Posted on Jan 12, 2016
Air Force General Says Russia Missile Defense ‘Very Serious’
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RP Members what are your thoughts on this? With a new POTUS on the way here in 12 months could we be headed for another period of Cold War?
The commander of United States Air Force operations in Europe and Africa expressed “very serious” concern Monday over what he described as big buildups of complex Russian missile defenses that increasingly threaten NATO military access to air space in parts of Europe, including one-third of the skies in Poland.
He also said Russia had started to engage in similar missile buildups in the Crimean Peninsula, which it annexed nearly two years ago from Ukraine, and in war-ravaged Syria, where Russian military forces have been assisting the government by bombing its insurgent foes for more than three months.
The commander of United States Air Force operations in Europe and Africa expressed “very serious” concern Monday over what he described as big buildups of complex Russian missile defenses that increasingly threaten NATO military access to air space in parts of Europe, including one-third of the skies in Poland.
He also said Russia had started to engage in similar missile buildups in the Crimean Peninsula, which it annexed nearly two years ago from Ukraine, and in war-ravaged Syria, where Russian military forces have been assisting the government by bombing its insurgent foes for more than three months.
Air Force General Says Russia Missile Defense ‘Very Serious’
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Actually we have been in a Cold war as opposed to a hot war with Russia for some time COL Mikel J. Burroughs. In Syria and Iraq the Russians have unified command under an Army COL GEN who serves as the senior diplomat in Syria - Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov. The Russians have the distinct advantage of internal communication lines in the Middle East. They learned their lessons in the North Caucasus as well as in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
We on the other hand have dawdled around Air Superiority as the dominant factor in a ground and air [communications] war and against a non-state actor [ISIL] that rules by personal terror.
Our dance with the Iranian military is also a cold war - yesterday's incident with our small boats "drifting" into Iranian waters reminds me of so many cold way european accidental transgressions.
We on the other hand have dawdled around Air Superiority as the dominant factor in a ground and air [communications] war and against a non-state actor [ISIL] that rules by personal terror.
Our dance with the Iranian military is also a cold war - yesterday's incident with our small boats "drifting" into Iranian waters reminds me of so many cold way european accidental transgressions.
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