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War, War, War See other War, War, War Articles Title: They Know What Comes Next: Russian Citizens Are “Stocking Up On Essentials In Case Of War” The United States isn’t the only place where you’ll find citizens concerned with a rapidly deteriorating geo-political landscape and the real possibility of another World War. According to a report from Newsweek titled In Europe and Russia There’s Talk Of War, plenty of Russians feel the same way: Recently, I grabbed a taxi in Moscow. When the driver asked me where I was from, I told him the United States. “I went there once,” he said, “to Chicago. I really liked it.” “But tell me something,” he added. “When are we going to war?” The question, put so starkly, so honestly, shocked me. “Well, I hope never,” I replied. “No one wants war.” At the office, I ask a Russian employee about the mood in his working class Moscow neighborhood. The old people are buying salt, matches and gretchka [buckwheat], he tells me—the time-worn refuge for Russians stocking up on essentials in case of war. Older generations of Russians know exactly what the build up to a war looks like and signs around the world indicative of serious problems simply can’t be ignored. With Vladimir Putin having recently purged 50 of his top commanders following an old Soviet doctrine that calls for exactly such maneuvers ahead of war, there appear to be a variety of actions being undertaken by both East and West in anticipation of a large-scale conflict. NATO is deploying more assets to the Eastern front and the Russians for, their part, are feverishly deploying new weapons systems, one of which is reportedly capable of obliterating an entire U.S. state the size of Texas, as well as a Tsunami torpedo that could wipe out entire coastal cities. And while it may be easy to dismiss the stockpiling and preparedness activities of citizens as extreme behavior, the fact is that the governments of both the United States and Russia are actively preparing in much the same way. The Russians, for example, have built 5,000 underground nuke shelters in and around Moscow. In the United States, the government’s Continuity of Government plans have called for trillions of dollars to be spent on everything from Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMBs) to literally billions of rounds of stockpiled ammunition by various government agencies. Like our Russian counterparts, there are those here in the United States who think the world is on the brink of a major paradigm shift. Though the vast majority of the population seems to believe everything is fine, about 1% of Americans are preparing for that eventuality. Author Tess Pennington, whose book The Prepper’s Blueprint: A Step By Step Guide To Prepare For Any Disaster, notes that it’s not just war, but any number of emergency scenarios which could lead to an immediate end to life as we know it in America: Disasters have been going on for centuries and for someone to think they are untouchable is naive. Roughly 1% of Americans are adequately prepared for a disaster. The other 99% – well it’s not so good for them. Since disasters tend to have a mind of their own and the capacity to cripple our normal way of life, we want to create a well-rounded approach to our preparedness efforts. That approach may include a number of things that take into account a variety of factors. Should the United States come under attack by a super power like Russia, a rogue terrorist element or cyber attacker, the end result would be similarly disastrous. According to Pennington, given that most Americans only have about three days worth of food in their pantries, the obvious first step would be to set aside emergency food meals, water, and foods that last a lifetime. We have repeatedly witnessed the breakdown of medical systems, most recently in Venezuela and Greece, that show how important stockpiling live-saving medicines will be when there are no doctors. Other critical supplies might include barterable goods with which you can trade in a scenario where our monetary system collapses, as well as the self defense armaments to protect yourself and your stockpiles. Once the basic essentials are covered, given the continued proliferation of destructive weapons, protective equipment for chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threats may be in order. While we hope cooler heads will prevail and that talk of war is just that, we shudder to think of the global implications should the ‘cold’ interactions between the United States, Russia and China heat up. One thing’s for sure: The world is descending into chaos and disaster is coming. Also Read: The Prepper’s Blueprint: A Step-By-Step Guide To Prepare For Any Disaster The Most Advanced Tactical Gas Mask In The World How To Survive Occupied America: “Red Dawn Just Started… And You’re In It” EMP Threat: ‘Within One Year 9 Out of 10 Americans Would Be Dead’ U.S. Warships Surround Disputed Chinese Waters, Prepared for War: “WWIII At Stake” We Have Reached A Point of No Return: “The Time For Warning People to Prepare Is Over” Things Could Get Desperate: “Americans Are Not Prepared For A Full Blown, Prolonged, Nightmarish Depression” Click here to subscribe: Join over one million monthly readers and receive breaking news, strategies, ideas and commentary. Advanced Tactical Gas Mask Please Spread The Word And Share This Post Author: Mac Slavo Views: Read by 20,059 people Date: July 19th, 2016 Website: http://www.SHTFplan.com Copyright Information: Copyright SHTFplan and Mac Slavo. This content may be freely reproduced in full or in part in digital form with full attribution to the author and a link to http://www.shtfplan.com. Please contact us for permission to reproduce this content in other media formats. Poster Comment: US domestic war preps just in case of civil uprising by unemployed who are being shortchanged on the good life by bureaucratic/political ineptitude; preps in Europe just a message to Russia for it to "allow" Israel's Khazars to return to their lost homeland in Ukraine. This support of Israel ensures that its Sayanim will keep "electing" the kind of Israel-friendly Democrats and Republicans who make up the current Congress. That's how it looks when you peek behind the curtain. 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==================================== Purge? When? Sounds like Obama here in the US.
Russia Fires Dozens of Military Officers in Baltic Region By IVAN NECHEPURENKOJUNE 30, 2016 MOSCOW — In a sweeping military shake-up, Russia has replaced the top commanders of its Baltic Fleet, which patrols a region that has become the main fault line between Russia and the West. The exact reasons for the mass dismissal, involving dozens of officers, remain unclear. But the public nature of the abrupt change, announced on Wednesday by Defense Minister Sergei K. Shoigu, was unprecedented. The fleet commander, Vice Admiral Viktor Kravchuk; his chief of staff, Vice Admiral Sergei Popov; and the other officers were fired for “dereliction of duty” and “distortion of the real state of things,” according to a statement by the Defense Ministry summarizing what the minister had said behind closed doors to senior military commanders. The statement went on to say that the commanders had been responsible for “serious drawbacks in the organization of military training and everyday activities” and “lack of proper care for the personnel.” “This is the first time in Russia’s modern history that commanders have been dismissed in such a way,” said Valentin Selivanov, a military analyst, retired admiral and former deputy head of the Russian Navy. “These commanders must have made a series of serious mistakes.” The dismissals are all the more surprising because President Vladimir V. Putin, who would have approved them, visited the fleet’s main base at Baltiysk last July and was unsparing in his praise. “The Baltic Fleet is performing its missions well — not just here in the Baltic, where it is based, but is also carrying our flag with honor in other parts of the world’s oceans, too,” Mr. Putin said a year ago. The Baltic Fleet headquarters is in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, squeezed between Poland and Lithuania, both NATO members. In recent years, Russia and NATO repeatedly accused each other of stirring up tensions in the region by deploying more arms and conducting provocative maneuvers. Russia has repeatedly criticized what it calls NATO’s growing presence in the Baltic. The NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, confirmed at a news conference in June that the alliance would deploy four multinational battalions in rotation, each consisting of up to 1,000 soldiers, to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to keep Moscow in check. Russia has said that it will not engage in a new arms race with the West, a point repeated by Mr. Putin on Thursday, but that it will be ready to defend itself. “These actions of the Western colleagues undermine the strategic stability in Europe and force us to take retaliatory measures, primarily in the Western strategic direction,” Mr. Shoigu, the defense minister, said during the meeting Wednesday. The Russian response has included adding ships and thousands of troops answering to the Baltic Fleet. With the additional deployments, the number of Russian service members deployed on the country’s western borders could grow by thousands, said Aleksei G. Arbatov, an expert at the Carnegie Moscow Center. “The role of the Baltic Fleet is growing, but it can all spiral out of control,” Mr. Arbatov said. “NATO deploys a battalion, we respond by deploying an army. If we want to make Sweden and Finland join NATO, there is no better way to do it.” A version of this article appears in print on July 1, 2016, on page A10 of the New York edition with the headline: In Shake-Up, Russia Fires Commanders in Baltic Fleet. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
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