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Daily Mail: Russia prepares for massive military exercise involving China as Moscow boasts of the country's largest show of force in nearly 40 years
* Five days of drills will pave the way for the Vostok (East) 2018 military exercise
* War games, set for next month, will be the biggest since Soviet exercises in 1981
* Army, air force and navy will take part in drills across the Far East and Siberia
* Military units from China and Mongolia will also take part, Russian officials say
Russian military forces are preparing for massive war games involving China and Mongolia in what Kremlin officials have called the country's largest show of power in nearly 40 years.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said five days of military drills will pave the way for the Vostok (East) 2018 military exercise.
Those manoeuvres, set for next month, will be the largest since the massive Soviet war games in 1981, he said.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said President Vladimir Putin could attend the exercise.
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This is like Hitlers Wehmacht having war games with Stalin's Red Army.
ReplyDeleteBig bowl of pop corn time for American intel.