Russians Move Military Weapon Called “The Monster” Into Place; US Worried

by Voice of Reason
Monster
In the video below, I talk about and I question the reason given by the Russian’s for the recent deployment of their S-400 defense missiles. It was reported two days ago, that the decision was made by Russia in the aftermath of the shooting down of its Su-24 by a Turkish F-16. Allegedly Russia claims it needs a missile cruiser off the coast of Syria AND an unknown number of ultramodern S-400 (or SA-21 Growler in NATO designation) SAM batteries to Latakia to make sure that the tragic incident from Tuesday never repeats itself. We’re told the idea is to send Turkey a very clear message that the next time a Turkish warplane engages a Russian jet, Russia will immediately retaliate using ground forces. Ok, then why the need for Russia’s ultra state-of-the-art air defense system if they’re going to send in ground troops?
The S-400’s are so advanced, they can follow up to 300 targets simultaneously ranging from anywhre between just a few feet off the ground, all the way to 40 miles above the earth’s surface. That’s roughly 5x the reach as it’s western counterpart, the Patriot Missile. The S-400 can also acquire targets up to 600km away and take them out at 400km away. Finally, for efficiency, the super high tech missile defense platform only requires three people to operate, and as you can see in the videos provided, the system is highly portable. 
What I don’t get, and which I discuss in my video, is why these missiles are deployed where they are. Up until now, Turkey, a NATO ally, has been suspiciously close with Russia, not a member of NATO. I can’t help but wonder if the Turks somehow learned of a plan to take out the existing Russian pipeline that supplies Europe with almost all of its oil, and taking out the non-threatening Russian SU-24 was Turkey’s way of “covertly” signaling to Russia to get better defenses in place pronto! That is explored more in the video below.

 
Mirror Spectrum reports:
In a move raising the potential threat of a Russia-NATO conflict, Russia said Wednesday it will deploy long-range air defense missiles to its base in Syria and destroy any target that may threaten its warplanes following the downing of a Russian military jet by Turkey.
The incident was the first time in half a century that a NATO member shot down a Russian plane. If Russia responds by downing a Turkish plane, NATO member Turkey could proclaim itself under attack and ask the alliance for military assistance.
Most observers believe that a direct military confrontation is unlikely, but that the shooting down of the plane will further fuel the Syrian conflict and complicate international peace efforts. The situation is also alarming because the Russian and Turkish presidents both pose as strong leaders and would be reluctant to back down and seek a compromise.
The S-400 missiles, which Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered sent to the Hemeimeem air base in Syria’s coastal province of Latakia, just 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from the border with Turkey, are capable of striking targets within a 400-kilometer (250-mile) range with deadly precision.
Earlier the other day, Russia made a very explicit demonstration of the deployment of at least two S-400 batteries at Syria’s Khmeimim airbase, with the Russian Ministry of Defense promptly publicizing the arrival with the following clip. These missiles are no joke! 

 
The military also moved the navy missile cruiser Moskva closer to the shore to help protect Russian warplanes with its long-range Fort air defense system.
“It will be ready to destroy any aerial target posing a potential danger to our aircraft,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with military officials. He also announced the severance of all military ties with Turkey and said that from now on, Russian bombers will always be escorted by fighters on combat missions over Syria.
Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, director of the German Marshall Fund in Ankara, said it is possible Russia could down a Turkish plane. “Turkish planes violate the Syrian border daily, either for reconnaissance flights or for anti-IS operations,” he said. “In the same way that Turkey argues it has rules of engagement, Russia could also declare its own rules of engagement, saying it has the right to protect the skies of its ally.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has often been compared to Putin for his authoritarian ways, said Wednesday that his country doesn’t wish to escalate tensions with Russia.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in turn said that the downing of the plane “highlights the need to strengthen mechanisms to avoid such incidents in the future.” “We should not sleepwalk into unintended escalation,” he wrote in an op-ed that is to be published Thursday and was made available to The Associated Press.
Iran meanwhile lashed out at Turkey, with the official IRNA news agency quoting Presidednt Hassan Rouhani as saying Ankara is responsible for the heightened tensions in the region. One of the Russian pilots was killed by militants in Syria after bailing out, while his crewmate was rescued by Syrian army commandos and delivered in good condition to the Russian base early Wednesday. A Russian marine was also killed by the militants during the rescue mission.
Speaking in televised comments from the Russian base in Syria, the surviving navigator of the downed plane, Capt. Konstantin Murakhtin, denied that his jet veered into Turkey’s airspace “even for a single second.” He also rejected Turkey’s claim that it had issued repeated warnings to the Russian crew before shooting down the plane.
Putin said the Foreign Ministry’s warning for Russians not to visit Turkey was needed “because we can’t exclude some other incidents following what happened yesterday and our citizens in Turkey could be in significant danger.”
Monster 2
Osman Ayik, the head of the Turkish Hoteliers Federation, told Taraf newpaper Wednesday that a decline in Russian tourists visiting Turkey would be a “disaster” for the tourism sector. If Russia-Turkey tensions escalate further, both countries potentially could inflict significant pain on each other in many areas.
Russia was the biggest source of Turkish imports last year, worth $25 billion, which mostly accounted for Russian gas supplies. Most Turkish exports to Russia are textiles and food, and Turkish construction companies have won a sizable niche of the Russian market.
Unluhisarcikli said that along with economic moves, Russia may alsoincrease its support to Syrian Kurdish groups, which have been fighting against IS but not against the Syrian regime. So far, Russia has refrained from doing so as not to anger Turkey, but now it could go ahead with plans to open an office in the Syrian Kurdish regions and supply arms to the fighters, Unluhisarcikli said.
Analysts said Turkey doesn’t have the option of closing the Turkish Straits to Russia, which has used the route that connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean to supply its forces in Syria. According to the Montreux Convention, which sets out international rules for using the straits, Turkey can only make the move if the two countries are formally at war.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Turkish action was a “planned provocation” and rejected his Turkish counterpart’s proposal to meet at the sidelines of some international forum in the coming days to try to ease tensions.
Before Tuesday’s incident, Russia and the West appeared to be inching toward joining efforts to fight the Islamic State group following the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris and the Oct. 31 bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai desert. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for both attacks.
(Associated Press)

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25 thoughts on “Russians Move Military Weapon Called “The Monster” Into Place; US Worried”

  1. oh well, the russians have the right to deploy anything they want. americans should stay home and stop meddling in other countries’ affairs. if the zionist racist genocidal state of the jews want wars, let them have them. screw that evil tribe.

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  2. Wow, so I guess anybody with a voice in their head and an internet connection posts at this site? Is ths guy the only person not aware that Erdogan’s son, Bilal Erdogan has been managing the ISIS oil trade while his daughter Summeye Erdogan has been running a hospital caring for wounded ISIS fighters? I hope the Russkies rain hell on Turkey. At the very least, the Russians will supervise the extermination of ISIS like the cockroaches they are!

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  3. It is my opinion that the Russians will continue in their efforts of not revealing until the last possible moment the capabilities of their latest advanced weaponry, which if they are forced to use, will demonstrate to the US and NATO the capabilities of advanced weapons systems that will far exceed the capabilities of anything the US and NATO have at their disposal, or could ever hope to have at their disposal until it is far too late to be of any use to them. In other words, Russia has produced advanced weapons systems while Americans admired Kim Kardiasan’s ass and rested on their laurels. They’re playing it cool while being confident that if push comes to shove, they will defeat a shocked, surprised, and demoralized enemy before they realize what happened.

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    • One should notice that Russia’s sane leaders also know that after the use of those weapons there could be an outbreak of a huge war. I won’t call it WW III.

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  4. A huge mistake by Turkey by downing a Russian bomber jet with the full
    knowledge and advance support of US.It not Assad the problem,it is ill
    advised experts of the US President..Nothing to do
    with democracy,but a construction of a pipeline by the Gulf Arabic
    states passing across Syria, with a new leader appointed government that will
    protect U.S. interests in the region.Russia is the second most powerful
    country in the world with top military technology and they not worry
    about the threat from Turkey phony languages.The Russian foreign
    minister is right about the illegal operations of US and its allies
    planes carrying strikes in Syria without the consent of
    Assad
    government or the UN Security Council.It is about time that Russia is
    flexing its muscle and starting to protect its ally,Syria. All borders
    in Syria should be closed. Then Russian airstrikes along with
    Syrian army with the help of Iran should make a good clean-up of those
    barbarian criminal killers. U.S,Turkey and the Gulf Arab states should stop
    arming ISIS . Assad government needs to
    impose a no-fly-zone to stop American and its allies jets from
    destroying the territorial infrastructures .
    Russia is the only powerful country that can clean up the mess created
    by the west(US and its allies) .That will help Assad government to
    regain back his full territory so he can rebuild the country in the
    near
    future and bring home those Syrian refugees. Bravo Mr.Putin,you do the
    right thing…What happens to the U.S. government helping to destabilize
    the middle-east and causing a human crisis in Europe? US need a President like
    Kennedy to bring back America strong , powerful and well respect across the
    world…America never recovered by the assassination of John Kennedy and
    his brother.US newspapers should stop to lie about Syria and don’t take Americans for bunch of ignorant.

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  5. Israel murdered several Turkish Citizens, and Erdogan did NOTHING. As a matter of fact, Erdogan the muslim grovels to Israel like a dog, so he can make SHEKELS selling ISIS oil to the Jews. .Oil that is extracted by KILLING MUSLIMS. Turkey is providing material support to the terrorist group ISIS. For NATO to defend that would make all of us accomplices to terrorism.
    This black market selling results in over 1 Million dollars per DAY flowing into ISIS to keep it equipped and supplied for its ongoing terrorist activities. Only a fool would think that all this is going on through Turkey to Israel, without many Turkish and Israeli officials having their hands out for money from the illegal oil sales. Put simply, Turkey and Israel ARE in business with ISIS.

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