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Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 4:37PM GMT 01 Nov 2009 | Matthew Day

Posted on 11/01/2009 5:09:05 PM PST by Konrad_PL

The armed forces are said to have carried out "war games" in which nuclear missiles were fired and troops practised an amphibious landing on the country's coast.

Documents obtained by Wprost, one of Poland's leading news magazines, said the exercise was carried out in conjunction with soldiers from Belarus.

The manoeuvres are thought to have been held in September and involved about 13,000 Russian and Belarusian troops.

The documents state the exercises, code-named "West", were officially classified as "defensive" but many of the operations appeared to have an offensive nature.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coldwar2; communism; europe; poland; putin; russia; sovietunion
Back to the Cold War...
1 posted on 11/01/2009 5:09:07 PM PST by Konrad_PL
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To: Konrad_PL

And for good measure, they also simulated clubbing baby seals and hunting pandas.


2 posted on 11/01/2009 5:11:58 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Konrad_PL

As the Poles say regarding killing enemy soldiers: Germans for business, Russians for pleasure.


3 posted on 11/01/2009 5:12:11 PM PST by MSF BU (++)
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To: Konrad_PL

Meanwhile we are busy scrapping plans for missile shields.


4 posted on 11/01/2009 5:13:16 PM PST by libh8er
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To: libh8er

That is what the traitors voted for ,my FRiend.


5 posted on 11/01/2009 5:14:40 PM PST by sport
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To: Konrad_PL

Why bother with the war games? Haven’t they seen WOPR play tic-tac-toe?


6 posted on 11/01/2009 5:16:10 PM PST by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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To: Konrad_PL

Great going, guys. Hope. Change.

7 posted on 11/01/2009 5:37:53 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The People have abdicated our duties; ... and anxiously hope for just two things: bread and circuses)
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To: Konrad_PL; pandoraou812
Oh, the Russians don't really mean it. That's why it's called a war game right? /s10
8 posted on 11/01/2009 5:53:38 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama is our first Port of Entry President - I hope he goes home.)
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To: Konrad_PL

Poland has more than a 100,000 man army, and some of them have been getting up to date in Afghanistan. If the Poles are wise, I imagine that they might put a little thought into next years defense budget. I wouldn’t advise them relying on the EU a whole bunch.

Maybe they might develop some consultations with some of the other eastern European nations, and start tweaking the tyrant of Belarus a bit. He probably sits uneasily on his throne.


9 posted on 11/01/2009 6:18:08 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Konrad_PL

I thought the name sounded familiar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Zapad


10 posted on 11/01/2009 6:30:05 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Keep your dog. Get rid of a Liberal.)
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To: Konrad_PL
"Back to the Cold War..."

Indeed. And back to the days of Jimmy Carter.

11 posted on 11/01/2009 6:37:22 PM PST by LiberConservative ("Sarah Palin irritates all the right people." -Dennis Miller)
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