Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland , page 1

Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland

www.telegraph.co.uk

The armed forces are said to have carried out "war games" in which nuclear missiles were fired and troops practised an amphibious landing on the country's coast.

Documents obtained by Wprost, one of Poland's leading news magazines, said the exercise was carried out in conjunction with soldiers from Belarus.

The manoeuvres are thought to have been held in September and involved about 13,000 Russian and Belarusian troops.

Poland, which has strained relations with both countries, was cast as the "potential aggressor".

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Well well well, this was back in September (although it is a new article) - that one's been kept quiet... Or would this be a normal time scale for an event of this size to filter down to the public? - Or did I simply miss this one? I checked back quite a bit before posting.

The operation was code named 'West' which sounds ominous in it's self, and part of it they attacked a gas pipe line... And we all know how much power they wield over their gas supply to Europe!

They say it was defensive in nature but observers say that parts of it looked very offensive...

Well there pushing some big buttons here, How's that missile defence system looking? Last I herd it was all but dropped...

Thoughts?

www.telegraph.co.uk
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reply to post by john124

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Russia are changing their military doctrine in 2010 to include nuclear first-strike options, and this "simulation" openly suggest one example of where they consider this policy acceptable.

And we have changed our military doctrine to fight terrorists and not a fell scale war like we were ready for before 9/11. If we have to face them now we will need to retrain our Army again, just look at the National Training Center in Calf. Its set up now for base camps and fighting small groups not like it was before when we trained to fight the Russian Hoard.

reply to post by Dragon33

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Who would nuke Aussieland??? At least you have plenty of bushland to escape to.... nowhere is far enough away from big cities in the UK.

[edit on 3-11-2009 by john124]

reply to post by Harlequin

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The history of aggression towards Poland in the 20th century is why the Poles have every right to feel aggreived about this.

The US doesn't have a history of aggression on Russian territory.

Of course everyone has top secret plans in case of nuclear war, it's part of owning nukes to ensure they have optimum capability. It's no good having the weapons, but not knowing where to strike in the event of nuclear war. And nuclear weapons should be primarily for deterent purposes anyway.

I'm sick & tired of the pathetic-apologetic & lazy commenters on ATS who make broad and often inaccurate comparisons and use that as any form of justification whenever they see fit. If somebody nukes somebody, people here will be typing - oh never mind the US nuked Japan before, so we must call any criticism double-standards! It's a sign of nothing of value to add, and those particular people may be better suited to tweeting about something instead.

[edit on 3-11-2009 by john124]

reply to post by john124

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The USA has a history of aggression more than any other country on the planet - how many wars in the last 20 years have been started , and by which country?


exactly - so the UK should be VERY concerned then when in exercise global lightning, london and other cities were a target.

reply to post by Harlequin

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The USA has a history of aggression more than any other country on the planet - how many wars in the last 20 years

Why does only the last 20 years matter to you?

You need a deeper understanding of history, and do you realise this thread is specifically about a potential threat to Poland, and so previous wars between Poland and Russia are all relevant factors to consider.

But instead you want to go on about something irrelevant and pointless. Just like I said in my previous post, you'll use the "evil USA" to justify whatever you wish on this particular day.

so the UK should be VERY concerned then when in exercise global lightning, london and other cities were a target.

When has the UK and US last been at war? There's potential threats, and then there's paranoia because somebody has a weapon. The UK has nukes as well, so American's better panic as well!

[edit on 3-11-2009 by john124]

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