Putin:
Russian Warships With Kalibr Rockets to Be on Guard in Mediterranean
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16
May, 2018
According
to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country's military vessels
will be on permanent standby in the Mediterranean Sea due to a
terrorist threat in Syria.
"Due
to the remaining threat of incursions by international
terrorists in Syria, our ships carrying Kalibr cruise missiles
will be constantly deployed in the Mediterranean Sea,"
Putin said at a military meeting.
Speaking
further, the Russian president said that the practice of distant
sea campaigns and drills should continue.
"Some
102 sea campaigns by Russia's ships and submarines are to take
place," Putin added.
At
the same time, Vladimir Putin noted that Russia would continue
reinforcing the maritime part of its nuclear forces to increase
the role of the Russian Navy in the country's
nuclear deterrence.
"It
is necessary to bolster the marine component of the
strategic nuclear forces. It will enhance the Navy’s capacity
in nuclear deterrence. Developing multifunctional vessel groups,
which should effectively fend off military threats on the
sea, remains an important task. I also require special attention
to be paid to coordination of such groups with the
Aerospace Forces and other troops," Putin said.
The
president added that Russia continues to supply its
naval fleet with the
latest weapons, communications systems, intelligence and targeting
equipment in accordance with the state armament program.
"As
before, the quality and timing requirements for the state
defense orders should be kept most stringent. There are, of course,
problematic issues related to manufacturing new equipment and
to repairing surface ships and submarines. We’ll listen
to concrete solutions on these issues," Putin said.
In
the first three months of 2018, the Russian Navy received a
nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, three ships, two
helicopters and 46 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Russia
is actively modernizing its armaments and military equipment
amid ongoing tensions in international relations. According
to the Russian Defense Ministry, it is planned to spend 20
trillion rubles ($352.3 billion) on the 2018-2027 armament
program.
Russian
heavy Golan-1000 rocket launchers for Assad, Kalibr cruise missiles
off shore
16
May, 2018
Light
was shed on Wednesday, May 16, on Russia’s mysterious intentions
after its puzzling non-interference in the Israeli-Iranian clashes in
Syria.
President Vladimir Putin informed the Russian high
command meeting in Sochi of two decisions: “Our ships carrying
Kalbr cruise missiles will be permanently deployed in the
Mediterranean Sea,” he reported. They will take up position
opposite the shores of Syria, Lebanon and Israel. DEBKAfile’s
military sources take this step to mean that the Russian army command
believes the military confrontation between Israel and Iran in Syria
is not over and more clashes are still to come.
It was also revealed by military sources in Moscow that the Assad regime’s 4th Armored Division had received from Russia heavy rocket launchers deliberately dubbed Golan-1000, of 500mm caliber, which can deliver three rockets loaded with 500kg of high-explosive fragmentation ammunition. They have a range of up to 6km and are powerful enough to knock over IDF fortifications on the Golan. Those fortified bases remained unscathed by the Iranian Al Qods 20-missile barrage on May 9. So what is behind Putin’s maneuvers in Syria between Iran, Israel and the Assad regime? The coming issue of DEBKA Weekly out on Friday, May 18, unravels this conundrum as well as shedding light on the, pivotal military shifts in motion on the Middle East landscape.
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