{"id":1306,"date":"2016-10-20T23:49:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T23:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2016-10-21T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:49:17","slug":"massive-show-of-force-along-russias-border-to-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2016\/10\/20\/massive-show-of-force-along-russias-border-to-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"MASSIVE SHOW OF FORCE ALONG RUSSIA\u2019S BORDER TO NORWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/02\/RUSSUIAN-PARA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-737\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/02\/RUSSUIAN-PARA.jpg\" alt=\"RUSSUIAN PARA\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/02\/RUSSUIAN-PARA.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/02\/RUSSUIAN-PARA-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/02\/RUSSUIAN-PARA-560x303.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/02\/RUSSUIAN-PARA-260x141.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/02\/RUSSUIAN-PARA-160x87.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : The Barents Observer<\/p>\n<p>By Atle Staalesen<\/p>\n<p>The powerful military units based in Pechenga rayon, the municipality located along the border to Norway and Finland, are on full alert as one of the biggest exercises in years started on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>More than 5,000 soldiers and 500 armored tanks and vehicles are now on their way to the training fields.\u00a0 The exercise is held jointly by the Northern Fleet\u2019s land forces and its coastal units, the Northern Fleet informs.<\/p>\n<p>The drills will provide special attention to the soldiers\u2019 practical skills in quick movement of force and camouflage, as well as engineering tasks in border areas and entrenchment in difficult terrain, the Navy says.<\/p>\n<p>During the exercise, the troops will protect themselves against an attack from a simulated enemy reconnaissance-sabotage group and conduct anti-aircraft defense.<\/p>\n<p>They will also conduct training on counter-measures in a situation of a nuclear attack.<\/p>\n<p>Pechenga houses the Northern Fleet\u2019s 61st Naval infantry brigade, as well as the 200th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether also the units from Alakurtti, the 80th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, are taking part of the drills. The Alakurtti forces are a core part of Russia\u2019s new Arctic Brigade. The brigade has an estimated 3,000 men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : The Barents Observer By Atle Staalesen The powerful military units based in Pechenga rayon, the municipality located along the border to Norway and Finland, are on full alert as one of the biggest exercises in years started on Wednesday. More than 5,000 soldiers and 500 armored tanks and vehicles are now on their&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2016\/10\/20\/massive-show-of-force-along-russias-border-to-norway\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MASSIVE SHOW OF FORCE ALONG RUSSIA\u2019S BORDER TO NORWAY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1055,1056,1058,1057,1054,1053],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-and-strategy","tag-200th-independent-motor-rifle-brigade","tag-61st-naval-infantry-brigade","tag-80th-independent-motor-rifle-brigade","tag-alakurtti","tag-northern-fleet","tag-pechenga","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}