'Going Big': US Deploys Tanks and Artillery to Bulgaria
'Going Big': US Deploys Tanks and Artillery to Bulgaria
The US military has deployed new tanks, artillery and vehicles to Bulgaria as part of its operation to "reassure allies" in the region. 18.08.2015, Sputnik International
A dangerous road to confrontation is being paved by the Neocon psychos in the US gov't. Why are EU countries agreeing to this?
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NellyNelson
These sellout countries should know that the US will not be able to protect them in times of war. They should know that their countries are used as targets. With those toys stationed in their countries, they automatically become targets. They will be first on the line of attacks. It has been US strategy since after the great war in making sure not to bring war on US soil. Keep others busy by finding those willing to sell their countries interests in order to provoke tension and conflicts so that citizens of these countries be endangered.
The US military has deployed new tanks, artillery and vehicles to Bulgaria as part of its operation to "reassure allies" in the region.
The US military sent four Abrams tanks, three artillery cannons and six light armored reconnaissance vehicles to Bulgaria on Monday in what one Heritage Foundation fellow called a "message to Russia," Military Times reported.
The tanks, artillery and vehicles were sent to the Novo Selo training range in eastern Bulgaria, where they will join 160 US Marines stationed at the base as part of US operations in the country. The US has previously announced plans to stockpile growing volumes of equipment including tanks and artillery in the Baltic states which border Russia.
"Because this seed has been planted through these exercises and rotations, it makes 'going big' go that much easier," Heritage Foundation fellow Luke Coffey, a former Army captain told Military Times of the rotations.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Bulgaria's NATO membership does not worry Russia and that Russia seeks to develop closer relations with the country despite previous difficulties over the Austria-bound South Stream Pipeline.
Russia canceled the project in 2014 and is developing an alternate route through Turkey and Bulgaria's western neighbor Macedonia, which has recently been racked with armed and political unrest.
According to Military Times, the tanks, artillery and vehicles are meant for a "new Bulgaria-based unit designed to deter Russian aggression." In June, an explosion rocked a Bulgarian military complex, killing one and injuring four at a facility which was preparing weapons for shipments to Syrian rebels. According to Military Times, Monday's deployment is part of the first of three US Marine Corps rotations in the Bulgaria.
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