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Russia has finished reconstructing a military airfield near Sevastopol, the Republic of Crimea.
On December 24th, the Russian Ministry of Defense’s newspaper Red Star cited Lieutenant General Viktor Sevostyanov, the commander of the Southern Military District Air Force and Air Defense, who said that a Su-30M2 fighter jet had landed on the reconstructed runway.
The commander personally inspected the Belbek airfield to ensure its operational readiness.
A pair of fighter jets made a flight from Krymsk (Krasnodar Territory) to the Belbek airfield as part of the first technical flight after the completion of the first stage of the airfield reconstruction.
Military pilots tested the improved infrastructure and the work of the ground engineering services.
“We looked at the condition of the runway, the fulfillment of certain standards – everything related to landing, taxiing and so on. The airfield is wonderful,” Sevostyanov said.
The commander also noted that the reconstruction began in the spring of 2018 and its related to its status of an airfield that can service both military and civil aircraft.
“In the state in which it was in the spring, the airfield could not accept all types of civil aircraft for a number of reasons, including the state of the runway,” the commander said.
The new strip of the airfield is 500 m longer than the old one and meets international standards. The construction of the new runway was completed in November and it has a total length of 3450 m. Work is still on going, but the airfield can now accept all kinds of aircraft.
When the reconstruction is finalized, a regiment of 24 airplanes is to be based at Belbek.
Furthermore, on December 18th, Defense Ministry officials at an end of the year review meeting confirmed that Russia completed rearming air defense forces in Crimea with its advanced S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems.
“This year, we have completed rearming air defense units stationed in Crimea with the S-400 Triumph systems. Today they are on combat duty, reliably protecting the airspace over the entire Crimean Peninsula,” the Commander of the Southern Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Dvornikov said.
Following the November 25th incident between the Ukrainian Navy and the Russian Coast Guard south of the Kerch Strait, Russia publicized an additional deployment of the S-400 systems as well as coastal defense equipment. With the most recent S-400 deployment, Crimea has 4 state-of-the-art systems, the other three have been deployed since 2017.
Russia’s military has called it a “combat” deployment toward “neutralizing possible threats.” On December 18th, Commander Dvornikov said:
“For the purposes of neutralizing possible threats, the troops of the Southern Military District continued accomplishing their combat duty tasks to provide for air defense of Russia’s southern frontiers and protect its allies in the airspace in the troops’ entire zone of responsibility.”
The commander of the US second fleet has stated that the NATO gangsters know how to neutralise Russia in Crimea and Kaliningrad. It is good to see that RF is getting ready for the renewed confrontation, last tried by the Nazis. If RF territory is attacked by NATO then Putin downwards MUST make it crystal clear that equivalent targets in the US will also be destroyed, as well as the targets in Europe from where that attack would be made. Diplomatic language must give way to crystal clear Military language to make sure there can be no possible misunderstandings.
Wrong!!!!! If RF territory is attacked by NATO then Putin downwards MUST make it crystal clear that equivalent targets in Israel first, then the USSA will also be destroyed, as well as the targets in Europe from where that attack would be made.
This threat would be more applicable to an attack on the RF bases and forces in Syria, and I really hope this has been made crystal clear to the IDF and Satanyahoo, who just love to visit Moscow. Do you remember the guest of honour during the May 9 commemoration of the Great Patriotic War? Well, 15 Russian heroes paid the ultimate price for that mistake in September.
“””The commander of the US second fleet has stated that the NATO gangsters know how to neutralise Russia in Crimea and Kaliningrad. It is good to see that RF is getting ready for the renewed confrontation, last tried by the Nazis.”””
The commander of the US second fleet is a liar, just like any other Pentagon brass full of hubris, NATO has been sitting on its ass doing nothing for the last 3 decades, while Russia started rearming herself for the last 8 years and developed weapons that supersede NATO’s capabilities through the next one or two generations.
The commander of the US second fleet should realize his fleet is a sitting duck in the N. Atlantic .
Sadly, no-one will know the truth until the shooting starts, and then it will be too late for the NATO bathtubs and the whole world. How did we come to the edge of this madness?
Greedy Zionists I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icAjo9VXKZU
The Protocol should be taught in all schools instead of the Trans Gender abomination.
Yes, the US mainland must feel the pain instantly after any NATO assault in Russia .
Its the Israeli doctrines as well ,so hitting the US would not even be anti semitic :)
I hope NATO will build one in Ukraine near Crimea
NATO bosses are far too busy building trans gender shithouses and personal Empires to build an airport.
It would take years anyway , what with Bat Surveys, Newt Survey’s etc , Risk assessments ( it is in a volatile area !), diversity training of the contractors, LGBT awareness at work etc , plus of course the most important aspect of the project, negotiating the bribes to the Jewish Ukranian oligarchs :)
All of this paid for by NATO taxpayers who would prefer a few new hospitals and schools instead of a money pit in Ukraine.
Florian……………….full marks for a top-notch reply, you nailed it pal ! And while we’re at it , Happy Christmas Frohe Weihnachten !
Thank you. I was feeling creative. Happy Christmas to you as well.
Haha, kinda
Ukraine is not a member of NATO.
How can you say that, Ukraine is full member of NATO for 14 days already, NATO will invade Russia next year.
Ukraine, is not remotely compliant with NATO standards, and Poroshenko desperately wants NATO to formally intervene in Ukraine’s stand off with Russia – that is proving self destructive to his Presidency and the Ukrainian economy. This time Porky has bitten off more then he can chew.
Absolutely it is, I personally called Trump to get them in
Well, based on the failed outcome – you seem to have far less persuasive power than you credit yourself with…
Nobody wants Porky in their team anymore – can’t be trusted – steals from the player’s locker room.
Now just make sure UkroNAZI airborne don’t take over the new ramp (i.e., Crete). FWIW, as recently as 2015 the US 160th SOAR was surreptitiously conducting helicopter training with Ukrainian infantry in the mountains of California and Washington State. Incidentally, in Chelan County these juiced-up pendejos even managed to point rifles at USFS firefighters (oddly enough, a report on this encounter seems to have been scrubbed from the internets). I assume this means they’re practicing for an attack in the Crimean Mountains (i.e., Angarskyi Pass) in order to isolate a suitable seaport or airport for receiving reinforcements.
Lets hope the Russian FSB read the comments here :)
I was totally joking, I love Putin, Porky is cancer, please don’t come for me, I’m a poor boy in a banana country. This guy ^^ is planing to assassinate Vladimir Putin, please follow him.
I imagine Russian FSB guys read American newspapers. Particularly articles concerning the curious adventures of Azov Battalion and Porky’s Pirates.