A New Cold War-Putin Sending Bombers To Patrol Near US Shores
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(Newser) A “dangerous game of brinkmanship” just got a little closer to home: Russia is sending long-range bombers to do rounds “in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, as well as the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico,” with Russia’s defense minister blaming NATO’s “anti-Russia inclinations,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
The area will include borders of US territorial waters. As Russian tanks move into Ukraine, indicating the ceasefire may have crumbled, the defense minister adds that Russia will also “maintain readiness of troops” on its border with eastern Ukraine and bulk up Crimea’s defenses.
Meanwhile, the Australian Defense Force has sent ships and a surveillance aircraft to monitor four Russian warships moving toward northern Australia, days before the G20 summit in Brisbane, the BBC reports. Vladimir Putin is expected to attend, and Russian ships previously accompanied former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to the APEC summit in Singapore in 2009 and San Francisco in 2010. The official response from Russia? The Pacific fleet is testing its range capability should Russia ever choose to do climate change research in the Antarctic. Oh, and Putin could need some extra protection, too, a rep tells 7 News.
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Perhaps Russia should stop trying to rebuild the Soviet Union. No one on this earth can really afford a major war even if there are no nukes used but least of all Russia is not in an economic situation to afford such a war. One of the reasons they are pushing themselves outward is because their economy is hurting a good bit more than any of those in the west. Russia has no good partners left to counter the overall strength of NATO. They are only pushing now because they believe that we are too bogged down with the Mideast situation. While there are people who may quibble about how we are dealing with ISIS, no one would quibble about what to do about Russia if they push too far. Every mother’s son would be in favor of taking Russia down completely and freeing all of the Eastern Bloc countries from its threats.
Perhaps NATO should stop extending itself perpetually to Russia’s borders? Just saying….
Good point!