Posted on 10/05/2008 3:44:07 AM PDT by Strategy
Not since 1984, just before the fall of the Soviet Union, has Russia ventured to launch dozens of nuclear bombers for an exercise in which Tu-95 Bear bombers will fire live cruise missiles. Exercise Stability 2008 will take place Oct.-6-12 over sub-Arctic Russia uncomfortably close to the US state of Alaska, and Belarus.
DEBKAfile's military sources report that the exercise is part of a month-long war game described by Russian air force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik as "practicing the strategic deployment of the armed forces including the nuclear triad." As part of the exercise, our sources reported exclusively on Oct.1, that Russian ships armed with nuclear missiles will dock at Syrian ports Oct. 8, on the eve of Yom Kippur, before continuing to the Caribbean for joint maneuvers with Venezuela.
More than 60,000 troops and 1.500 tanks and APCs, as well as land-based and submarine-launched nuclear missiles, were tested in the first phase of the war games. ("Nuclear triad" refers to three tiers of a national nuclear arsenal, usually strategic bombers armed with bombs or missiles, land-based missiles and ballistic missile submarines. These weapons must have a first- or second-strike capability.)
Col. Drik stressed that the Tu-95 and Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers will "carry their maximum combat payload and fire all the cruise missiles on board." Also taking part in the air force exercise are Tu-22M3 Backfire strategic bombers, air superiority fighters, interceptors and aerial tankers.
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Will the MSM telll Gov Palin that they are sorry they doubted her?
Russia is close to Alaska.
YEP C.COURIC will see that Sarah P. is on the front line and that she has no clue .
Russia is an abstraction,a far east country for libtards,or a fantasyland of socialism....
Yeah, I read about this on one of the Russian news sites -RIA Novostoi (?)They said strategic bombers would be taking off with “full loads”,including cruise missiles.
Do we also do the same thing from Alaska, or are we afraid of offending the russkies?
Georgia becoming a NATO member has got them Russkies whistling past the glass parking lot.. and doing many hamina, hamina, haminas.. (persona: Gleason)
Scramble the Alaska National Guard planes to keep an eye on them. Sarah should return to Alaska with Greta to be in charge. Greta could sit in with film crew. Obama news media will go Besrk.
Did she see it from her house?/s
Gee, what does Sarah Palin know about any thing related to foreign policy?
You could see the missle trails from Prudhoe Bay!
OK, just kidding.
Alaska is such a huge state! If you were to imagine it positioned over the Lower 48, Alaska would stretch from the Atlantic Ocean across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. Try comparing Alaska to individual states!
The McCain/Palin team should use this image every day.
If a dem from Alaska was on the ticket, the leftmedia would let every American see it, as a symbol of the importance of her job as governor.
Imagine the comparison with Delaware if the parties were reversed.
There goes the caribou grazing grounds.
Logic:
A. Russia has said it wants the North Pole resources.
B. Russia now loads up personnel and weapons in the arctic, around Alaska.
C. Russia is going to ........
DELAWARE
My god thats brilliant!Show case her executive abilities.Alaska air national guard bump.Better yet,they`ve been trying to say that our people are techno ignorant,as well as not ready (Sara),well as the Commander in Chief of the Alaska air national guard,can she ask to sit in on any USAF/Guard exorcises that`ll monitor?Ever see the movie “War Games”,imagine the P.R. potential of Sara siting next to one of our top Generals in front of some star wars display screen keeping track of the Ruskies.
Bump
I’m There but do not hold your breath. I have been hearing something may happen around that time.
She is commander in chief. The only guard in the country on alert 24/7 365. In case of sneak attack over the pole.
Cool. Now will Delaware fit inside ANWAR?
A Very good question!
Delaware — Area - Total: 2,491 SQ MI
ANWR is 19285902 acres, or 30134 square miles.
ANWR can hold TWELVE Delawares.
A point I shall make with everyone I see from now until November 4.
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