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Russia To Dispatch Long-Range Bomber Patrols Over Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean
While the west is seemingly eager to once again restart the military escalation, if only in rhetoric for now, surrounding the east-Ukraine conflict, leading to a report that the "European Union and the U.S. will weigh further sanctions against Russia’s economy and Ukrainian separatists, after the reported movement of tanks, artillery and combat troops into eastern Ukraine", Russia has chosen to change track completely and give the US a dose of its own cooking, by bringing the military threat next to the borders of the US itself.
As cited by RIA and Bloomberg, yesterday Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said that "his country’s military will start conducting regular long-range bomber patrols along Russia’s borders and over the Arctic Ocean." It gets better: while Russia has repeatedly denied it has moved its own troops into east Ukraine contrary to western press reports over the past week, it is making it quite clear it will soon move bombers just off the coast of the US: the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Quote Shoigu:
“In this situation, we have to maintain a military presence in the western part of the Atlantic and the eastern part of the Arctic Ocean, in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico."
RIA also adds that according to Shoigu Russian long-distance aviation flights and military preparedness has increase substantially over the past year.
So while NATO is building up its own forces along Russian borders, using even the smallest escalation in tensions over Ukraine as a pretext to send even more troops and warplanes, Russia has decided to retort in kind.
CNN adds more:
Russia plans to send long-range bombers to patrol the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, the nation's defense minister said, amid escalating tensions with the West over Ukraine. The patrols would bring the flights close to the United States' territorial waters. In September, the U.S. intercepted six Russian planes, including fighter jets, near airspace off Alaska, officials said.
The plan to send the long-range bombers is in response to a growing international resentment against Russia, defense minister Sergey Shoigu said Wednesday.
In addition, he said, Russia will boost its security in Crimea, the region it annexed from Ukraine earlier this year.
"In many respects, this is connected with the situation in Ukraine, with fomentation of anti-Russian moods on the part of NATO and reinforcement of foreign military presence next to our border," Shoigu said.
"Under these conditions, the formation of full-fledged and self-sufficient forces on the Crimean peninsula is a priority task."
Shoigu said Russian long-range bombers will conduct flights along the Russian border and over the Arctic Ocean.
"In the current situation we have to maintain military presence in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, as well as the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico," he said. "Due to that, as part of the drills, Russian long-range bombers will conduct flights along Russian borders and over the Arctic Ocean."
So will sights like these become the norm soon in proximity to US shores? Probably not, but America's response to being in the same situation as Russia finds itself, would certainly be one to watch.
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You've eloquently summed up the view one would have if s/he only read corporate, MSM news sources.
The point, my dear troll, is that one does not need to wish to wash Mr. Putin's balls to believe that the MSM narrative is a neocon/globalist/zionist distortion of the facts.
I recommend you read sites like globalresearch.ca and consortiumnews.com and voltairenet to get some balance. You're free to form your own opinion, but few here are going to take you seriouly if you keep regurgitating talking points that look like they came out of the NYT editorial board, or from the various warmongering beltway thinktanks, most of which are staffed and led by neocon whackjobs.
Jonathan Equine... to what statement I wrote - you don't agree upon? If you realy are interested in findig truth I would give more details and references to what I wrote if you are interested in.
If one oppses US oligarch regime msm it doesn't make him knowing truth if he follows Putin oligarch regime msm.
After a brief few days with reality, I see you're back to regurgitating MSM bunkum.
{sigh}
to latvian bastard troll.
Fucking latvian nazi prick. Yes, russians are sending everything they can. Yes, they do it openly and yes they do it secretely. Yes they took back Crimea. Yes they might take the whole Ukraine. And fucking yes, way to go Russia!
Keep on sucking that black dick you miserable and boring cunt-troll.
P.S. Maybe I was a bit harsh on you. Maybe you are not idiot and stupid, maybe you are just a poor pseudo-intelectual, who cant control his ego and admit that you are wrong? If thats the case then, fuck you anyway.
soon ruskies will take Alaska, wonder what will you sing then, you POS
Putin, will kill them all! He will occupy all Ukraine!
Does not Russia have a "right to exist?"
US not supplying weapons to Syrian rebels, is not it?
But new weapons Syrian rebels have always, is not it? My Question: Where do they get weapons? I mean Syrian rebels - terrorists and thugs.
Maybe they take the weapon from Putin?
Whats shocking is not that russia is sending troops and tanks its that are having no effect on the outcome of the battles, if 50k volunteers can hold back the best units of the russian army, how crap is the russian army?
Putin will be praying for general winter to lend a hand methinks.
Maybe soon they will drop leaflets on us promising to save us from our tyranny.
I'm sure Vlad knows the mafia won't back down.
All western coastal cities vulnerable to long range stand off attack from KH -55s
http://missilethreat.com/missiles/kh-55-55sm-555-65/?country=russia#russia
In 2006, it was suggested that Russia had 872 Kh-55 operational missiles with the long-term goal of 500 nuclear armed missiles
And check the average yield of the warheads. The US prefers those little, accurate 10 and 20 kiloton jobs, while the Russians like those 50 and 100 megaton ones. We have to be silly to think we can fight a "surgical nuclear war". We truly are a nation run by ignorant sociopaths. Nobody wins. We lose. They lose. But they will lose from "more accurate strikes". What a joke.
The idea is to burn off excess keronsene (not burned in euroland) but it could get out of hand.
We are witnessing a internalization of russian oil demand.
Russian oil demand at all time highs and 400kbd above 5 year average.
Trouble with those antiques is that if you drop them tzar hits the ground.
Russia is certainly as much if not more responsible for any military escalation. Couldn't ask zerohedge for a nuanced portrayal of anything involving Russia though, their bias is evident as usual.
This one's easy: List the sovereign recipients of bombs and raids by air or ground by the US and the Russians over the last ten years. Who's the clear "winner"?
Or another arbitrary comparison: who has annexed more lands of sovereign european nation over the same period?
Here is an easier questions;- Does 1000 exceed 10 ?
US military bases vs Russian
I wasn't aware of that USA had a 1000 bases within Russias sphere of interest! That is a bit extreme. I think 400 US bases would be enough, with the other 600 run by EU.
Is Kissinger also biased ?
Kissinger warns of West’s ‘fatal mistake’ that may lead to new Cold WarI'm sure Kissinger has his biases just like anyone else. Doubt it will change my opinion of ZH though
Back in the day before all the repubs and freepers got in, ZH was the shit, as a statist liberal it was the only place you could say what you wanted and get a debate, educated and your ass kicked in the same day nowadays its a club for anyone who either hates obama or loves putin, far too many team blue/red boys here saying their party's shit dont stink, nobody came for the stories they came to listen while people argued economics, politics and philoshophy you didnt need to preface every comment with 'gold bitches' 'obama sux cock' 'T'govt is mean to me' etc etc
Happy days.
Kissinger is as close as you will get to a voice of reason in the Western establishment.
He is no neo-con.
Tell us dumb asses about the "nuance" of the USSA occupying military bases in abougt 500 foreign nations, while poverty rates sckyrocket ever upward and actual take home pay falls?
Russia has 130M people (most in poverty) and a $2T GDP (most raw resources) - about the same size as Canada's GDP.
hey Putin, don't be a cartoon like barry - stop flying your outdated dogshit technology like it means something - your country is a pile of shit.
Russians are used to hardships, Americans aren't. Putin is a fighter.
Over the last 40 years Americans have become real soft and sensitive.
Yes, there's something to be said about that. I can see the US shoppers crying in the Walmart parking lots waiting for deliveries that will never come, while the Russians will be licking the glue off the back of wallpaper to survive, for the second time. No: Americans are not prepared for this type of thing.
not only that, but if americans knew what those "antique" bear bombers are really for, most of the country would have "soiled pants" in no time.
we still fly B-52's for a reason. They still fly their Bears for a reason.
Putin doesn't like what we are doing in his backyard, and he's telling Barry to go F himself.
Been to East LA or Detroit lately? It's a battle zone 24/7. Nope, plenty od battle hardened folks in the US with combat experience. Now europe is a different story.
bringing up GDP as a measurment of a countries strength and power = FAIL.
When it's $49 for 10 foils to get your highlights in murka, GDP means shit.
That's what Hitler thought.
Those Russian bombers are about as modern as a B-29 Stratofortress. You can hear them coming from about 5 miles away (literally) and their radar signature cant be missed, even by a blind operator.
That's not the point.
It's how you probe enemy defenses and other things which we will not mention.
No problem. Russia has cruise missles and supersonic aircraft carrier destroying missles.
Russsia knows exactly how to counter many of the current US weapons.
This move is political for now.
If you ever worked with Russian scientist you gain a lot of respect for them.
Russia has best Physicists of world
Those Russian bombers are about as modern as a B-29 Stratofortress. You can hear them coming from about 5 miles away (literally) and their radar signature cant be missed, even by a blind operator.
5 miles. Is that how close they have to get before they release their payload? Or am I missing the point.
They are old and crappy perhaps but their purpose is to function as a launch vehicle for nuclear missiles and for air-to-surface missles to take out carrier groups, fired well outside radar range. And they and their crews are expendable. Nevertheless they are easiy detected by satellites keeping an eye on air bases. So these would need to be taken out first.
This is all theatre.
Actually, they are faster, have a much longer range and can arm all kinds of lethal missiles and/or ELINT gear.
They are considerably less armored than B-29 though, and in case of being intercepted by a japanese Toryu they would be at distinct disadvantage.
The TU-95 is only 60MPH or so slower at top speed than a B-52. It is no sluggard, one of the fastest prop planes built.
Pretty much as fast as a Mustang!!!
SPL decreases at the square of distance (subtract 6 dB for each doubling of distance). At five miles few things beyond a nuclear device are perceived by human ears.
Your abacus is broke.
Fail. Thunder for one.
I'd be willing to wager there are a small handful of submarines tasked with the bombers.
These bombers are not a threat, just a gentle reminder.
and by the way, the US is constantly sending bombers and ships close to Russian, Chinese, North Korean, and Iranian waters and airspace. It is absolutely fucking absurd to claim Russian actions which are symbolic are a 'provocation' while US efforts to surround Russia and Iran with their latest tech - thousands of miles from the US - is not.
Which, of course, you may in fact agree with...
It's worth bearing in mind that the American people don't want war, and neither do the Russian people. The Russian government also does not want war, and dos not want the Baltics or Georgia.
However, the US government, and the shadow government within it that calls the shot, and the neocon and ziocon think tanks, they all want to have American blood an treasure squandered for their militant, generally morally bankrupt ideologies.
The enemy of the United States is the ruling class which is manifestly disloyal to it.
And don't forget about the central banking system~
Banks like skirmishes.
Banks do not like world wars. Things become too uncertain.
Remember Russia has Cuba as an ally. Russia can bring what the US is doing to the Ukraine very close to home.
Wall Street and the banksters should remember that Russia still has some nice yielding nukes. Want to play financial games with the bear? Putin in no Obama flunky.
Hey, I bet if Ukraine was leftt alone, these planes would go away.
Exactly.
Too late now. The genie is out of the bottle. But Vlad should be careful not to overplay his hand.
A Jewish buddy of mine , reminds me, everybody has a role to play.
I love the smell of emp in the morning
Whether these satanic bastards care to admit it or not blockade and qurantine be the best way to kill off the u.s population with a lil mix of a bio weapon would be absoloutely efficient and effective in avoiding structural damage
Encircle costal points with carriers destroyers and air power nothing comes in nothing comes out....................................ALIVE!
The Wall Street jew fucks are trying to validate a new US stimulus bill.
Folks, this is a crisis, and it's real.
Nobody in his right mind wants war.
The problem is and has always been the illusion that these crises can be controlled. That always has the potential to be a fatal error.
There's that anecdote about the Kaiser signing troop movement orders as WWI began. As he did so he said to his assembled staff officers: Gentlemen, you will regret this day for the rest of your lives.
I'm sure this development has absolutely nothing to do with the fact Vlad P. regards President Chalky Chavez Goebbels as the weakest POS ever to sit in the WH. Nahhhh, they're just hunting for good fishing spots. What a fuck-up.
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If you were them at this point after what we've done in their neighborhood... Wouldn't you?...
Hope they keep our National Guard folks up with a lot of sleepless nights and "indigestion"!!!
I am totally shocked and outraged!
We would never send serious armour in someone elses backyard.
lol y'know things are fucked up when you're actually looking forward to a war.
I've got no stake in it. Whoever wins, same shit. I've been a spectator on this madness called society for years. It just seems so comical. Humanity is a joke.
"Russian troop ships are landing in Florida. We go to Bill Zuckerman, CBS News Miami. Bill, whhat's going on?
Dan, the Russians have chosen Florida and its real estate after the US Default. In exchange for no gold, Vlad Putin has selected Florida as compensation, adding moar warm water ports to his list. Word is, the Kremlin West will be in this (camera moves) Exclusive High-Rise beachfront penthouse.
Is there any opposition to the Red Army?
No, quite the contrary. There have been problems with Georgia residents trying to cross the new border to buy gold and dirt-cheap gas from the Russian stocks. Putin says a visa program will soon be in effect.
Putin was seen last night at the golf-course compound of Rush Limbaugh, where we are told there were plenty of Obola jokes and Vodka. It's rumored Vlad will co-host the EIB show today, as Rush moves to secure his golf course from the Russian Auditors."
You have a vivid imagination.
Rush I get, but how do other fake conservative clowns like Rubio R(ino)-FL playing into this surreal picture?
Because they are just that....fake.
Tell me they are not 'statists.'
Incremental steps, folks.
America has tried rolling the dice in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Ukraine.
All American attempts have failed in each location (why do you think there is little or no coverage about what's actually happening in these locations?).
The momentum is with Russia.
Listen.
Exactly. Exceptionalism is having panic attacks.
So what ! A big target for missles to hit n knock out of sky !
Real fucken lame, Putin ... ... this is so FAKE
drop one bomb and you die in a NUCLEAR FIRE STORM.... whats the point?????
this is just more FAKE story stuff, brought to you by our Fake leaders on behalf of the NWO BANKS .... justs as fake as any soap opera on tv
Putin knows that. It is a deception. These bombers are a limited threat. But they make Obama freak out and look weak.
actually, i would say the bombers are exactly no threat at all... big zero
but you are correct ...does make obama look weak... he's about as Toothless a leader as it can get...
He's pretty brave at bombing wedding parties though!
<<the bombers are exactly no threat at all>>
The bombers are not, but their payload may be. And you don't know what they carry.
And, who knows ? Maybe they are not as sensitive to EMP or electronic counter-measures as modern equipment. BTW, does anybody know whether the following story is true ? :
"The Department acknowledged that the crew of the destroyer USS Donald Cook has been gravely demoralized ever since their vessel was flown over in the Black Sea by a Russian Sukhoi-24 (Su-24) fighter jet which carried neither bombs nor missiles but only an electronic warfare device." (http://www.voltairenet.org/article185860.html.)
They are just pulling Obama's pud so he will remain hysterical and focused on conventional products his limited intelligence can understand. They are not going to use bombers on us. The nukes are already here.
The USA helped bankrupt the Soviet Union by a military build up, which the Russians felt forced to match. Apparently, two can play at that game.
So as Russia once again attempts to catch up with the USSA, Russia is effectively getting back at the US for USSR days? Please.
Soviet was already headed for ending.
KGB understood this.
Last of USSR was much changed from earlier.
Attn: Russian Strategic Bomber Command
Washington DC: 38°53'N 77°02'W
Anyone is free to speculate what kinds of sensors and data-gathering systems are on board these aircraft. Of course, they were originally intended to be bombers, and probably still have such capability. But Russia's long range deterrence strategy is built upon missiles, not bombers. These are reconaissance aircraft now.
The US flies reconaissance flights everywhere. The primary purpose of these flights is to detect the changes in disposition of the military forces of China, Russia, Iran and to determine what the protocols are for these nations' air defense systems to react to a military threat.
Russia is doing the same.
I wonder when the Chinese will start flying near the U.S. as they already do to various points in the Western Pacific.
“In this situation, we have to maintain a military presence in the western part of the Atlantic and the eastern part of the Arctic Ocean, in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico."...
Just Keepin the peace!
With Corpus Christie, Keesler, Pensacola, Eglin, and Tyndall, if the northern Gulf of Mexico gets one more military base it will sink.
Russia should deploy S-500 ABM system in Cuba.
Jeb and Hillary have a full talking points memo-
Obama needs to get his shit together.
Who cares?
Would anyone care to create a map of the USSA and another of Russia with path lines showing the Russian flights within 200 miles of fictional USSA territory, and the other with path lines showing USSA and NATO and ally flights within 200 miles of fictional Russian territory?
Would anyone like to take bets that the former would show a modest number of path lines, while the later has so many lines they almost obscure whatever is below them?
What a farce anyone even mentions this topic. After all, airlines from all over the world fly directly over almost every other country on the planet. And somehow the trouble-makers want us to care about a few flights that don't even cross the fictional nation boundaries?
Seriously? What pointless propaganda!
Propaganda is right. This is supposed to make Russia look "increasingly stronger" when the USSA and NATO have been flying near and over Russian airspace for years? So to put it simply, Vlad is trying desperately to catch up.
Exactly.
This continous "I'm shocked, shocked" attitude while at the same time carefully avoiding any mention if the US does the same towards Russia is tiring.
Right out of "Obama: The Post Modern Coup" 2008
The Blackjack, the Tu-160, the Military Concorde, is a marvel of engineering. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160
It should fly more often and show people what a "third-world" country can produce.
Best pic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_Cockpit_TU-160_Bomber.j... .
Remind anyone of a certain former governor of MA peeping out of the top of a tank with a helmet on?
Both sides miss 'the good old days'.
The arms industry got to sell a lot more cool toys.
Agencies got big fat budgets.....,
Novelists wrote cool books...,
Journalists....well....they've become too lame to be considered any longer.
was talking to a dude from Ft. Myers, apparently its not difficult to fry electronics in a few seconds at 50k' -- from outerspace.
I blame the Russkies!! Have you ever seen the map of the US bases around the world? Frankly they put their dang country WAY TOO CLOSE to our bases...
We shouldn't worry as they're looking for our manufacturing centers.
We could send the F-35 to shadow these Ruskie babies, but after eighteen years of development the F-35 doesn't actually fly missions. But they are working on it.
Russian taking back Alaska is the new thing in 2015, way to go dickheads, shit on yourselfs further. If you would be inteligent enough and knew russian, you would be terrified how americans are despised in any occurance, keep licking putkins ass!
Nice try fear monger. You obviously don't know any Russians. No different than the average American. It's all bullshit. The war machine is pushing hard for more profits.
Let me know if a Russian surveillance plane Ever shows up in the Gulf. I call BS.
Splash a few of these and the harassment will stop. Don't tell me Putin will start a nuc war over a splashed bomber either. I'm not for any intevention in Ukraine, but this bobmber crap in our hemisphere crosses the line.
Listen tough guy.
Try it.
Our hemisphere?
Well, we know what the problem is: idiots like you.
Monroe doctrine anus boy, Read it. Live it.
Speaking of ani (or anuses), you and the other Daughters of the American Revolution better get out the Preparation H, because you're about to get the Putin Doctrine plowed up your chocolate tunnel.
Dude, they've been flying bombers off of our coasts for like 50 fucking years. Get with the program, ok?
Finally, Putin is defending America. Thanks Vlad!
I agree to those in Russia who say that we need a czar like Putin. Our country must be ruled by iron fist. Democracy and human freedom is just used as gate for NWO elite. So in order to secure our country we need to take away some freedoms, especialy freedom of speech and we have to take in control media like it's done now. Only it could be done in more strict way. I am talking about Internet - still NWO agenda can be passed to our minds through Internet, so it must be stopped also. That's why I fully support Putin and think he realy deserv to be our leader that will protect us from NWO. I think Putin will occupy all Ukraine, Baltics, maybe Poland too. He must use same seperatist tactics there and take those countries down. It's either NWO property or Putin will make them free under it's control.
Go Putin!
Propaganda......Russia, China are NOT enemies of the U.S. they are partners
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/02/15450/russian-bank-hires-two-former-us-senators
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2014/03/u-s-gives-russia-free-military-equipment-used-by-army-marines/
http://newworldorderg20.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/east-west-co-op-u-s-dod-against-replacing-russian-rd-180-program/
http://newworldorderg20.wordpress.com/
http://newworldorderg20.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/1945-british-national-archives-document-reveals-prime-minister-clement-attlee-desire-for-new-world-order-with-russia-u-k-and-u-s/
You are a troll!!! When Putin will finish his powergrab he will make those people free under Putin's control!
We never here of our spy flights, air force border incursions on the Russian border. And of course all of our training exercises and the expansion of NATO is just the kind of good will our government loves to spread, but when Russia stands up to us, it is all bad. God DAMM you Russia for locating your border so close to our bases!
How would the US react if the Russians had an updated U-2 or Blackbird (that overflew the USSR for years) and flew it over the US?
Putin is over-compensating for his micro penis.
How do you know? Did you suck it last night?
Sizzurp, as you can tell from his name, is what is known in frutatious circles as a size queen.
Size + slurp = Sizzurp
The propaganda war is in full swing -
http://www.news.com.au/world/vladimir-putins-military-displays-are-unsta...
I am so embarased to be an aussie right now, must be how CNN viewers feel all the time.
Maybe the US would be better off cozying up with Cuba instead of Ukraine... That might be a cheaper, safer way to piss off the Russians and extend the economic empire.
No he was too busy kissing Chinese ass. Putin is boxed in as their little bitch now,
So what are you?
The Lord High Ass Kissing Inspector?
I guess when you've had as much experience kissing ass as you've have, your knowledge of asses, pimpled and plain, hairy and smooth, will get you work even in the deepest of triple dip recessions.
My ass needs inspection, Sizzurp. How much do you charge or you work pro bono?
sorta like
The US is the sixteen yr old loudmouth Yankee bully at school who has been held back a couple of times and
takes out his frustration on 2 12 yr old boys..."chinky and ruskie".....
He taunts them and offends them while surrounding himself with weaklings who stroke his ego....
Chinky and Ruskie are not welcomed in his 'circle' of friends and instead of bemoaning this they go
and work out at the gym..
10 years later the Yankee has been partying and throwing his weight around and thinks he is
'bulletproof'....
Ruskie and Chinky have been waiting for some time now...
They are now in their prime...and will now go looking for him'....
...to be continued