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  • 2019-09-23 (xsd:date)
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  • The National Interest wrote on September 19.The U.S. Air Force’s command in Europe has been developing defense plans in response to this increasing threat, Gen. Harrigian said in his September 17 comment. If Russian aggression emanating from the strategically located Kaliningrad exclave required a U.S. response, he said, it would be a multi-domain (en)
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  • On September 17, the digital magazine Breaking Defense reported on a press briefing given by Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, commander of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, during which he outlined tactics the U.S. Air Force is developing in response to the threat of long-range Russian missile launchers positioned in Kaliningrad.Kaliningrad’s strategic geographic location in the heart of Europe – between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea – makes this Russian exclave potentially the most dangerous territory from which Moscow could launch a military offense against the rest of Europe.As of 2014, Russia had deployed its most advanced strategic weapons and some 225,000 personnel in seven military bases in Kaliningrad. Since then, those numbers are thought to have increased.RUSSIA -- A view shows a new S-400 "Triumph" surface-to-air missile system after its deployment at a military base outside the town of Gvardeysk near Kaliningrad, March 11, 2019Indeed, Russia reportedly has been building up its military presence in Kaliningrad.The exclave practically bristles with S-300 and S-400 air-defense missiles (en)
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