Nato starts war games as troops swoop on Putin’s enclave amid WW3 tension
RUSSIA was surrounded on all sides by NATO forces yesterday as America and Britain kicked off a summer of war games in Kaliningrad, amid World War III fears.
By BELINDA ROBINSON
Express.co.uk
Sun, Jun 18, 2017
Operation Sabre Strike kicked off in Russia’s western enclave with US nuclear bombers and Britain’s best aircraft assault.
President Vladimir Putin’s Baltic fleet is based in the region and it was reported that the joint UK/US show of strength angered him.
Mr Putin’s forces in the region include short range ballistic missiles with a 300-mile reach.
However, in a show of strength, the US deployed a historic amount of its nuclear bombers – including B-52, B1 and the B-2 stealth aircrafts.
Lieutenant General Richard Clark, a US airforce commander said America wanted to show that it was “ready to deter conflict.”
The move appears to be a signal from the US that it is ready to muscle in if needed even if it angers the Kremlin.
Last week, Russia sent a pair of Tu-160 Blackjack strategic nuclear bombers – the biggest aircraft in the world – through the Baltic sea.
The show of strength by US and British troops is to deter Russia from severing the Baltic states from the rest of the Western alliance.
However, Russia denies any plans to invade the Baltics, and says it is NATO that is threatening stability in Eastern Europe by building up its military presence there and staging such war games.
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