{"id":176195,"date":"2018-09-12T05:22:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T05:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=176195"},"modified":"2018-09-15T03:46:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T03:46:03","slug":"russia-begins-biggest-ever-war-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=176195","title":{"rendered":"Russia Begins Biggest Ever War Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFP and Will Stewart and Khaleda Rahman — Daily Mail Sept 12, 2018<\/h1>\n

Russian president Vladimir Putin has paraded nuclear-capable missiles that are able to reach London in rehearsals for a ‘large conflict’ alongside Chinese soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beijing issued a veiled threat to US President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a><\/span> as it launched its largest every military drills, with 300,000 Russian troops taking part along with Chinese soldiers in a massive show of force that has rattled the West.<\/span><\/p>\n

The week-long war games dubbed ‘Vostok-2018’ (East-2018), ‘have kicked off’ in far eastern Russia and on the Pacific Ocean, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u00a0broadcast images on Tuesday of military trucks being transported on trains, columns of tanks, armoured vehicles and warships on the move, ships getting into position and combat helicopters and fighter aircraft taking off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Operation Vostok 2018. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

The ministry said this activity was part of the first stage of the exercise, which runs until September 17, and it involved deploying additional forces to Russia’s far east and a naval build-up involving its Northern and Pacific fleets.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main aim was to check the military’s readiness to move troops large distances, to test how closely infantry and naval forces cooperated, and to perfect command and control procedures. Later stages will involve rehearsals of both defensive and offensive scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defence ministry said the largest military drills since the end of the Cold War will involve about 36,000 tanks and 300,000 troops at sea and on the ground. China is sending 3,200 troops to take part in the exercises later this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

They coincide with talks between\u00a0Russian President Vladimir Putin and\u00a0Chinese President Xi Jinping\u00a0on the sidelines of an economic forum\u00a0in Vladivostok in Russia’s far east on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n