Russian military exercises in the Arctic, focusing on affected areas and associated forces, was a warning to NATO, says U.S. private intelligence analysis Firm.
Russia is interested in a demonstration of force to dissuade anyone from radical actions in Ukraine ", according to the authors of the report. The US was careful - deferred placement of 300 of its military in the West of that state, although emphasis is on the fact that their arrival may still be appropriate order may already given in April, highlights Stratfor.
in addition, conducting such large-scale exercises, Russia responds to the dynamics of NATO military exercises in Eastern Europe, the authors of the report.
Initially, it was announced that the teachings will focus on the objectives of the Northern fleet in order to test the speed of deployment on Novaya Zemlya and Franz Joseph, the report said. But then maneuvers acquired a much larger scale. Thus, as emphasized intelligence organization, the Russian exercises were held on the same territories, which often holds its NATO exercises.
review Stratfor, the teachings looked like a simulation of a full-scale confrontation with NATO, in which he was involved with nuclear weapons, submarines, ballistic missiles and strategic bombers.
The total increase in Russian military activity, the growth of NATO's presence and a large number of exercises in Eastern Europe remind demonstrations of force during the cold war, the authors of the report.
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