Posted on 09/11/2021 12:50:23 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Russia used new combat robots and tactical vehicles on the second day of the active main phase of large military drills with its ex-Soviet ally Belarus, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
he "Zapad-2021" war games, which will run until next Thursday on Russia and Belarus's western flanks including sites close to the European Union's borders, have alarmed Ukraine and some NATO countries.
Troops used Platform-M combat robots, which are controlled remotely and armed with grenade launchers and a machine gun, the ministry said in a statement. Russian news agencies said it was the first time such hardware had been used.
New Sarmat-2 tactical vehicles have also been used, Russian media said.
President Vladimir Putin denies the drills are directed against any foreign power and says they are sensible given increased NATO activity near Russia's borders and those of its allies.
"We need to realize that this (a Russian military attack on Estonia) may indeed happen in the coming years," Martin Herem, commander of the Estonian Defense Forces said in an interview on Friday evening.
"Russia's goal likely isn't to occupy us – it does not want to gain control through occupation, but it enjoys instability and influence via instability," the BNS news wire quoted him as saying.
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The Democrats will disband the US Military and expect the rest of the World to follow ,LOL
Ehhhh…..
Rubber track with no support rollers.
“We need to realize that this (a Russian military attack on Estonia) may indeed happen in the coming years”
While I do understand the recent (last 100 years) history in that part of the world, I will stick to my prediction that the Warsaw Pact will reconstitute itself, but this time voluntarily and with far more freedom than the Cold War.
Countries like the Baltic States (even given their history, in particular), Poland, and especially Hungary will have to soon choose between a wealthy EU that DEMANDS they repopulate with Third World types and also that gays have free run to recruit their children, or a less-wealthy Russia that agrees with their moral values and will never force that crap on them.
In the end, I expect them to take long-term survival (by aligning with Russia), even with a somewhat lower standard of living, than watch their countries become European versions of Lebanon.
The West is committing suicide because all we seem to care about is a high standard of living. All that living is killing us. Any nation with enough cultural sense to embrace a lower standard of living and more adherence to good core values deserves praise.
Soft Communism of the EU or the hard Communism of a reborn Soviet Union isnt much of a choice.
Russia isn't even close to being communist. It is probably more conservative than this country. Certainly, it is on social issues.
“or the hard Communism of a reborn Soviet Union isnt much of a choice”
Sorry Hillary, but there are now other options.
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