Russia Warns U.S. Over Naval Incident As NATO Tensions Laid Bare
Source: Reuters
By Robin Emmott
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of intimidation by sailing a U.S. naval destroyer close to Russia's border in the Baltics and warned that the Russian military would respond with "all necessary measures" to any future incidents.
Speaking after a meeting between NATO envoys and Russia, their first in almost two years, Moscow's ambassador to NATO said the April 11 maritime incident showed there could be no improvement in ties until the U.S.-led alliance withdrew from Russia's borders.
"This is about attempts to exercise military pressure on Russia," the envoy, Alexander Grushko, said. "We will take all necessary measures, precautions, to compensate for these attempts to use military force," he told reporters.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute pressed Russia about the incident, warning it had been dangerous. The United States has said the guided missile destroyer USS Cook was on routine business near Poland when it was harassed by Russian jets.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-warns-u-over-baltic-maneuvers-ready-necessary-140704706.html
red dog 1
(27,844 posts)Can the bastard be that stupid?
K&R, thanks for posting, Purveyor
WHEN CRABS ROAR
(3,813 posts)Turbineguy
(37,361 posts)A nuclear war now would preclude a Ted Cruz presidency.
glinda
(14,807 posts)"Russia as the biggest threat". hmmmmmm.....the War to end all wars. And put the final nail in the environment's coffin.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)you stupid shit!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)from NATO?
Posturing from a decaying empire.
nyabingi
(1,145 posts)to carry out "routine business" in the waters off of DC and NY.
I think if other countries starting doing to us what we do to them then maybe some Americans would actually be able to put themselves in the shoes of others.
ffr
(22,671 posts)Less Cuba, I don't think there are any U.S. neighbors where they could perform joint Warsaw Pact exercises like we're doing with Poland, a former Warsaw Pact member (1955- 1990) from the Soviet Union days. If they performed unilateral exercises off DC or NY, that would be provoking. On that note:
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On June 4, 2014, U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian bombers off Alaska and California following a string of aerial encounters over the Pacific.
According to U.S. defense officials, four long-range Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers, accompanied by an aerial refueling tanker, flew into the U.S. Air Defense Identification Zone, an area extending 200 miles from the North American coast, off Alaska, where they were intercepted by U.S. F-22 fighter jets.
Two of the Russian bombers peeled off and headed west, while the other two flew south and were identified by U.S. F-15 fighters within 50 miles of the California coast.
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Davis said the Russian planes were entirely within their rights, and it was a professional encounter on both sides. He said in 2014 that Russian flights into the air defense zone are intercepted about 10 times a year. CNN.COM Updated July 23, 2015
newthinking
(3,982 posts)Justified or not we had better pay attention.
Russians do not generally make this kind of direct challenge unless they are going to back it up. There is an "incident" in the waiting.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)and rightfully so. It's different when Russia does it though, because they are on the side of good.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden....
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/04/russian_spy_ship_operating_nea.html
I like this quote form the U.S. official:
"We respect the freedom of all nations, as reflected in international law, to operate military vessels beyond the territorial seas of other nations."
Kind of a different tone, eh?
nyabingi
(1,145 posts)a ship spying or doing mapping operations and a fully-armed destroyer.
Plus, if the Russians had military bases in Canada and Mexico and were trying bring all of Latin America into an anti-American military alliance, I'd probably be able to see where you're coming from.
We have war ships near Russia and China because we're trying to intimidate them. Stop making excuses for our bad behavior.
Blandocyte
(1,231 posts)The wrath of a quiet man, and all that.