Russian and U.S. Defense Officials in Pre-War Deployments
February 11, 2014 • 5:06PM
Russian
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu yesterday inspected the country's key
naval base in the Far East (Ryabachy, on the Kamchatka peninsula), which
is the home base of their Pacific submarine fleet, "in preparation for
the arrival of new nuclear submarines" next year, according to an
official statement of the Defense Ministry, as reported by RIA Novosti.
Russia is preparing for the arrival of new Yasen-class attack and Borey-class strategic nuclear missile submarines. RIA Novosti notes that Ryabachy "had been the Pacific Fleet's primary nuclear submarine base since the Cold War," and that "the buildup of Russia's Pacific Fleet comes as the Obama administration in the US pursues a pivot of military assets toward Asia."
Simultaneously, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus arrived in Spain to "supervise" the arrival at the Rota military base in southern Spain of the USS Donald Cook, an American destroyer outfitted with the Aegis system, which is part of the BMD capability that the U.S. and NATO are deploying across Europe. The Cook arrived in port today, and will be followed by the USS Ross in June, and the USS Porter and the USS Carney in 2015—all of them Aegis-enabled. Mabus met with Spain's Prince Felipe and with Spain's defense minister, in a high-profile, "in-your-face" visit which ignored Russian warnings that they may be forced to pull out of the START treaty as a result of the deployment.
In fact, the coverage of the USS Cook arrival in Cuba's Prensa Latina notes: "The announcement of the destroyer's arrival was rejected by Russian authorities, who threatened to withdraw from the [START] treaty if the US and NATO continue strengthening their missile system." This is the marine part of the deployments for nuclear war, Lyndon LaRouche commented today.
Russia is preparing for the arrival of new Yasen-class attack and Borey-class strategic nuclear missile submarines. RIA Novosti notes that Ryabachy "had been the Pacific Fleet's primary nuclear submarine base since the Cold War," and that "the buildup of Russia's Pacific Fleet comes as the Obama administration in the US pursues a pivot of military assets toward Asia."
Simultaneously, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus arrived in Spain to "supervise" the arrival at the Rota military base in southern Spain of the USS Donald Cook, an American destroyer outfitted with the Aegis system, which is part of the BMD capability that the U.S. and NATO are deploying across Europe. The Cook arrived in port today, and will be followed by the USS Ross in June, and the USS Porter and the USS Carney in 2015—all of them Aegis-enabled. Mabus met with Spain's Prince Felipe and with Spain's defense minister, in a high-profile, "in-your-face" visit which ignored Russian warnings that they may be forced to pull out of the START treaty as a result of the deployment.
In fact, the coverage of the USS Cook arrival in Cuba's Prensa Latina notes: "The announcement of the destroyer's arrival was rejected by Russian authorities, who threatened to withdraw from the [START] treaty if the US and NATO continue strengthening their missile system." This is the marine part of the deployments for nuclear war, Lyndon LaRouche commented today.
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