As Russia and China continue wargames in the Baltic Sea, entitled “Sea Cooperation 2017,” there’s a lot of tension in the region, enough so that Russian Vice Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov was quick to insist the games are no threat to anyone.
The joint fleet departed from a port in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, near Poland, and has been engaging in a series of operations, mostly centering on rescue operations and freeing captured ships from pirates, but also including some practice firing on target ships and planes.
Wargames, especially when they coincide with increased tensions, are often seen as a bellicose move by other parties in the region, though in this case the exercise was planned a year in advance, after a nearly identical one the previous year.
This is just part of the annual naval exercise, as a second part of the exercise will be held in the Sea of Japan in September, near the Russian Pacific Coast.
Don’t think of a war with Russia or China think only of a war with Russia and China because that what it will be . And in many types of conflicts they would have the advantage . They probably won’t go if they don’t have the advantage . I believe they both have a lot of new weapons they would like to show us since we humiliated them both in Yugoslavia twenty years ago
I think Russia and China will stick much closer together than the NATO countries . They certainly have a lot of good reasons . Most NATO or UN soldiers don’t want to be killed insisting Russia and China obey the New worlds orders .
Kaliningrad is not only “near Poland”, it borders Poland.