia wouldn't get the base... Also they agreed to the 8 year pullout previously and ripping up the agreement just because they feel like it isn't honorable nor reallistic.


10 posted on 03/08/2005 7:48:11 PM PST by eluminate
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To: eluminate

China is a major looming threat, yet we can take our eyes off of Russia either.


11 posted on 03/09/2005 10:30:34 AM PST by Bald Eagle777 (No more high-tech Exports to China. None. The Clinton years were a DISASTER.)
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Recent events have suggested that Kyrgyz-Russian relations are warming and Kyrgyz-U.S. relations cooling. President Askar Akaev vehemently condemned the Rose Revolution in Georgia and Orange Revolution in Ukraine -- events that Russian and Kyrgyz official media have consistently suggested were orchestrated with the help of U.S.-sponsored NGOs -- and has made it clear that he does not want to see any repetition in Kyrgyzstan, which holds parliamentary elections on 27 February and a presidential election in October. During a visit to Moscow in late January, President Akaev told "Nezavisimaya gazeta" that Russia is readying plans to invest $2 billion in the Kyrgyz economy. Not long after, Russian Air Force head Vladimir Mikhailov told ITAR-TASS on 10 February that Russia plans to double the amount of equipment and personnel, who currently number approximately 500, at the base in 2005. A few days later, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Aitmatov announced that Kyrgyzstan, after consultations with the CSTO and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan), had decided against the deployment of U.S. AWACS surveillance aircraft at Manas.
12 posted on 03/21/2005 2:18:41 AM PST by Truth666 (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Proof+that+at+least+one+of+two%22)
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To: Truth666

I have been watching this region for a few years. I would strongly recommend bookmarking all the airbases throughout the region and any "alleged" (and/or "denied") US and Russian involvement.

This is a volatile region that could cook up and get hot pretty quickly.


13 posted on 03/21/2005 8:14:57 AM PST by Bald Eagle777 (No more high-tech Exports to China. None. The Clinton years were a total DISASTER)
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MI Ping


14 posted on 03/21/2005 8:23:08 AM PST by ASA Vet (Vigilant Always)
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