J.Hawk, Daniel Deiss, Edwin Watson, Harold Hoover — RUSSIA 2019+ MILITARY DOCTRINE

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RUSSIA 2019+ MILITARY DOCTRINE
J.Hawk, Daniel Deiss, Edwin Watson, Harold Hoover

Andrei Martyanov — What Was Russia's Chief of General Staff Doing in Berlin in Talks With Merkel?

Valery Gerasimov is not the kind of guy who attends diplomatic meetings, him being present in Berlin together with Russia's foreign minister signals something very important in the making.

This question is kind of like asking what the CIA director was doing in Kiev shortly after the coup.

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Dave Majumdar — Russia Just Revealed How It Will Fight the Wars of the Future (And Its Shocking)

More arms race stuff. Should be worth a few trillion.

The big concern for United States and NATO is that if Russia realizes its vision, it will have the ability to precisely strike deep inside alliance territory. That means that Russian force will be able to strike at infrastructure such as air bases deep inside alliance territory.

“The U.S. must plan to counter a wide variety of UASs along with space-based assets,” Bendett said. “Not to mention countering potential deep-strike capability by Russian technologies currently in development.”

The National Interest
Russia Just Revealed How It Will Fight the Wars of the Future (And Its Shocking)
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Mattis is blinded by cognitive bias if he believes the stuff he is spouting, putting all the blame on Russia. He is simply in denial of US and NATO actions over the last 25 years that resulted in Russia's coming to regard the US and NATO as an adversary and taking steps to respond, as Putin set forth in 2008.

Mattis: Russia Has Chosen To Be a "Strategic Competitor"

Meanwhile,

There's a new kid on the block.

Satellite images taken Monday show a huge carrier-led fleet of Chinese ships in formation for spring exercises off the coast of Hainan Province in the South China Sea.
One of the images, gathered by the company Planet Labs, shows almost 40 ships sailing two abreast in a row, with China’s first aircraft carrier, the Russian-built Type 001 Liaoning, near the center.

The Chinese navy recently announced that it would be holding spring training exercises in the South China Sea to test its combat readiness.

“The South China Sea and East China Sea will be primary battlegrounds,” Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the state-run Global Times newspaper on Sunday. “The [People’s Liberation Army] is committed to be battle-ready through simulated combat training.”

Song said that unlike previous years in which exercises have been held in spring and fall, navy drills will be held each month in 2018....

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Satellite photos show large Chinese fleet in South China Sea for drills

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TASS — Chief of Russian General Staff discusses Syria with US counterpart - Defense Ministry

The Russian side initiated the contact. Gen. Gerasimov likely repeated to Gen. Dunford what the Russian MoD had stated publicly — if the US launches an attack on Syria, the Russian military will respond. The Russian leadership seems to be convinced that this is the US intention behind recent troop and naval movements.

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Chief of Russian General Staff discusses Syria with US counterpart - Defense Ministry

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