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Earlier in the day, media reports cited a source in the US intelligence saying that Russia was deploying Iskander-M mobile missile systems in Kaliningrad. "First of all, the people behind this hype need to know that Iskander ballistic missile system is mobile. As part of the plan of combat training, missile troops units are engaged in march training on a year-round basis, covering great distances of the Russian territory in various ways: by air, sea, and on its own power," Konashenkov said.
"Kaliningrad region, where the units of missile troops were sent several times and will be sent within the combat training of the Armed Forces again, is not an exception," he added.
The spokesman noted that no one made a secret out of the system's transportation. According to Konashenkov, one of the Iskander systems was intentionally exposed to the US reconnaissance satellite flying over in order to clarify the parameters of the spacecraft's operations.
Same as US sends arms to Alaska!! [Sovereign part of US accessible by water, but not contiguous to main body of country by being physically detached via other sovereign nation(s).] Same with Kaliningrad.
That such lunacy can still change or affect public opinion in the US/ West, makes one wish for some Honest sort of electorate Minimum Basic Competence test. Sadly, however, - and far more importantly - we must FIRST get:
1. a reasonably informed electorate
2. a relatively/ closer to reasonably honest government;
and
3. Get an Honest Election System.*
(A rather Chicken vs. Egg, ménage à trois, et al.- Conundrum there, eh?)
R.C.
* I've never been ripped off by an ATM, nor have any friends. Most of those in the US are made by Diebold. It should be - and is - much easier to conduct a simple, honest election, and yet, somehow, Diebold CAN'T do that. We know why.
I'm curious who owns/runs that company, but will leave that to a curiouser SOTT-Sort.
RC