Russia has deployed its fleet of Su-33 warplanes to the Mediterranean for Syria operations
Reuters: U.S. reshaping budget to account for Russian military threat
Russia's increasing military activities around the world have unsettled top U.S. military officials, who say they are reshaping their budget plans to better address what they now consider to be the most pressing threat to U.S. security.
"Russia is the No. 1 threat to the United States. We have a number of threats that we're dealing with, but Russia could be, because of the nuclear aspect, an existential threat to the United States," Air Force Secretary Deborah James told Reuters in an interview at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.
James, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson and Pentagon chief arms buyer Frank Kendall, all voiced growing concern about Russia's increasingly aggressive behavior in interviews late on Saturday.
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Update #1: Pentagon says Russia ‘No. 1 threat’ as Putin presides over frenzied defense spending (Washington Times)
Update #2: Russia is ‘No. 1 threat’ to United States, Air Force secretary claims (RT)
Update #3: US-Russia War? Moscow’s Increasing Military Activity Forcing US To Reshape Budget (IBTimes)
WNU Editor: Let us see if the Pentagon will be saying the same thing when President-elect Trump is sworn in.
3 comments:
The biggest threat to the US is the US. Charlie Brown or somebody said that.
In the sense of being able to do the most harm to the United States this would definitely seem to be Russia. Team Trump has expressed a desire to improve relations with Russia. Mr. Putin may even be willing. Hopefully the Russian and American leadership can build upon the stated desire to improve relations, relations can be improved, and the threat can be lessened.
"The US is the biggest threat to the US." US enemies said this through a combination of media surrogates, celebrities as mouth pieces, and other public figures who represent their interests in opposition to the US. The messaging against America today bears little difference to the messaging against Jews by Nazi Germany.
Since 2004, there have been 4 different competeing factions in DoD and State as to whom is the US's " Greatest Threat.
- Islamic terrorism, ( funny given all the US backing, arms and sponsorship),
- Iran,
- Russia,
- China.
So far, Trump is loading up his Cabinet and Administration with " one of each",
And none of the America is American's greatest enemy crew.
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