China General Says “War With Japan Increasingly Likely” As Russia Conducts New Army Drill Near Latvia, Estonia!

• China General Says “War With Japan Increasingly Likely” As Russia Conducts New Army Drill Near Latvia, Estonia! 
  by Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com
  Out of sight, out of mind. That appears to be the status quo on events unfolding in Ukraine, and along the western Russian border for now where, however, things are just as agitated as they have been during the past month. Only this time, not so much next to Ukraine, where the Russian army already has a massive enough military presence to steamroll into the country at a moment’s notice, but up north, in this case in the Pskov region where the Russian ministry of defense reported that a major military drill is taking place, right next to the Estonia and Latvia borders. Just in case the former USSR member states needed to be kept on their toes.
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  From the ministry:
  In the Pskov region with army aviation Western Military District (WEST) and units of the Airborne Troops (VDV) conducted a joint exercise. The event involved two pairs of Mi-8 MTV-5 and MI-24. On the eve of the crews flew from Leningrad Oblast to the airfield Crosses.
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  The exercise pilots helicopters Mi-8 MTV-5 was carried landing personnel of the Airborne air assault way. Crews Mi-24 helicopters provide cover paratroopers from the air, as well as work out the elements of combat maneuvering and hovering over the point.
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  Teaching is planned character and end the use of rocket-bomb armament helicopters on land targets on the ground in the Pskov region.
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  Hopefully land targets on the Russian side of the border. And just in case escalating tensions along Russia’s western border – and one can be certain Estonia and Latvia will scream bloody murder any second – here is a retired Chinese general who just told SCMP that a “war with Japan over territorial disputes is becoming increasingly likely” and that China is more than capable of defending itself.
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