US Congress is concerned about the rearmament of the Crimea

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US congressmen accused the Kremlin of wanting to place nuclear carriers on the Crimean Peninsula weaponssuch as strategic bombers Tu-22М3 and Iskander missile systems, the newspaper reports Kommersant.



Members of Congress reported on Moscow’s plans to President Obama. The letter was signed by the head of the Armed Services Committee, Howard McCone, and a number of his colleagues.

The parliamentarians say that “in early August, the Russian authorities decided to transfer Tu-22М3 bombers and Iskander-M complexes to the Crimea, which could in the future strike with the P-500 high-precision cruise missiles, including nuclear warheads.”

The latter circumstance, according to congressmen, “is a direct violation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Medium and Small-Range Missiles, signed by the USSR in 1987 year, since the range of this missile’s flight is 2600 km (according to the agreement - from 500 to 5500 km).

“Placing nuclear weapons on the sovereign territory of another state without its consent is a cunning and cynical decision,” the letter says. “This will allow Russia to come close to NATO bases, gaining a military advantage in the region.”

Lawmakers have demanded that Obama report to Congress in the near future on possible retaliatory measures that Washington may take.

According to parliamentarians, such a response step could be "the decision to completely stop all contacts between members of the military alliance and Moscow, as well as the withdrawal of Russian military personnel from NATO bases and facilities." It was also proposed to “prohibit Russia from conducting inspection flights within the framework of the“ open skies ”treaty (allows its participants to fly over each other’s territories in order to comply with existing arms control treaties)”.

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that complexes like the Iskander could be located anywhere on the territory of Russia: “Where we want, we put it there!”.

More specifically, the need for a full-fledged grouping of troops on the Crimean Peninsula was discussed at the September panel of the Ministry of Defense. Shoigu attributed this to the “sharply exacerbated situation in Ukraine and the military presence of foreigners in the immediate vicinity of Russia's borders.” NATO responded instantly, saying that the expansion of the Russian military presence in Crimea would lead to increased tensions in Europe. ”

However, this statement on the plans of the Russian military in no way affected. As one of the high-ranking interlocutors of the newspaper in the General Staff said, "equipping the peninsula with the latest weapons is currently one of the priority areas."
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  1. pavel_SPB Rank
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    22 October 2014 15: 00
    “Equipping the peninsula with the latest types of weapons is currently one of the priority areas.”

    and very correct and good.
  2. Brummbar Rank
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    22 October 2014 15: 22
    As a Russian, I don’t give a damn what their congress cares about.
  3. kuz363 Rank
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    22 October 2014 15: 33
    A bomber is usually called strategic only when it has an intercontinental range and is capable of using nuclear weapons. For example, aircraft such as the Tu-22M, Tu-16 and B-47 are capable of using nuclear weapons, but do not have an intercontinental flight range, and are therefore considered long-range bombers.
    In general, only TU-95 and TU-160 are considered strategic.
  4. SHOKER Rank
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    22 October 2014 15: 51
    this agreement was signed by the USSR, and keeping in mind Washington’s excuses about the agreement on the non-expansion of NATO to the East - let them go to the bathhouse.
  5. Leonidych
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    22 October 2014 17: 00
    Their self-crowned crown is crushing them! when will they understand that the time of boundless imbecility is over!
  6. Leonidych
    Leonidych
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    22 October 2014 17: 01
    maybe they had this in mind when they talked about Russia approaching NATO borders)
  7. Dinko Rank
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    22 October 2014 17: 02
    When they were warned against NATO expansion to the east, they were silent and did their job, when Medvedev said that Russia would be forced to react with the help of the same Iskanders, they again pretended not to hear. And now these rats began to become hysterical and call our Crimea the territory of a foreign state. It’s clear. that they themselves had plans for the Crimea, but it was just big and dirty for the whole mug!
  8. Starik72 Rank
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    22 October 2014 17: 27
    Look, they can do everything, surround US with bases, deploy armed forces in the Baltic states, deploy missile defense, vilify US in every possible way anywhere and everywhere, but WE are not allowed to do anything like that. So send them all to three letters, and not swear ourselves. Crimea OUR territory, and on our land we place our weapons and troops wherever we want. Ukraine, temporarily separated from US, over time, when the FASCIST Sabbath ORGANIZED BY THESE KAMI stops on it, WILL STILL COME TO OUR COMMONWEALTH, because we are one people. Remember that In addition to nuclear weapons, we also have more terrible weapons, MINE SPADES, and YOU will fully experience these weapons for yourself.
  9. Andreitas Rank
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    22 October 2014 18: 59
    Goblins stick their dirty noses here.
  10. Commissar of the NKVD Rank
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    22 October 2014 19: 18
    “is a direct violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, signed by the USSR in 1987,

    The Yankees themselves tore away this agreement a long time ago.
  11. gregorich 77
    gregorich 77
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    22 October 2014 19: 28
    good news, if mattress pads are worried, then there is something to be proud of
  12. pesny2014
    pesny2014
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    22 October 2014 19: 53
    How nice it is to read and know. now all of Europe is within reach. Great!
  13. Postscriptum Rank
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    22 October 2014 20: 31
    It’s somehow calmer in such strength. she is ours, dear. And let the “partners” be nervous, it’s good for them - maybe they’ll get smarter about not interfering in someone else’s garden with their goat.
  14. Gypsy girl Rank
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    22 October 2014 20: 34
    Yeah, we should also ask the Americans where and what we should place on our territory.
  15. LvKiller Rank
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    22 October 2014 20: 44
    "Placing nuclear weapons on the sovereign territory of another state without its consent is an insidious and cynical decision"... The American penguins for the first time called themselves scoundrels, they assessed themselves, looking at their pieces of iron scattered all over Europe. Now let these half-assed people appreciate all their “anti-missile” rubbish, which is scattered in the thousands again across poor old Europe. These actions are the same insidious and cynical - after all, it is not the Americans who fall under the retaliatory blow, but the stupid Europeans who ride on the windows instead of making their own policy.
  16. vezdehodov Rank
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    22 October 2014 21: 28
    NATO reacted immediately, saying that the expansion of the Russian military presence in Crimea would lead to increased tension in Europe.”

    The faster NATO reacts, the more correctly we act. In the 90s, they made fun of us to their hearts’ content along with their lures.
  17. Mih Rank
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    22 October 2014 21: 39
    The deployment of nuclear weapons on the sovereign territory of another state without its consent is an insidious and cynical decision, the letter says.

    Deployment of nuclear weapons on sovereign territory? Sovereign?
    It is an insidious and cynical decision, from the Yankees' point of view. Do these fools think that Crimea is the territory of the Ukrainians? Well ! laughing am
  18. Aibolit64 Rank
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    22 October 2014 21: 52
    Something similar should be placed in Cuba.
  19. Masters Rank
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    22 October 2014 21: 52
    Simple unsinkable aircraft carrier returned to service and delivery of the standard air wing is underway
  20. sablezub81 Rank
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    23 October 2014 00: 51
    Quote: Vladimirets
    Well, colleagues, this is generally prohibitive cynicism!

    Maybe it’s not cynicism... Maybe they understand that their weapons are head and shoulders weaker than ours and understand that if something happens they will lose the battle miserably...
  21. bzbo Rank
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    23 October 2014 03: 37
    Let the United States deploy medium- and short-range missiles against Canada and Mexico.
  22. Dyatko Nebatko Rank
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    23 October 2014 05: 59
    Is the Washington Politburo indignant? Come on! Where will they put the ABM treaty? I think it’s time for us to include the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty too!!!!!
  23. fomkin Rank
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    23 October 2014 10: 55
    Such articles, and especially the very possibility of their appearance, cause a feeling of shame like they’ve survived
  24. Agarkov Vitaliy Rank
    Agarkov Vitaliy
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    23 October 2014 11: 48
    Someone tell these congressmen that Crimea is already Russia. Otherwise they are slow, they still don’t know. laughing
  25. Yugra Rank
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    23 October 2014 12: 55
    Fear us, nation of seriously ill downs, be afraid. We are already different. Where we want and what we want, we place it there!
  26. ale53059
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    23 October 2014 13: 12
    when a child's favorite toy is taken away from him, he begins to freak out, scream, splash saliva, just like the Americans scream, squeal, spray saliva, apply sanctions, because Crimea floated away from under their noses, under the wing of Russia, and they had huge hopes for Crimea. And then again, it turned out to be a bummer.
  27. Prager Rank
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    23 October 2014 15: 05
    naive - Crimea is a RUSSIAN land, where we want, we place what we want there! am
  28. deepforest1976
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    23 October 2014 17: 23
    Quote: Denis fj
    It seems that Stalin also said: "If our enemies scold us, then we are doing everything right."

    No, Molotov said that, but in principle it’s true Yes
  29. LukaSaraev Rank
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    23 October 2014 18: 57
    There is no need to be offended by the USA. No need. Try to understand a country where strategic aviation capable of carrying BNZ is outdated to such an extent that aircraft are being repaired by dismantling old ones. There are no spare parts. Promoted “invisibles”, costing (think about it) 2 million dollars, are shot down by Soviet-made missiles from the 100s of the recent century. Those missiles in the ground were made BEFORE Reagan. Whether they will shoot or not - the grandmother said in two. The submarines are armed with the same missiles that were created in the year of my birth (relatively speaking). Let it be the 000nd. Why make fun of the sick? Tanks? And we have. Infantry? We saw them both in Afghanistan and in Bur. They are afraid to walk.

    When does the president's term end? I will go to the polls with my son. It's more reliable. Two voices are not one voice.
  30. jovanni Rank
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    23 October 2014 20: 37
    Summary: fuck you!
  31. Zoldat_A Rank
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    24 October 2014 00: 36
    “the decision to completely stop all contacts between members of the military alliance and Moscow, as well as the withdrawal of Russian military personnel from NATO bases and facilities”
    They scared a naked hedgehog with...something.
  32. Shield Rank
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    24 October 2014 10: 48
    Shoigu is just great! Our chess goes wherever I want! Otherwise, these over-eaten squirrels have already gone crazy...maybe they’ll make up a schedule for us to visit the toilet!