An attack by NATO on Russia’s westernmost exclave Kaliningrad – a scenario that’s been speculated about in the media lately – would lead to a nuclear apocalypse and affect even countries not involved in a hypothetical conflict.
International media have recently made regular publications on how Kaliningrad – the Russian outpost in Europe – could be ‘captured’.
Such publications serve the interests of NATO members’ military and industrial complex, according to Kaliningrad’s governor Anton Alikhanov.
“Neighbouring countries dream of hosting military personnel because it’s all about money. Now, to be honest, Kaliningrad is only building up its defense infrastructure in response to mounting offensive capabilities in the Baltics, Poland and elsewhere. It is not about an ‘aggression,’ these are merely reactive measures,” he told RIA Novosti.
Earlier this year, General Jeffrey Lee Harrigian, Commander of the US Air Forces in Europe and Africa, said that the Pentagon had designed a plan to take down the air defense system of the Kaliningrad Region in case of Russia’s ‘aggression’.
“We train to that. We think through those plans all the time, and… if that would ever come to fruition, we’d be ready to execute,” he said as cited by the Breaking Defense.
Richard D. Hooker, Senior Fellow at the US-based Jamestown Foundation, offered his scenario of a potential conflict between Russia and the alliance in the Baltics. Russia would definitely lose the Kaliningrad Region, he stated.
International media have recently made regular publications on how Kaliningrad – the Russian outpost in Europe – could be ‘captured’.
Such publications serve the interests of NATO members’ military and industrial complex, according to Kaliningrad’s governor Anton Alikhanov.
“Neighbouring countries dream of hosting military personnel because it’s all about money. Now, to be honest, Kaliningrad is only building up its defense infrastructure in response to mounting offensive capabilities in the Baltics, Poland and elsewhere. It is not about an ‘aggression,’ these are merely reactive measures,” he told RIA Novosti.
Earlier this year, General Jeffrey Lee Harrigian, Commander of the US Air Forces in Europe and Africa, said that the Pentagon had designed a plan to take down the air defense system of the Kaliningrad Region in case of Russia’s ‘aggression’.
“We train to that. We think through those plans all the time, and… if that would ever come to fruition, we’d be ready to execute,” he said as cited by the Breaking Defense.
Richard D. Hooker, Senior Fellow at the US-based Jamestown Foundation, offered his scenario of a potential conflict between Russia and the alliance in the Baltics. Russia would definitely lose the Kaliningrad Region, he stated.
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