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Update: Ukraine Foreign Minister: Russia won't risk "suicidal" NATO war in Black Sea.
10:27 AM · Jul 2, 2021·Twitter Web App
BRKG Russia fires warning shots at British destroyer in Black Sea. A Russian SU-24 jet also dropped bombs
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Update: Ukraine Foreign Minister: Russia won't risk "suicidal" NATO war in Black Sea.
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Update: Ukraine Deploys Turkish Bayraktar Drones in NATO's Sea Breeze Exercise.
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Update: Ukraine Deploys Turkish Bayraktar Drones in NATO's Sea Breeze Exercise.
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#BREAKING #Belarus President Lukashenko orders closure of border with Ukraine
BelTA: #Lukashenko told a gathering marking the country's Independence Day that "rebel groups that were planning to carry out a coup were uncovered in Belarus" with "huge amount of weapons that is coming from Ukraine to Belarus"
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#BREAKING #Belarus President Lukashenko orders closure of border with Ukraine
BelTA: #Lukashenko told a gathering marking the country's Independence Day that "rebel groups that were planning to carry out a coup were uncovered in Belarus" with "huge amount of weapons that is coming from Ukraine to Belarus"
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Update: Ukraine Foreign Minister: Russia won't risk "suicidal" NATO war in Black Sea.
10:27 AM · Jul 2, 2021·Twitter Web App
Suicide if they don't
What were all those tanks built for anyway?
It is a four hour drive to Kiev
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Update Ukraine SBU: “Russia obstructs the multinational Sea Breeze 2021 maritime exercises in every possible way,” the Ukrainian secret service (SBU) announced on Friday, adding that almost all of Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels have been deployed.
Ukraine SBU: "Russia is trying to demonstrate that it is ready to defend its interests using military force." “However, Russia clearly does not have enough forces and resources in the Black Sea.”
Update: There are at least 4 areas of the Black Sea that both NATO and Russia have marked off for drills that overlap each other, basically both NATO and Russia are have drills in the same 4 areas. This will be interesting.
Area of drills in Black Sea.
View: https://twitter.com/EndGameWW3/status/1411077880143089665?s=20
Ukraine SBU:
“Russia obstructs the multinational Sea Breeze 2021 maritime exercises in every possible way,”
“However, Russia clearly does not have enough forces and resources in the Black Sea.”
How can you obstruct an exercise with participation of 32 countries is you don't have enough forces?
“Russia obstructs the multinational Sea Breeze 2021 maritime exercises in every possible way,”
“However, Russia clearly does not have enough forces and resources in the Black Sea.”
How can you obstruct an exercise with participation of 32 countries is you don't have enough forces?
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Nolan Peterson
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I just returned from an embed aboard the USS Ross destroyer in the Black Sea. We were shadowed by multiple Russian warships the entire three days. I shot this video of one of the Russian vessels while underway in international waters aboard the Ross:
View: https://twitter.com/nolanwpeterson/status/1411031258965188610?s=20
@nolanwpeterson
I just returned from an embed aboard the USS Ross destroyer in the Black Sea. We were shadowed by multiple Russian warships the entire three days. I shot this video of one of the Russian vessels while underway in international waters aboard the Ross:
View: https://twitter.com/nolanwpeterson/status/1411031258965188610?s=20
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Russian warplanes practice bombing enemy ships in Black Sea drills
Russian warplanes practiced bombing enemy ships in the Black Sea during training exercises, Russia said on Saturday, amid friction with the West over NATO drills in the region and following a recent incident with a British warship.
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Russian warplanes practice bombing enemy ships in Black Sea drills
Tom Balmforth
July 3, 20217:25 AM EDT Last Updated an hour ago
MOSCOW, July 3 (Reuters) - Russian warplanes practiced bombing enemy ships in the Black Sea during training exercises, Russia said on Saturday, amid friction with the West over NATO drills in the region and following a recent incident with a British warship.
Moscow last week challenged the right of HMS Defender to pass through waters near Crimea, something London said it had every right to do. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 but most of the world still recognises it as part of Ukraine.
Russia said the vessel had illegally entered its territorial waters and accused London of a "provocation". Moscow has said it could bomb British naval vessels if there are more such actions by the British navy off Crimea.
On Saturday, Russia's Black Sea Fleet said warplanes from its aviation units and those of the southern military district had taken part in training drills.
"Aircraft crews ... conducted training flights over the Black Sea, practicing missile and bombing strikes against simulated enemy ships," it was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency.
The drills involved aircraft including Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters, Sukhoi Su-24M bombers, Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers and Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets, the report said.
The exercise comes as NATO, Ukraine and allies conduct their large-scale Sea Breeze drills in the region.
Those drills are set to last two weeks and involve about 5,000 military personnel from NATO and other allies, and around 30 ships and 40 aircraft, with U.S. missile destroyer USS Ross and the U.S. Marine Corps taking part.
Moscow had called for the exercise to be cancelled and the Russian defence ministry has said it will react to safeguard national security if necessary.
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From Jward's post 294, above:
"Each Trident D5 can carry up to 14 individual W76-1 or W88 nuclear warheads, with estimated yields of around 100 kilotons and 475 kilotons, respectively. Various arms control agreements between the United States and Russia mean that these missiles typically only have five or six installed at any one time. In addition, since January 2020, at least some Ohio SSBNs have been conducting patrols with some number of Trident D5s armed with lower-yield W76-2s. These warheads, which are believed to have yields of only around five kilotons, are particularly controversial with proponents arguing that they give the U.S. government valuable additional deterrent flexibility, while critics say that they increase the likelihood of a nuclear exchange. You can read much more about the debate surrounding the W76-2 here."
Some perspective is in order here. The Little Boy atomic bomb that the US dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 (which was also the world's first nuclear attack) had a yield of approximately 15 kilotons, though some researchers claim that it was "only" 12.5 kilotons. The later Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki had a yield of little more than 20 kilotons (though again, researchers sometimes claim a greater yield). Both weapons created incredible devastation.
The W76-1 and W88 warheads with yields of 100 kilotons and 475 kilotons, respectively are unbelievably more destructive than their WWII counterparts. During the Cold War, some of our B52s carried gravity bombs of up to 20 megatons! Even larger bombs have been made by the Soviets and there is no theoretical upper limit to the power of thermonuclear weapons.
If, by intention or accident, a nuclear weapon was detonated over (or under) the Black Sea NATO exercise, there would probably be no way to immediately discern who was responsible for it. Sampling of post detonation airborne radionuclides can - eventually - tell where a bomb originated from, but they can't do it immediately. In the moments after such a detonation and in an atmosphere of terror and confusion, world leaders would be under incredible pressure to react. This is an environment where human fallibility comes to the fore.
It is also possible that clandestine elements of NATO or the Russians could detonate a weapon as a false flag operation. Twenty or thirty years ago I would have thought such a false flag op by the US was an impossibility, but after everything we've witnessed in our more recent history, I'm not so sure. As regular TB2K readers understand, there are elements of the US Government that desperately wish to see a war between the US and Russia.
Very few Americans give nuclear war a second thought, believing - if they think about it at all - that such a horror is a relic of the Cold War. Just as a Civil War era musket is as capable of killing today as it was in 1864, the world's nuclear arsenals are as capable of wreaking global destruction as they were in 1963.
The fact that we (nominally) have Biden at the helm of our ship of state gives me little confidence in the split second decision making capability of those in Washington.
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Doc
"Each Trident D5 can carry up to 14 individual W76-1 or W88 nuclear warheads, with estimated yields of around 100 kilotons and 475 kilotons, respectively. Various arms control agreements between the United States and Russia mean that these missiles typically only have five or six installed at any one time. In addition, since January 2020, at least some Ohio SSBNs have been conducting patrols with some number of Trident D5s armed with lower-yield W76-2s. These warheads, which are believed to have yields of only around five kilotons, are particularly controversial with proponents arguing that they give the U.S. government valuable additional deterrent flexibility, while critics say that they increase the likelihood of a nuclear exchange. You can read much more about the debate surrounding the W76-2 here."
Some perspective is in order here. The Little Boy atomic bomb that the US dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 (which was also the world's first nuclear attack) had a yield of approximately 15 kilotons, though some researchers claim that it was "only" 12.5 kilotons. The later Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki had a yield of little more than 20 kilotons (though again, researchers sometimes claim a greater yield). Both weapons created incredible devastation.
The W76-1 and W88 warheads with yields of 100 kilotons and 475 kilotons, respectively are unbelievably more destructive than their WWII counterparts. During the Cold War, some of our B52s carried gravity bombs of up to 20 megatons! Even larger bombs have been made by the Soviets and there is no theoretical upper limit to the power of thermonuclear weapons.
If, by intention or accident, a nuclear weapon was detonated over (or under) the Black Sea NATO exercise, there would probably be no way to immediately discern who was responsible for it. Sampling of post detonation airborne radionuclides can - eventually - tell where a bomb originated from, but they can't do it immediately. In the moments after such a detonation and in an atmosphere of terror and confusion, world leaders would be under incredible pressure to react. This is an environment where human fallibility comes to the fore.
It is also possible that clandestine elements of NATO or the Russians could detonate a weapon as a false flag operation. Twenty or thirty years ago I would have thought such a false flag op by the US was an impossibility, but after everything we've witnessed in our more recent history, I'm not so sure. As regular TB2K readers understand, there are elements of the US Government that desperately wish to see a war between the US and Russia.
Very few Americans give nuclear war a second thought, believing - if they think about it at all - that such a horror is a relic of the Cold War. Just as a Civil War era musket is as capable of killing today as it was in 1864, the world's nuclear arsenals are as capable of wreaking global destruction as they were in 1963.
The fact that we (nominally) have Biden at the helm of our ship of state gives me little confidence in the split second decision making capability of those in Washington.
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that is the point of exercisesRussian warplanes practice bombing enemy ships in Black Sea drills
Russian warplanes practiced bombing enemy ships in the Black Sea during training exercises, Russia said on Saturday, amid friction with the West over NATO drills in the region and following a recent incident with a British warship.
Russian warplanes practice bombing enemy ships in Black Sea drills
Tom Balmforth
July 3, 20217:25 AM EDT Last Updated an hour ago
MOSCOW, July 3 (Reuters) - Russian warplanes practiced bombing enemy ships in the Black Sea during training exercises, Russia said on Saturday, amid friction with the West over NATO drills in the region and following a recent incident with a British warship.
Moscow last week challenged the right of HMS Defender to pass through waters near Crimea, something London said it had every right to do. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 but most of the world still recognises it as part of Ukraine.
Russia said the vessel had illegally entered its territorial waters and accused London of a "provocation". Moscow has said it could bomb British naval vessels if there are more such actions by the British navy off Crimea.
On Saturday, Russia's Black Sea Fleet said warplanes from its aviation units and those of the southern military district had taken part in training drills.
"Aircraft crews ... conducted training flights over the Black Sea, practicing missile and bombing strikes against simulated enemy ships," it was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency.
The drills involved aircraft including Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters, Sukhoi Su-24M bombers, Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers and Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets, the report said.
The exercise comes as NATO, Ukraine and allies conduct their large-scale Sea Breeze drills in the region.
Those drills are set to last two weeks and involve about 5,000 military personnel from NATO and other allies, and around 30 ships and 40 aircraft, with U.S. missile destroyer USS Ross and the U.S. Marine Corps taking part.
Moscow had called for the exercise to be cancelled and the Russian defence ministry has said it will react to safeguard national security if necessary.
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Never heard of this site, so do not know how reliable it is...
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The United States accused Russia of attacking American and Ukrainian warships in the Black Sea
02 July 2021
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США обвинили Россию в атаке на американские и украинские боевые корабли в Черном море
В ходе проведения военных учений НАТО в Черном море боевые корабли Альянса столкнулись с отказом систем радионавигации.
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The United States accused Russia of attacking American and Ukrainian warships in the Black Sea
02 July 2021
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Update: NATO Air and Maritime forces conducted an ADEX in the Black Sea area, “to improve Alliance cooperation, practice air-maritime communications and build stronger relationships between Allies.”
12:45 PM · Jul 3, 2021·Twitter Web App
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Update: NATO Air and Maritime forces conducted an ADEX in the Black Sea area, “to improve Alliance cooperation, practice air-maritime communications and build stronger relationships between Allies.”
12:45 PM · Jul 3, 2021·Twitter Web App
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Kyiv: Russia, fearing Sea Breeze–2021 exercises, has sent its entire Black Sea Fleet to the area
Saturday, July 3, 2021 10:00:25 AM
Russia, fearful of Sea Breeze–2021 exercises, has sent its entire Black Sea Fleet to the area, reported the press service of the General Intelligence Directorate of Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"We see that to monitor the exercises, Russia has sent all the ships to the area, which are now not performing their usual tasks. The aggressor country is trying to demonstrate that it is ready to defend its interests by military force. But Russia clearly lacks the strength and resources in the Black Sea," said the representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skibitsky.
Skibitsky also noted that today the new NATO member states, which were not part of the Alliance during the Soviet Union, are ready to provide collective security in the Black Sea region.
According to Skibitsky, during various international naval exercises, the Russians usually work out different ways and methods of defeating the naval groups in the Black Sea.
"However, the international community is showing its solidarity with Ukraine and is working together to ensure security in our region. Russia is really afraid of this," Skibitsky said.
According to him, Russia's attempts to demonstrate its readiness to use force are not commensurate with the potential of those countries that take part in international exercises.
The kickoff of the multinational exercises Sea Breeze-2021 took place in Odesa on June 28. Representatives of about 30 partner countries involved in the maneuvers took part in the event, reported Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"The main goal of Sea Breeze 2021 is to increase the level of interoperability between the Ukrainian, U.S. Navy and NATO member states while fulfilling common tasks to maintain maritime regional security and ensure peace and stability in the Black Sea region," the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The current exercises are the largest in 20 years. They will last from June 28 to July 10.
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Kyiv: Russia, fearing Sea Breeze–2021 exercises, has sent its entire Black Sea Fleet to the area
Saturday, July 3, 2021 10:00:25 AM
Russia, fearful of Sea Breeze–2021 exercises, has sent its entire Black Sea Fleet to the area, reported the press service of the General Intelligence Directorate of Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"We see that to monitor the exercises, Russia has sent all the ships to the area, which are now not performing their usual tasks. The aggressor country is trying to demonstrate that it is ready to defend its interests by military force. But Russia clearly lacks the strength and resources in the Black Sea," said the representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skibitsky.
Skibitsky also noted that today the new NATO member states, which were not part of the Alliance during the Soviet Union, are ready to provide collective security in the Black Sea region.
According to Skibitsky, during various international naval exercises, the Russians usually work out different ways and methods of defeating the naval groups in the Black Sea.
"However, the international community is showing its solidarity with Ukraine and is working together to ensure security in our region. Russia is really afraid of this," Skibitsky said.
According to him, Russia's attempts to demonstrate its readiness to use force are not commensurate with the potential of those countries that take part in international exercises.
The kickoff of the multinational exercises Sea Breeze-2021 took place in Odesa on June 28. Representatives of about 30 partner countries involved in the maneuvers took part in the event, reported Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"The main goal of Sea Breeze 2021 is to increase the level of interoperability between the Ukrainian, U.S. Navy and NATO member states while fulfilling common tasks to maintain maritime regional security and ensure peace and stability in the Black Sea region," the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The current exercises are the largest in 20 years. They will last from June 28 to July 10.
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Kyiv: Russia, fearing Sea Breeze–2021 exercises, has sent its entire Black Sea Fleet to the area
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I think that you might be worrying too much. It is just nuclear armed NATO and Russia facing off in Russia's backyard with an unstable American administration, and Putin fighting for his nation's future, with both forces on high alert.
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ADEX=air defense exercise
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Turkish fighters practiced attacking NATO ships.
NATO Conducts ADEX (Air Defense Exercise) In Black Sea
NATO holds an ADEX (Air Defense Exercise) in the Black Sea region, where tension with Russia has increased following the recent close encounters between
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While initially Turkish Air Force F-16 fighters simulated attacks on the NATO ships which trained defence drills against these attacks, the Greek and Romanian F-16s, in a separate event, conducted similar training maneuvers with the Greek fighters attacking the ships which responded in a joint manner with the Romanian fighters. Subsequently, the Greek and Romanian fighters conduct aerial combat drills.
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Doom is ALWAYS 6 Months Away...
The Illuminati are into numerology and numbers/date significances. Stupid, I know, but that is like part of their satanic ritual (9/11, Madrid bombing, JKF killing, etc). Didn’t someone say July 9th means something special?
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Well they had an attack in England on 7/7 a few years back 7/7 /21 you never know
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Russia conducts air force drills in Black Sea amid Sea Breeze multinational exercises
Sunday, July 4, 2021 12:00:34 PM
The Russian Force and Air Defense units conducted training flights over the Black Sea. The exercises involved 10 aircraft, reported the press service of the Russian Navy.
The Russian military has worked out missile and bomb attacks on the ships of the conventional enemy. Su-30SM multirole fighters, Su-24M front-line bombers, Su-27 and Su-34 fighter jets of the Southern Military District were involved in the exercises.
Before the beginning of the "exercise" the Russians conducted reconnaissance against conventional targets in the Black Sea. Pilots have worked out simple and complex tasks from medium and low altitudes, overcoming the means of air defense of "enemy" ships.
In order to "destroy the enemy" at sea, the military carried out missile and bomb strikes on various positions of the “enemy’s” naval group.
The largest in 20 years international military exercise, Sea Breeze-2021, is being held in the Black Sea. Russia tried several times to dissuade the United States from participating in them. 32 countries taking part in Sea Breeze-2021 exercises.
Russia, fearful of Sea Breeze–2021 exercises, has sent its entire Black Sea Fleet to the area, reported the press service of the General Intelligence Directorate of Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"We see that to monitor the exercises, Russia has sent all the ships to the area, which are now not performing their usual tasks. The aggressor country is trying to demonstrate that it is ready to defend its interests by military force. But Russia clearly lacks the strength and resources in the Black Sea," said the representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skibitsky.
uawire.org
Sunday, July 4, 2021 12:00:34 PM
The Russian Force and Air Defense units conducted training flights over the Black Sea. The exercises involved 10 aircraft, reported the press service of the Russian Navy.
The Russian military has worked out missile and bomb attacks on the ships of the conventional enemy. Su-30SM multirole fighters, Su-24M front-line bombers, Su-27 and Su-34 fighter jets of the Southern Military District were involved in the exercises.
Before the beginning of the "exercise" the Russians conducted reconnaissance against conventional targets in the Black Sea. Pilots have worked out simple and complex tasks from medium and low altitudes, overcoming the means of air defense of "enemy" ships.
In order to "destroy the enemy" at sea, the military carried out missile and bomb strikes on various positions of the “enemy’s” naval group.
The largest in 20 years international military exercise, Sea Breeze-2021, is being held in the Black Sea. Russia tried several times to dissuade the United States from participating in them. 32 countries taking part in Sea Breeze-2021 exercises.
Russia, fearful of Sea Breeze–2021 exercises, has sent its entire Black Sea Fleet to the area, reported the press service of the General Intelligence Directorate of Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"We see that to monitor the exercises, Russia has sent all the ships to the area, which are now not performing their usual tasks. The aggressor country is trying to demonstrate that it is ready to defend its interests by military force. But Russia clearly lacks the strength and resources in the Black Sea," said the representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skibitsky.
Russia conducts air force drills in Black Sea amid Sea Breeze multinational exercises
The Russian Force and Air Defense units conducted training flights over the Black Sea. The exercises involved 10 aircraft, reported the press service of the Russian Navy. The Russian military has worked out missile and bomb attacks on the ships of the conventional enemy. Su-30SM multirole...
Doughboy42
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Wonder if Russia has sallied their full fleet of sea going tugs with their other warships.
jward
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Putin approves new National Security Strategy preparing Russian economy for war
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 2:00:23 PM
The economy of the Russian Federation, all its entities and municipalities must be prepared to provide protection against armed attack and meet the needs of the state and the population in wartime, reads the updated National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, which was approved by President Vladimir Putin.
The document, which is prepared by the Security Council, is the cornerstone for all government decisions and serves as the basis for the formation of industry strategic doctrines. It speaks of the "increase of military dangers and threats" that "contribute to attempts of forceful pressure" on Russia, "the build up of military infrastructure" of NATO near Russian borders and "intensification of intelligence activities" of foreign states.
According to the new strategy, "the use of large military formations and nuclear weapons against Russia" is being "worked out". This threat is listed as real for the first time in Russia’s modern history.
In this regard, it is necessary to "maintain the nuclear deterrence capability", to ensure "readiness for combat" of the armed forces and technological independence of the defense industry, as well as to plan and conduct "measures to prepare for the security and protection of the population, material and cultural values from the dangers arising, in the case of military conflicts," the document reads.
The previous version, approved in 2016, focused on defense "through strategic deterrence and the prevention of military conflicts." The new version explicitly states that the defense is "organized for the armed protection" of the country, the "sovereignty and integrity of its territory."
At the same time, the thesis of Brezhnev's nuclear de-escalation calling for “a gradual movement towards a world free of nuclear weapons” is rejected. This item was present in 2016 strategy and has been withdrawn from the new edition.
Russia faces "unfriendly actions" from foreign states, "open political and economic pressure," attempts to "isolate it" by applying double standards and "information campaigns aimed at forming a hostile image" of the country, the document reads.
The authors of the strategy blame the unfriendly Western countries, which, in their opinion, are stirring economic and social crisis.
In particular, this is due to the "stagnation and recession of the world's leading economies, the decline in the stability of the world monetary system, the aggravation of the struggle for access to markets and resources," as well as the general "crisis of the Western liberal model," the document states.
And if 5 years ago the Russian Security Council allowed Russia's return to its former international status and pointed out as a goal of development, for example, "attracting foreign investment", in 2021 strategy-2021, the emphasis is on further isolation.
The document speaks about the need to "strengthen control" over foreign investors in strategic industries, "reduce the use of the dollar" and "overcome critical dependence on technology imports, equipment and components."
"Important conditions for ensuring the economic security of the Russian Federation are the reliance on internal capabilities and independent solution for the issues facing Russia," the document emphasizes.
The list of strategic national priorities has also changed. In 2016, they included "improving the life quality of Russian citizens," "economic growth," "health," "education" and "culture."
These items have now been removed. They were replaced by "saving the people of Russia," "economic security," "information security" and "protecting traditional Russian spiritual and moral values."
Putin, Russia
www.uawire.org
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 2:00:23 PM
The economy of the Russian Federation, all its entities and municipalities must be prepared to provide protection against armed attack and meet the needs of the state and the population in wartime, reads the updated National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, which was approved by President Vladimir Putin.
The document, which is prepared by the Security Council, is the cornerstone for all government decisions and serves as the basis for the formation of industry strategic doctrines. It speaks of the "increase of military dangers and threats" that "contribute to attempts of forceful pressure" on Russia, "the build up of military infrastructure" of NATO near Russian borders and "intensification of intelligence activities" of foreign states.
According to the new strategy, "the use of large military formations and nuclear weapons against Russia" is being "worked out". This threat is listed as real for the first time in Russia’s modern history.
In this regard, it is necessary to "maintain the nuclear deterrence capability", to ensure "readiness for combat" of the armed forces and technological independence of the defense industry, as well as to plan and conduct "measures to prepare for the security and protection of the population, material and cultural values from the dangers arising, in the case of military conflicts," the document reads.
The previous version, approved in 2016, focused on defense "through strategic deterrence and the prevention of military conflicts." The new version explicitly states that the defense is "organized for the armed protection" of the country, the "sovereignty and integrity of its territory."
At the same time, the thesis of Brezhnev's nuclear de-escalation calling for “a gradual movement towards a world free of nuclear weapons” is rejected. This item was present in 2016 strategy and has been withdrawn from the new edition.
Russia faces "unfriendly actions" from foreign states, "open political and economic pressure," attempts to "isolate it" by applying double standards and "information campaigns aimed at forming a hostile image" of the country, the document reads.
The authors of the strategy blame the unfriendly Western countries, which, in their opinion, are stirring economic and social crisis.
In particular, this is due to the "stagnation and recession of the world's leading economies, the decline in the stability of the world monetary system, the aggravation of the struggle for access to markets and resources," as well as the general "crisis of the Western liberal model," the document states.
And if 5 years ago the Russian Security Council allowed Russia's return to its former international status and pointed out as a goal of development, for example, "attracting foreign investment", in 2021 strategy-2021, the emphasis is on further isolation.
The document speaks about the need to "strengthen control" over foreign investors in strategic industries, "reduce the use of the dollar" and "overcome critical dependence on technology imports, equipment and components."
"Important conditions for ensuring the economic security of the Russian Federation are the reliance on internal capabilities and independent solution for the issues facing Russia," the document emphasizes.
The list of strategic national priorities has also changed. In 2016, they included "improving the life quality of Russian citizens," "economic growth," "health," "education" and "culture."
These items have now been removed. They were replaced by "saving the people of Russia," "economic security," "information security" and "protecting traditional Russian spiritual and moral values."
Putin, Russia
Putin approves new National Security Strategy preparing Russian economy for war
The economy of the Russian Federation, all its entities and municipalities must be prepared to provide protection against armed attack and meet the needs of the state and the population in wartime, reads the updated National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, which was approved by...
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UKRAINE: Reports a massive cyber attack hit Ukrainian governmental internet sites today. Web pages of Presidential Office, SBU, anti corruption agency NABU, State Bureau for Protection of Communications, State Investigation Agency and others were down. -
@sumlenny
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SirJinno
@SiJinno
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Replying to
@Conflicts
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@sumlenny
Same thing happened to Georgia right before Russia sent troops in.
@Conflicts
UKRAINE: Reports a massive cyber attack hit Ukrainian governmental internet sites today. Web pages of Presidential Office, SBU, anti corruption agency NABU, State Bureau for Protection of Communications, State Investigation Agency and others were down. -
@sumlenny
2:50 PM · Jul 6, 2021·TweetDeck
SirJinno
@SiJinno
5h
Replying to
@Conflicts
and
@sumlenny
Same thing happened to Georgia right before Russia sent troops in.
Putin approves new National Security Strategy preparing Russian economy for war
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 2:00:23 PM
The economy of the Russian Federation, all its entities and municipalities must be prepared to provide protection against armed attack and meet the needs of the state and the population in wartime, reads the updated National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, which was approved by President Vladimir Putin.
The document, which is prepared by the Security Council, is the cornerstone for all government decisions and serves as the basis for the formation of industry strategic doctrines. It speaks of the "increase of military dangers and threats" that "contribute to attempts of forceful pressure" on Russia, "the build up of military infrastructure" of NATO near Russian borders and "intensification of intelligence activities" of foreign states.
According to the new strategy, "the use of large military formations and nuclear weapons against Russia" is being "worked out". This threat is listed as real for the first time in Russia’s modern history.
In this regard, it is necessary to "maintain the nuclear deterrence capability", to ensure "readiness for combat" of the armed forces and technological independence of the defense industry, as well as to plan and conduct "measures to prepare for the security and protection of the population, material and cultural values from the dangers arising, in the case of military conflicts," the document reads.
The previous version, approved in 2016, focused on defense "through strategic deterrence and the prevention of military conflicts." The new version explicitly states that the defense is "organized for the armed protection" of the country, the "sovereignty and integrity of its territory."
At the same time, the thesis of Brezhnev's nuclear de-escalation calling for “a gradual movement towards a world free of nuclear weapons” is rejected. This item was present in 2016 strategy and has been withdrawn from the new edition.
Russia faces "unfriendly actions" from foreign states, "open political and economic pressure," attempts to "isolate it" by applying double standards and "information campaigns aimed at forming a hostile image" of the country, the document reads.
The authors of the strategy blame the unfriendly Western countries, which, in their opinion, are stirring economic and social crisis.
In particular, this is due to the "stagnation and recession of the world's leading economies, the decline in the stability of the world monetary system, the aggravation of the struggle for access to markets and resources," as well as the general "crisis of the Western liberal model," the document states.
And if 5 years ago the Russian Security Council allowed Russia's return to its former international status and pointed out as a goal of development, for example, "attracting foreign investment", in 2021 strategy-2021, the emphasis is on further isolation.
The document speaks about the need to "strengthen control" over foreign investors in strategic industries, "reduce the use of the dollar" and "overcome critical dependence on technology imports, equipment and components."
"Important conditions for ensuring the economic security of the Russian Federation are the reliance on internal capabilities and independent solution for the issues facing Russia," the document emphasizes.
The list of strategic national priorities has also changed. In 2016, they included "improving the life quality of Russian citizens," "economic growth," "health," "education" and "culture."
These items have now been removed. They were replaced by "saving the people of Russia," "economic security," "information security" and "protecting traditional Russian spiritual and moral values."
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Putin approves new National Security Strategy preparing Russian economy for war
The economy of the Russian Federation, all its entities and municipalities must be prepared to provide protection against armed attack and meet the needs of the state and the population in wartime, reads the updated National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, which was approved by...
Sounds like a serious and appropriate adjustment with an emphasis on protecting the Russian people, their nation and culture.
No wonder team deep state hates Putin.
Quite a contrast to the demented and delusional Marxist puppet they installed here.
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Putin is arresting *DIPLOMATS?* Estonia is a member of NATO. This is a serious provocation.
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Putin is arresting *DIPLOMATS?* Estonia is a member of NATO. This is a serious provocation.
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Presidential Presser Cut Short After Typhoon Jets Have To Scramble To Intercept Russian PlanesThe Lithuanian and Spanish presidents had to abandon their press conference in a hurry while the jet behind them scrambled out of the hangar.
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A visit to a Lithuanian airbase by Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez, and his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda was all set to include the two leaders speaking to the press in front of a Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jet, deployed to the country on a rotational NATO air policing mission. However, in an impromptu demonstration of the air alert facility’s readiness, Nauseda had to break off his address as the jet was prepared to scramble to intercept Russian aircraft approaching NATO’s Baltic territories.
The press conference was taking place at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, earlier today, as part of the Spanish president’s three-day visit to the Baltic states, including checking in on the Spanish armed forces contingent deployed as part of the NATO mission to help defend these countries. While Nauseda was speaking in a hangar at Šiauliai, a pilot could be seen racing up the ladder into the Typhoon in the background, while technicians prepared the jet for action. An advisor then explained that a live scramble had begun and the officials and their lecterns began to be moved out of the way to let the jet depart the hangar.
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A Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon over the Baltic region.
According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, citing unnamed Spanish government sources, the incident was a live, or Alpha, scramble, rather than a training scenario. Two Spanish Typhoons were scrambled, as is the normal procedure, to respond to at least one unidentified Russian aircraft. The fighters taking part in the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission routinely intercept Russian military aircraft, to ensure they don’t enter the national airspace of the Baltic states. BAP guidelines state that the NATO fighters, which carry live weapons, have to be airborne within 15 minutes of the alert.
The original planning for the day’s events had included a practice, or Tango scramble, after the presidents’ address, but it seems that wasn’t required.
El Pais reported that unnamed military sources “assume that Russia intentionally raised the alert for the visit of the Spanish president,” especially since there had been no previous such incidents in the previous 18 days. “Alliance sources believe that it is not by chance that [the alert] occurred during the appearance of Sánchez and the Lithuanian president,” the newspaper added. However, Russian military aircraft activity in the Baltic, and especially between the exclave of Kaliningrad and Russia itself is by no means uncommon.
The press conference reportedly resumed 25 minutes in an empty hangar after the Spanish jets had departed for the live scramble.
The Spanish president took the opportunity to point to the latest alert incident to show “the importance of our presence here.” Similar sentiments were echoed on Twitter by Nauseda, although it should be noted that there is no indication that the Russian aircraft violated NATO airspace at any point.
What is unclear, however, is why the presidential press conference was scheduled to take place in a hangar in front of an alert jet in the first place. Even if this particular Typhoon was not a primary-assigned alert jet, and had to be used as a backup, there seems to have been some kind of oversight in the planning. In the past, at least some BAP alert jets have been kept in a high-security, sanitized area. Although it appears the jets were able to scramble without problem today, Russia, deliberately or otherwise, still managed to effectively upend a high-level press conference.
The fact that an Alpha scramble might occur during the event would likely have been a consideration, at least. After all, the number of NATO scrambles Europe-wide has been on the increase. Across the continent last year there were more than 400 scrambles, around 350 of which were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft. This was a moderate increase compared to 2019, according to NATO. The Baltic, in particular, has long been a hotbed of this kind of activity.
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A Spanish Typhoon is loaded with missile armament while on a BAP deployment.
Currently, around 140 personnel from the Spanish military are at Šiauliai for the BAP mission. The Spanish Air Force, or Ejército del Aire, has been providing the latest BAP rotation at the Lithuanian base since April 30, while an Italian Air Force F-35A contingent is meanwhile making its debut appearance at Ämari in Estonia. These are currently augmented by a detachment of Turkish Air Force F-16s at Malbork in Poland.
To date, Spain has been one of the active contributors to BAP, with eight of these deployments to the Baltic since 2006. As well as Typhoons, Spain has also sent Mirage F1M and EF-18 Hornet fighters to the region.
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A Spanish Air Force Typhoon scrambles during a previous Baltic Air Policing rotation.
During the 2018 deployment, the Spanish Typhoons made headlines after an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM was accidentally fired by one of the jets, around 50 miles west of the country’s border with Russia. That incident was later attributed to pilot error.
The video below shows Spanish Typhoons during the Baltic Air Policing mission in 2016:
Typically, around four fighters are deployed to each BAP base, although the current Spanish contingent in Lithuania, known as Vilkas 2021, is larger than usual, with seven jets, although only four of these have been transferred to the NATO chain of command, the remainder presumably available as spares or for unrelated training sorties.
The BAP mission has been carried out since Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia joined NATO in 2004, as none of these countries have their own fighter jets. Different NATO rotations provide the Baltic states with the ability to monitor and control their airspace, conducting quick reaction alert (QRA) missions on their behalf.
Most real-world missions involve intercepting and identifying Russian military aircraft that do not comply with international flight regulations, for example flying without transmitting a transponder code to indicate their position and altitude, lack of a proper flight plan, or failure to communicate with air traffic controllers. All of these pose a potential risk to civilian airliners.
In the meantime, it’s very likely that encounters between Russia and NATO in the Baltic region will continue in the days to come, with preparations now well underway for the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg later this month, which is expected to feature at least three nuclear-powered Russian Navy submarines. Of these, the Borei-A class ballistic missile submarine Knyaz Vladimir and the Oscar II class cruise missile submarine Orel have already entered the Baltic. Also awaited is the Akula II class nuclear-powered attack submarine Vepr.
It’s unclear whether Russia really launched aircraft into the area in order to disrupt the Spanish-Lithuanian presidential meeting today, as has been alleged. However, if that was the intention, the rapid and very public response by the Spanish Air Force contingent shows that the BAP mission continues to work just as advertised — providing 24/7 airspace coverage to the three Baltic states. In the future, however, we might expect to see any press conferences taking place a little further away from the alert jets.
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Presidential Presser Cut Short After Typhoon Jets Have To Scramble To Intercept Russian Planes (Updated)
The Lithuanian and Spanish leaders had to abandon their press conference in a hurry while the jet behind them scrambled out of the hangar.
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The Lithuanian and Spanish presidents had to abandon their press conference in a hurry while the jet behind them scrambled out of the hangar.
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A visit to a Lithuanian airbase by Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez, and his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda was all set to include the two leaders speaking to the press in front of a Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jet, deployed to the country on a rotational NATO air policing mission. However, in an impromptu demonstration of the air alert facility’s readiness, Nauseda had to break off his address as the jet was prepared to scramble to intercept Russian aircraft approaching NATO’s Baltic territories.
The press conference was taking place at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, earlier today, as part of the Spanish president’s three-day visit to the Baltic states, including checking in on the Spanish armed forces contingent deployed as part of the NATO mission to help defend these countries. While Nauseda was speaking in a hangar at Šiauliai, a pilot could be seen racing up the ladder into the Typhoon in the background, while technicians prepared the jet for action. An advisor then explained that a live scramble had begun and the officials and their lecterns began to be moved out of the way to let the jet depart the hangar.
Spanish Air Force/Geert Vandeput
A Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon over the Baltic region.
According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, citing unnamed Spanish government sources, the incident was a live, or Alpha, scramble, rather than a training scenario. Two Spanish Typhoons were scrambled, as is the normal procedure, to respond to at least one unidentified Russian aircraft. The fighters taking part in the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission routinely intercept Russian military aircraft, to ensure they don’t enter the national airspace of the Baltic states. BAP guidelines state that the NATO fighters, which carry live weapons, have to be airborne within 15 minutes of the alert.
The original planning for the day’s events had included a practice, or Tango scramble, after the presidents’ address, but it seems that wasn’t required.
El Pais reported that unnamed military sources “assume that Russia intentionally raised the alert for the visit of the Spanish president,” especially since there had been no previous such incidents in the previous 18 days. “Alliance sources believe that it is not by chance that [the alert] occurred during the appearance of Sánchez and the Lithuanian president,” the newspaper added. However, Russian military aircraft activity in the Baltic, and especially between the exclave of Kaliningrad and Russia itself is by no means uncommon.
The press conference reportedly resumed 25 minutes in an empty hangar after the Spanish jets had departed for the live scramble.
The Spanish president took the opportunity to point to the latest alert incident to show “the importance of our presence here.” Similar sentiments were echoed on Twitter by Nauseda, although it should be noted that there is no indication that the Russian aircraft violated NATO airspace at any point.
What is unclear, however, is why the presidential press conference was scheduled to take place in a hangar in front of an alert jet in the first place. Even if this particular Typhoon was not a primary-assigned alert jet, and had to be used as a backup, there seems to have been some kind of oversight in the planning. In the past, at least some BAP alert jets have been kept in a high-security, sanitized area. Although it appears the jets were able to scramble without problem today, Russia, deliberately or otherwise, still managed to effectively upend a high-level press conference.
The fact that an Alpha scramble might occur during the event would likely have been a consideration, at least. After all, the number of NATO scrambles Europe-wide has been on the increase. Across the continent last year there were more than 400 scrambles, around 350 of which were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft. This was a moderate increase compared to 2019, according to NATO. The Baltic, in particular, has long been a hotbed of this kind of activity.
Spanish Air Force
A Spanish Typhoon is loaded with missile armament while on a BAP deployment.
Currently, around 140 personnel from the Spanish military are at Šiauliai for the BAP mission. The Spanish Air Force, or Ejército del Aire, has been providing the latest BAP rotation at the Lithuanian base since April 30, while an Italian Air Force F-35A contingent is meanwhile making its debut appearance at Ämari in Estonia. These are currently augmented by a detachment of Turkish Air Force F-16s at Malbork in Poland.
To date, Spain has been one of the active contributors to BAP, with eight of these deployments to the Baltic since 2006. As well as Typhoons, Spain has also sent Mirage F1M and EF-18 Hornet fighters to the region.
Spanish Air Force
A Spanish Air Force Typhoon scrambles during a previous Baltic Air Policing rotation.
During the 2018 deployment, the Spanish Typhoons made headlines after an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM was accidentally fired by one of the jets, around 50 miles west of the country’s border with Russia. That incident was later attributed to pilot error.
The video below shows Spanish Typhoons during the Baltic Air Policing mission in 2016:
Typically, around four fighters are deployed to each BAP base, although the current Spanish contingent in Lithuania, known as Vilkas 2021, is larger than usual, with seven jets, although only four of these have been transferred to the NATO chain of command, the remainder presumably available as spares or for unrelated training sorties.
The BAP mission has been carried out since Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia joined NATO in 2004, as none of these countries have their own fighter jets. Different NATO rotations provide the Baltic states with the ability to monitor and control their airspace, conducting quick reaction alert (QRA) missions on their behalf.
Most real-world missions involve intercepting and identifying Russian military aircraft that do not comply with international flight regulations, for example flying without transmitting a transponder code to indicate their position and altitude, lack of a proper flight plan, or failure to communicate with air traffic controllers. All of these pose a potential risk to civilian airliners.
In the meantime, it’s very likely that encounters between Russia and NATO in the Baltic region will continue in the days to come, with preparations now well underway for the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg later this month, which is expected to feature at least three nuclear-powered Russian Navy submarines. Of these, the Borei-A class ballistic missile submarine Knyaz Vladimir and the Oscar II class cruise missile submarine Orel have already entered the Baltic. Also awaited is the Akula II class nuclear-powered attack submarine Vepr.
It’s unclear whether Russia really launched aircraft into the area in order to disrupt the Spanish-Lithuanian presidential meeting today, as has been alleged. However, if that was the intention, the rapid and very public response by the Spanish Air Force contingent shows that the BAP mission continues to work just as advertised — providing 24/7 airspace coverage to the three Baltic states. In the future, however, we might expect to see any press conferences taking place a little further away from the alert jets.
Contact the author: thomas@thedrive.com
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Presidential Presser Cut Short After Typhoon Jets Have To Scramble To Intercept Russian Planes (Updated)
The Lithuanian and Spanish leaders had to abandon their press conference in a hurry while the jet behind them scrambled out of the hangar.
Here is the video showing the NATO presser being interrupted as the pilots scramble toward their planes.
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Rusia amenaza a Lituania durante una rueda de prensa de Sánchez y el presidente lituano
IMO - NATO may have to start considering 24/7 standing air patrols since the Russians are hell bent on intimidating little countries like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland et al. Those counties were/are virulently anti-Communist/anti-Russian. Those "little" countries extracted grievous casualties against the Soviet Union in WWII.
In WWII, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania had Waffen SS volunteer divisions that fought to the bitter end that extracted 10:1 casualty ratios against the Red Army. Forgotten history in the West but even today, not to the Russians.
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Update: Three Russian nuclear submarines are sailing through the Baltic Sea for the first time ever in a "show of strength."
3:23 PM · Jul 8, 2021·Twitter Web App
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Update: Three Russian nuclear submarines are sailing through the Baltic Sea for the first time ever in a "show of strength."
3:23 PM · Jul 8, 2021·Twitter Web App