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  • Putin vows to 'knock the teeth out' of foreign enemies as US and Russia clash at Arctic summit after the Kremlin revealed its polar military base

    05/20/2021 11:56:43 AM PDT · by algore · 41 replies
    Russian President Putin vowed to 'knock the teeth out' of nations who grab pieces of the state's vast territory Secretary of State Blinken warned Moscow the North Pole must remain 'free of conflict' at Thursday's summit His Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov hit back, saying the Kremlim saw 'no grounds' for conflict in the Arctic, but warned the West about militarising on Russia's doorstep and said the country would defend itself Comes as Russia revealed a massive polar military airbase, Nagurskoye, in the Franz Josef Land archipelago It has been heavily militarised with missiles, a radar system and a runway handling...
  • Russian air base in Kyrgyzstan to be strengthened - general

    03/07/2005 2:40:50 PM PST · by Bald Eagle777 · 13 replies · 886+ views
    Interfax ^ | march 7, 2004 | Interfax
    Russia's Kant airforce base in Kyrgyzstan, which is part of the Collective Rapid Deployment Force in Central Asia, will be supplied with an additional number of combat planes. "There are plans to supply more combat planes to the base and this task will be fulfilled," said Russia's 5th Air and Air Defense Army commander Yevgeny Yuryev. Yuryev said the runway will be enlarged and extended and the old equipment will be replaced. "In the future, following reconstruction, the base will receive a large amount of modern military equipment," the general said. Russian air force headquarters reported that the air group...