RUSSIA IS GETTING TOTALLY PISSED

Never back a bear into a corner.  They are irrational if threatened.  I think that is an apt description of Russia.

The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed media reports on the deployment of short-range Iskander missiles in the country’s west, near its borders with the Baltic states and NATO members, saying that it does not violate international agreements. German newspaper Bild wrote this weekend that Russia stationed several Iskander tactical ballistic missile systems - which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads - in its westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad, along the border with Baltic states. The paper said it obtained “secret satellite” images showing at least 10 Russian missiles Along its border with Europe. [link to rt.com] Poland says it is worried about the deployment of Russian missiles near its border and plans to hold consultations on the matter with alliance partners. “We realize clearly that the anti-missile defense system is only called defensive, while in fact it is a significant part of the strategic offensive potential,” President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the Federal Assembly last week.

Re: BREAKING: CONFIRMED.Russia Deploys Mobile Tactical Nukes along Border of EU Russia will not allow any nation to dominate it in military terms, the Russian president said. Some nations are developing new kinds of weapons, which may tip the global strategic balance, but Russia knows how to counter them. “Let no one have illusions that he can achieve military superiority over Russia. We will never allow it,” Vladimir Putin said in a speech to the Federal Assembly, the joint session of the two chambers of the Russian parliament. “The NATO bond is becoming weaker and weaker. Very few European countries are fulfilling their financial obligations towards NATO,” he said, citing complaints by the alliance chief, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, during the latest Munich security conference. “The United States desperately needs Europe as its ally. And AMD is probably designed to supply such a bond,” Pushkov added. “But this cannot be explained this way. It looks like militarization – which it is. So you have to invent and say it’s about North Korea or Iran.” The military modernization program that the Russian government is currently implementing has allocated $700 billion to be spent by 2020. [link to rt.com] In a country where wages are 1/10th that of the usa and so are costs. In us terms this amounts to $70 trillion.