Rusland's Expansie

[Elzenga]

Oh, je bedoelt reactietijd? Vast wel.
De Russen gaan echter 1312412312 miljoen stappen verder.

Lowpass fly byś op maritieme eenheden... etc

Doen de Amerikanen ook. En gezien hoe dicht Nederlandse F-16s bij het toestel met daarin de SG NAVO vlogen?!

Het is maar net of en hoe het in de media wordt gebracht. PR-technisch is "het Westen" veel sterker daarin...waardoor de Russen wat vaker op de old-school terugvallen..zoals het faciliteren van "lekkers" als Snowden...of lekken van telefoongesprekken..(Aston-Paet, Nuland)...

[Huzaar1]

Want?

Het lijkt mij bijna ondenkbaar dat wij/NAVO niet de reactie van de Russen testen... (ik zou zwaar teleurgesteld zijn als we het niet deden)

Oh, je bedoelt reactietijd? Vast wel.
De Russen gaan echter 1312412312 miljoen stappen verder.

Lowpass fly byś op maritieme eenheden... etc

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Posted: December 17, 2014 

Vladimir Putin Reportedly Orders Baltic Military Drills To Test Russia's 'Battle-Readiness'

Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly ordered sudden military drills for Russian armed forces serving in the Baltic region, in order to test his countries readiness for a world war.

A spokesman for the ministry of defence in Russia reported the orders to the Interfax news agency yesterday, while Andrey Kartapolov, the lieutenant general of the Russian army said, "A self-sufficient, multi-purpose army of air, sea and land units was assembled in the period of less than a day in the Kaliningrad area, consisting of units from all branches of the armed forces."

The snap drill, which took place around a week ago, saw Russian servicemen called to their battle-stations in Kaliningrad without prior warning.

Newsweek reported that the drill was a large one, and included the Russian navy's Baltic fleet, troops from the western military district and a large array of military aviation units.

The drill consisted of 9,000 servicemen, 642 military vehicles, including 250 tanks and APCs, over 100 artillery units, 55 warships and the Iskander ballistic missile system, al aimed at repelling an attack from Europe.

As Kartapolov told reporters, "The air force and air defence units were tasked with covering important military and government targets and supporting ground troops from the air, as well as practicing hitting enemy units from the air," adding that the fleet also engaged in practice fire drills as well as defending Russia from the sea.

It's no wonder that the snap drills took place in Kaliningrad as it is Russia's westernmost territory, bordering EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania. As such, the city holds tremendous strategic importance to Russia and is one of the countries' most heavily militarised areas.

According to Russia's minister of defence, Sergey Shoygu, officers were told that they need to "be battle-ready at all times," leading to fears in the west that World War III could be a more imminent threat than previously thought.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1685632/vladimir-putin-reportedly-orders-baltic-military-drills-to-test-russias-battle-readiness/#ySwjE2uxeKPyQfiM.99

[Elzenga]

Want?

Het lijkt mij bijna ondenkbaar dat wij/NAVO niet de reactie van de Russen testen... (ik zou zwaar teleurgesteld zijn als we het niet deden)

dat doen we dan ook...waarbij net als bij zoveel zaken de VS het overgrote deel uitvoert. Dus geen teleurstelling...we staan ons mannetje ..

[Elzenga]

Dit is helemaal geen over en weer situatie.

yes it is...

[slaydo]

Ik denk dat het de komende jaren een erg spannende tijd gaat worden. Hogere bevolkingsonrust in grote delen van de wereld, meer brandhaarden en menselijk leed. Nee, het ziet er niet florisant uit.

[Zeewier]

Met de vorst ingetreden groeit er momenteel helemaal niks in Rusland. Al het groente en fruit is geïmporteerd. Bedenk hoe snel gestegen voedselprijzen de Russische burger pijn zullen doen. Primaire levensbehoeften zullen de handel in secondaire (auto) en tertiaire (consumenten elektronica) bijten. En voor ons is door de dalende brandstofprijzen het exporteren goedkoper geworden.

We leven in boeiende tijden. Als deze Roebelkoers zo doorzet zal de paniek in andere fragiele landen ook toeslaan. Voor Venezuela is dit natuurlijk een ramp. De successen van de inmiddels overleden Chavez zijn vooral geboekt door excessief veel oliegeld aan onderwijs, bouw en kredietverleningsprojecten te spenderen. Venezuela heeft net als Rusland een economie die in werkelijkheid in slechte vorm steekt maar dat alles werd gecamoufleerd door de hoge olieprijs. En Brazilië dat juist dure olie-exploraties deed voor de kust. Dit helpt hen ook niet.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Dit is helemaal geen over en weer situatie.

Want?

Het lijkt mij bijna ondenkbaar dat wij/NAVO niet de reactie van de Russen testen... (ik zou zwaar teleurgesteld zijn als we het niet deden)

[Huzaar1]

Dat het over en weer gebeurde en gebeurt was al wat langer duidelijk...alleen waren de Russen er propaganda-technisch niet zo handig mee bezig. Nu hebben ze dan ook de media gevonden..en die plaatst het zelfs...verrassend.

Dit is helemaal geen over en weer situatie.

[Elzenga]

Dat het over en weer gebeurde en gebeurt was al wat langer duidelijk...alleen waren de Russen er propaganda-technisch niet zo handig mee bezig. Nu hebben ze dan ook de media gevonden..en die plaatst het zelfs...verrassend.

[Huzaar1]

Uiteraard, dit kon er nog bij. De Russen die boos worden om onaangekondigde zogenaamde spionage vluchten.
De gene die dit persbericht de deur uit heeft gestuurd moet vast een grijns op z'n gezicht hebben gehad.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Russia Accuses NATO on Spy Flights as Warplane Row Grows

By Ilya Arkhipov  Dec 16, 2014

Russia, accused by NATO of airspace violations and increased military activity, hit back at its Cold War foes, alleging a sevenfold jump in reconnaissance flights near its Baltic border by the U.S. and the alliance.

The lack of information flow between the two sides has sapped trust between them, Lieutenant-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian Defense Ministry's joint military command center, said in answer to e-mailed questions. Russian fighters flew more than 300 missions in response to NATO and other foreign military aircraft approaching the country's borders this year, he said.

The sharp increase in air activity by NATO states and other foreign countries is taking place without "any mutual exchange of information," Mizintsev said yesterday. "All achievements in the field of trust-building and voluntary transparency that NATO and Russia have formed over the years have ceased."

Russia's military is shining the spotlight on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's activities around its borders as it's embroiled in the worst standoff since the Cold War with the U.S. and its allies over the conflict in Ukraine. The disclosure mirrors NATO reports of a jump in Russian military flights close to the borders of member states.

Last month, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the government in Moscow wasn't making a fuss about increased activity around its borders by NATO and advised the military alliance to do the same.

No 'Welcome'

"We certainly do not welcome that NATO intensifies" its presence "near our borders," Ryabkov said. "We closely monitor everything that happens. We hope that NATO colleagues have the same attitude to what we do."

The number of flights by NATO's tactical aircraft close to the borders of Russia and Belarus doubled to about 3,000 this year, according to Mizintsev.

He challenged the alliance's claims that it had intercepted Russian aircraft 400 times this year, or 50 percent more than in 2013. NATO jets escorted Russian planes 140 times in 2014, a 70 percent increase on the previous year, while they flew missions that were "in strict compliance with international rules," Mizintsev said.

Dozens of Russian aircraft and naval ships as well as 9,000 troops and 250 tanks took part in six days of military exercises in the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad region from Dec. 5-10, state TV Vesti reported today. Lithuania put military units, including rapid-reaction forces, on high alert on Dec. 8 in response to the increased Russian activity.

'Dangerous Proximity'

NATO will remain vigilant in tracking Russian flights, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters yesterday after a meeting at the military alliance's Brussels headquarters with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Mizintsev said Russia registered 55 cases of foreign jets flying in "dangerous proximity" to its long-range military aircraft, at a distance of less than 100 meters, in 2013-14. Russia's missions were "as risky as NATO aircraft flights near the Russian border can be considered risky," he said.

Russia is also concerned about increased tensions caused by the presence of NATO ships in the Black Sea, Mizintsev said. Sevastopol in Crimea, the peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in March, is home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Air Policing

"The Russian Defense Ministry leadership has repeatedly expressed its concerns over the significant increase of NATO military activity near the Russian borders," Mizintsev said.

NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted 80 Russian aircraft on 21 occasions near the borders of Baltic states last week, a record, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said in a statement yesterday. Most of the Russian planes flew with their transponders turned off, it said.

Sweden and Denmark summoned Russia's ambassadors yesterday to express their displeasure after an incident in which a passenger plane leaving Copenhagen on Dec. 12 was forced to change direction to avoid colliding with a Russian military jet. The civilian plane was leased by Scandinavia's joint state-controlled airline SAS AB. (SAS)

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov denied the surveillance plane had broken international airspace rules or had endangered civilian aircraft. The Russian aircraft was 70 kilometers (45 miles) from the passenger plane, RIA Novosti cited him as saying.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-15/russia-says-u-s-nato-increased-spy-flights-seven-fold.html?hootPostID=2b3d2440f08dfea4f677132eb8fe688c

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Beware: Putin the wounded animal

Jake Novak, december 15, 2014 CNBC.com

Vladimir Putin is not a good man and not a good leader.

There, I said it ... and the U.S. government basically began saying that eight months ago, when it joined with other Western nations in imposing a series of economic sanctions on Putin's Russia.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102273192

[Elzenga]

Nog niet bekend??
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het aangehaalde contact tussen Rusland en India vind ik een belangrijke ontwikkeling...de BRICS show their flag(s).

[Zander]

Belangrijke ontwikkeling...

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