{"id":4347,"date":"2018-10-17T22:48:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T22:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2018-10-17T22:48:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T22:48:36","slug":"new-satellite-images-suggest-military-buildup-in-kaliningrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/10\/17\/new-satellite-images-suggest-military-buildup-in-kaliningrad\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST MILITARY BUILDUP IN KALININGRAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4348\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169.jpg 780w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169-560x314.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/10\/kaliningrad-satellite-exlarge-169-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: CNN<\/p>\n<p>By Oren Liebermann, Frederik Pleitgen and Vasco Cotovio, CNN<\/p>\n<p>New satellite imagery shared exclusively with CNN shows Russia appearing to upgrade four of its military installations in Kaliningrad, Russia&#8217;s strategic outpost on NATO&#8217;s doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>Kaliningrad &#8212; Russian territory that&#8217;s sandwiched between Poland and the Baltics but disconnected from the rest of Russia, known as an exclave &#8212; has been a focal point in tensions between Russia and the West.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, aerial images came to light that suggested the Russians had significantly modernized a nuclear weapons storage bunker in Kaliningrad. Now, satellite imagery and analysis from ImageSat International, a commercial satellite firm, appear to confirm that a major modernization is underway in at least four locations throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/17\/europe\/russia-kaliningrad-military-buildup-intl\/index.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: CNN By Oren Liebermann, Frederik Pleitgen and Vasco Cotovio, CNN New satellite imagery shared exclusively with CNN shows Russia appearing to upgrade four of its military installations in Kaliningrad, Russia&#8217;s strategic outpost on NATO&#8217;s doorstep. Kaliningrad &#8212; Russian territory that&#8217;s sandwiched between Poland and the Baltics but disconnected from the rest of Russia, known&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/10\/17\/new-satellite-images-suggest-military-buildup-in-kaliningrad\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST MILITARY BUILDUP IN KALININGRAD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-and-strategy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347","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=4347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4349,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions\/4349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}