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Russian Military Told To Boost "Strategic Nuclear Forces Amid Rising Tensions With The U.S."
Earlier we reported that in response to the escalation in the Syria proxy war, where the latest development was yesterday's arrival of German warplanes and supporting troops in Turkey, Putin gave one simple command: "I order to act extremely tough. Any targets that threaten Russian forces or our infrastructure on the ground should be immediately destroyed."
However, Syria was a secondary topic on Putin's mind today when during a meeting with his defense chiefs, Putin gave the order "to strengthen Russia’s strategic nuclear forces amid rising tensions with the U.S. over the global balance of power."
As Bloomberg reports, new weapons should go to “all parts” of the nuclear triad of air, sea, and land forces, Putin told a Defense Ministry meeting in Moscow on Friday. Action must also be taken “to improve the effectiveness of missile-attack warning systems and aerospace defense.”
According to Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s military will have five new nuclear regiments equipped with modern missile complexes next year, adding that more than 95% of the country’s nuclear forces are at a permanent state of readiness.
About 56 percent of Russian nuclear weapons are new, including modern missiles, upgraded aircraft and a strengthened submarine capacity, Shoigu said. Russia has also expanded the military’s combat capabilities by reinforcing its western and south-western army groups and building four bases in the Arctic region, he said.
Just in case it was unclear before, it is clear now: the nuclear arms race is not only back, but the probability of an accidental launch, in this day and age of "hackers" is so much higher.
That Putin decided to make the topic of nukes front and center just days after NATO's most recent European expansion is hardly surprising. Still, as Bloomberg notes, "Putin’s moves to reinforce Russian nuclear capabilities are reviving Cold War tensions with the U.S. and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The U.S. warned in June that the Kremlin’s “nuclear saber-rattling” is undermining stability in an attempt to intimidate European neighbors."
Russia’s nuclear arsenal, its annexation of Crimea in 2014 and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, in July led Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to call the country the most pressing threat to U.S. national security.
Putin said Russia’s military must continue its program of training drills and devote special attention to the “transport of troops over long distances” as well as “strategic nuclear deterrence” and the ability to airlift forces including “anti-aircraft, missile and electronic elements.”
Why is Russia escalating like this? Simple: NATO’s troop presence in the Baltic states and central Europe increased sharply in the past year, Shoigu said. The U.S. also has about 200 nuclear weapons sited in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Turkey and has plans to modernize them, he said.
Russia has always said it will respond with by expanding its nuclear armament if NATO continues its expansion. Today, it did just as promised.
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Popcorn ready, and I might not even need to use the microwave!
Slightly OT… ;-)
Yemeni Forces Destroy Another Saudi Warship
Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:47
TEHRAN (FarsNewsAgency)- Yemen's army and popular forces targeted and destroyed a Saudi warship in the waters near Bab al-Mandeb Strait on Friday, the eighth Saudi vessel sinking in waters offshore Yemen in the last three months.
I can hear King Salman’s whining: “We’re gonna need a bigger boat!” ;-)
Looney
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940920000306
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb
Context:
The US has deployed about 200 nuclear bombs in Belgium, Italy, Holland, Germany and Turkey.
https://z5h64q92x9.net/proxy_u/ru-en.en/tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/...
What would be the US' reaction if Russia deplayed 200 nuclear weapons in Canada, Mexico, Cuba, etc?
By 'deployed" do you mean dropped them on the ground?
If you drop anything on the ground,even a nuclear bomb, in Mexico don't expect it to be there when you get back
The idea of mutual deterrence will lead to our inevitable annihilation.
Logic doesn't seem to count. Ever been around someone who was willing to kill you, himself -- anybody -- through carelessness and/or devious intent? We're stuck in the biker bar with Billy and Billy wants to fight.
I've always envisioned I would be sitting on the throne taking a steamer when the big flash blew me into oblivion.
+1000!
"He died doing something he loved."
Don't bother with the popcorn, its hard to eat with the bleeding gums after the teeth have fallen out. Probably won't have an appetite with the nausea anyway. You'd probably be more in the mood for a cyanide pill, don't forget to have extras for the kids as well.
Long puffcorn.
Foot steps of Doom. Prepare your bugout spot.
Where you gonna go? I always laugh when city folk think they are going to fill a backpack and head into my mountains to live off the land near small communities.
Oh well, you'll at least be a source of camping gear. Maybe even a firearm and some ammo. You will be better off staying put where you have friends and family. Your chances are much better as bleak as they are.
I don't live in the city fuckhead. "We Live Free or Die, as death is not the worst of evils" where I am from and I can get deeper into the bush in an hour or two. I will be on the other side, maybe I will see you, maybe I won't.
Where in NH are you WM?
Dip shit I am in Gorhm NH lived in these mountains all my life born further north. You're masshole? Let me guess, Mass Hole transplant living in Nashua or Manchester or Concord and thinks he's in the sticks. LMAO
If this is incorrect, maybe we actually know each other north of the Notches. Maybe even go shooting, if you know how.
Damn dude, why so hostile? Jackson's ghost didn't fuck your wife or something, did he?
I've said it before, but for anyone who might have missed it: The Russians don't bluff.
ehhhh.... Kruschev bluffed his ass off with Kennedy. But Putin may be completely opposite....we shall see.
Kennedy and Khrushchev were actually discussing ways to ramp down the cold war.
Which is one of the reasons the agency took Kennedy out.
A person might make the case that they were bluffing the last 20 years of the Cold War
Is this the old cold war play where the US tries to drain Putins resources. This time the US does have NATO to aisst
nah, "fool me once...". Reality, as often, is more complicated. Like the fact that even nuclear missiles have a "shelf time"
Russia made the strategic decision to continue to be a nuclear power. It's a decision that Russian elites support, for obvious strategic reasons
Ergo it has to build new weapons of mass (nuclear) destruction, and of course all the things needed to deliver them
Ergo it has to explain in simple terms why it is doing so, and so it points to the existing arsenal in Europe. Cheers from the Russian People, and... period
The reality is still more complicated...
I would rather call that an existential decision. Of course, one could say that Russia's strategy is to continue to exist, in which case your semantics is correct. It is indeed a strategic decision.
Biden giving Ukraine $190 M and saying war is inevitable there.
i didn't know they had toilets that big in Kiev to flush $190 million down the tolet.
It's all fiat, paper would be too expensive for FED to print it on.
Is the FRN septic tank safe?
Biden / Nuland have given the UkroNazis the green light to attack Donbass. Probable date around 19th December, a significant day in Russian Orthodox calender.
he also said this...
"It’s important to develop cooperation with all countries really interested in destroying terrorists. I am talking about contacts on ensuring flight safety with the command post of Israel’s air force and forces of the US-led coalition," Putin said.
not exactly nuke dropping talk. but sure.
He's just coveri g all the bases so the NeoZionists cant go back, which tney will anyway & accuse him of any provocation
Vaporization :)
GCC countries are throwing everything they have into Yemeni proxy war against Iran.
British army officer turned mercenary and an Australian among 15 killed in Yemen fighting Iranian-backed rebels
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3354720/British-army-officer-tur...
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/09/gulf-states-continue-to-p...
They missed out the bit that he is fighting on the Saudi/Qatar/ISIS side. I bet his family is proud of him.
There is little evidence for a current military officer Colonel Arthur Kingston. The only record appearing is for a WW II officer who was a lt colonel in 1946, and who is probably now dead. He certainly would be in no state to fight.
It is possible (probable) that the mercenary has a false identity. If so, and if he has a valid passport, then the British Government is complicit?
Europeans are so enthusiastic about recent developments, Brussels wants to fence them all in.
One word suffices: FUCK!
they're comin' for ya vlad; no way out. fuck the "boost", tweak the first strike OofB.
Israeli test missile intercepted an object in space yesterday. Guess practice makes perfect and US will be placing orders soon.
The earth is technically an 'object in space' so whoop de doo regarding any statement from the pathological liars in the Israeli government.
Good one. Taking it a step further: any object is an "object in space." There is no other place for an object to be!
Kikes must have stolen it from the US.
Russia will have to retain her sovereignty or everybody dies. The ziocons will have to choose. Normally these zios are patient folks who would wait for Putin's time to pass and try to quietly infect Russia again. Now they are acting like a desperate boxer trying for knockout in the 12th round. I wonder if failing reserve currency, pending major bankruptcies of all kinds (I.e. bursting bubbles), the type of awareness spread by alternative media, the fact that the SDR isn't ready, Anonymous type mechanisms are evolving, and such things are giving them some concern.
Great post but you lost me at anonymous mechanisms....
China has already spoken that it supports Russia in Syria. Wonder how this has been ignored..
They have also spoken out against Turksih acts of aggression in Syria / Iraq.
This would not be mentioned in the MSM to preserve the propaganda meme that Russia is isolated.
Yeah well i wish they would go ahead and show their hand. If they are of any moral and decent character they will come in with vlad obviously. But they need to hurry their ass up before the shit starts without them, or Vlad may be in trouble.
Neocons record of incompetence remains perfect. The arms merchants and congress will continue to get $$ while the rest of the country gets screwed. Sounds like a plan to me.
When I start thinking about nukes and the Middle East, I can't help but wonder what's going on these days in Pakistan? After all, the MSM has been very, very quiet about them these days.
And I simply can't imagine that peace has broken out there in the meantime.
The Pakistan Military have been told by their paymasters to keep their heads down until further notice.
It's a Fact of Life that when dealing with a cache of Sociopaths (ZATO) you ' Talk the Language that they understand '.
And more good news for Uncle Putin: Iran is withdrawing from Syria: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-10/western-officials-iran-...
But hey! Its Bloomberg! They just make there shit up just like RT, Pravda, DEBKA.
Poor attempt. Firstly Bloomberg isn't an Iranian Press/ Media outlet. Secondly in Bloomberg article it says Western Officials says ' Iran is retreating from Syria'. For the record who are these western officials and sorry all those officials in west appearing as anonymous were never correct in their drivel. Just like some anonymous general from thin air said Russian cruise missiles crash landed in Iran then again an anonymous from Pentagon said Russian strikes killed Syrian soldiers few rays back meanwhile an american made missile part was found at the premises.
Don't worry you're not in Syria to know the truth... Russian does.
nah, they're just moving them to the eastern front, the west is licked and just needs a little cleaning up
What a blowhard Putin is. All his tough talk is for his impoverished subjects entertainment.
bit like the braggards in DC
I suppose to Saudi's, water is a strange and unnatural substance. Just the thought of Saudi's having a Navy is kind of strange. After all Saudi Arabia is where they empty all the hour glasses.
Sand is king not water
Yawn. Russia isn't going to do shit. You saw what their response was when one of their jets was shot down. Some of you guys think Russia is stronger than they actually are.
Yaawn.If committing warcrimes and spreading chaos is the criteria for judging strongness, I am glad they aren't.
Putin did exactly what any intelligent nation should do in retaliation, he destroyed Erdogan's reputation and will likely cause his ouster very soon. When he is ousted as president of Turkey, what kind of candidate do you imagine will win? I imagine a pro-russian one.
kaa1016 =Co-authors of the idiot america series. Unfortunately, the neutron bomb will kill us equally when only the stupid societal products deserve to die.
USS Panay 1937.....and USS Liberty 1967
Wot, you mean Mexico?
Or the bomb?
Well Russians have their bunkers ready while Americans have... have.. Well! Nothing.
True Story, my Russian Doctor were talking 15 years ago. He laughed about nuclear tensions during the 1st Cold War (mid to late 60s) and told me, "Ha Ha, when I was in school we practiced getting into our fallout shelters. YOU were hiding under your desks !!"
With the shite rolling out of DC ..and the utter stupidity of most muricans... the west is SOOOooo fucked. And really not funny anymore.
If this goes nuclear I'd say light the whole planet up. We are unworthy as a species.
Russia did not "annex" Crimea, because Crimea reunified with Russia voluntarily after a referendum.
Germany annexed the GDR just as Germany annexed Austria in 1936
Popcorn is really good for you - Putin knows that. It's a tasty way to clean out the shit you're full of....
Should be renamed to poopcorn....
NATO needs more poopcorn - they're chock full-o-shit!
Raising the stakes in nuclear arms is a very stupid thing to do.
Chernobyl and Fukushima should provide enough instruction that nobody wins in a nuclear world.
Popcorn and nuke talk doesn't mix. There is no detached amusement when it comes to nukes, IMHO. Chessboard would be a more appropriate illustration, like this one: http://www.asharperfocus.com/images/7thseal-0.jpg
Oh here's an idea for WB7: http://m.cdn.blog.hu/sa/sakkozzmindennap/image/screen-shot-2014-07-22-at... -- plug in Obama.
DeathCon 111.5
need to break-out
9-11 truth yesterday
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Zato
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Russia's economy is sinking fast and the Ruble is in the toilet bowl. Yet Russia's defense ministry keeps churning out new ICBM's and submarines. Not to mention - invasions of small countries. Pretty soon there will be a lot of Russians eating stale black bread.
This is the biggest GAMBLE that Vlad Putin has ever made.
You've got to ask one important question. Where is the economic payoff for Putin? I don't see anything on the near-term horizon that gives Russia a return-on-investments (in war). Russia, Iran (and others) have only got ONE strategy that will work ... increase the price of oil.
Do you wanna' bet that they can find a way to do this???
I guess they will have to, "boost them up" on blocks then. Pootin is in worse financial shape than the US. The sanctions do hurt.
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