& Quot; Soon after the convoy of the US Army during a major military exercise this month across the border of Poland and Lithuania, there were two very strange things & quot;, – reportsThe New York Times.
& Quot; First, faced four armored vehicles Stryker, resulting in a hospital with minor injuries were 15 soldier. No one was killed, – says journalist Eric Schmitt. – But several hours later, said the anti-American blog, that the Lithuanian child died in the crash, and posted a photograph of a terrible accident & quot;. However, it was another accident, and Lithuanian media quickly exposed the blog post as a fake, referred to in Article.
12-day exercise involving 18 thousands of troops from the United States and allied countries provide an opportunity to learn, as the US Army commanders oppose not only the Russian troops, but also a distortion of the facts, Write Schmitt.
The teachings were at the moment, when Trump has called for the return of Russia to the & quot; Big Seven" and a possible meeting with Vladimir Putin. & Quot; American commanders say, ignore comments that Trump and focus on the new military strategy, the Defense Minister Jim Mattis, which focuses more on the threat from Russia and China and to a lesser – on terrorism & quot;, – According to the newspaper.
Edited picture accident in Lithuania – a fresh reminder, that Russia, as saying US officials, increasingly relies on information warfare and cyber-attacks, to unsettle their rivals. Last year, Lithuanian prosecutors to investigate allegations of rape of German soldiers, and eventually the message was false.
Moscow shows and traditional power, sending its troops to the exercises on the western border, as well as in Syria and in the Eastern Ukraine, referred to in Article. & Quot; In addition, Russia is stepping up its nuclear arsenal, and the ability to conduct the war in cyberspace, the US military as an attempt to prove their own importance after years of economic decline and to reduce costs & quot;, – sends journalist.
Pentagon in response to increased training and rotation exercises, including a narrow band of Polish agricultural land at the Lithuanian border called Suwalki corridor. He clamped between Kaliningrad and Moscow ally Belarus and NATO is considered vulnerable place on the eastern flank. In this region, in the event of war or under the control of Russian forces it can cut the Baltic States from the rest of Europe, referred to in Article.
& Quot; Putin – predatory bird, – He told The New York Times Polish retired Colonel Peter Lukaszewicz. – He preys on the weak state & quot;.
& Quot; The Polish government has offered to pay up to US 2 billion dollars for the creation of the country's permanent military base. Trump Administration carefully considering this proposal. US forces – apparently, first – launch unarmed reconnaissance drones Reaper with the Polish base in the north-west of the country. This month, about two thousand commandos from the US and ten other NATO countries held in Poland and the Baltic States one of its most ambitious exercise – & Quot; Troyanskiy after – 18", – Rituals of Schmitt.
The correspondent also tells about the work of the US command center in north-eastern Poland. soldiers, accustomed to more security bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, Now learn to hide under a camouflage net position. & Quot; Military personnel are divided into smaller groups of, to model, as a shelter from the improved intelligence drones, which can bring a rocket attack on the personnel of the command posts. Intelligence analysts track on Twitter and other social networking information about your opponents and sympathizers locals & quot;, – According to the author.
& Quot; We have to be nimble & quot;, – said Major General Richard Coffman. His answer to the question about the Russian threat echoes the sentiments of many other officers, otmeçaet Schmitt: & Quot; It would be foolish to say, I'm not concerned, but it does not cause me insomnia & quot;.
From the US side in the teachings of & quot; kick saber" attended by about 3 thousand. soldiers from the Second Cavalry Regiment. To practice the ability to move quickly in times of crisis, regiment 950 vehicles traveled approximately 840 miles from the base in the German Vilseke to the training ground in the south of Lithuania. The march was a test of advanced technologies, such as small reconnaissance drones and equipment for electronic warfare, referred to in Article.
& Quot; We can not afford to be weak, – said the publication Major General Vitalius Vayksnoras. – Russian will take advantage of & quot;. According to him, Lithuanian army has grown by almost a quarter over the past two years, to 10 thousands of troops. & Quot; military service was restored, and the military bought new infantry fighting vehicles, MLP funds and gaubitsы & quot;, – According to the publication.
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