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>>/27247/ Now it's Russian sub movements. DEFCON post from Mon 28 Oct but may be pertinent - US sending warriors and material to Greece. BTW, DEFCON is a great resource - essentially it's a private social media of anons' eyes on defense matters. Usually pretty reliable. Also, Russian subs are on the move in an operation not seen since the end of the Cold War!!!!!!! How the hell they got that many up and running is beyond me. Hopefully, no nuclear shit results from this. Notes - I deleted some pix from the sub story due to space needs. Also, NRK is a Norwegian news service with no English translation - at https://www.nrk.no/norge/hemmelig-ubat-operasjon_-_malet-er-a-vise-at-russland-kan-na-usa_-1.14761298 . --------------------------- Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:51 pm First information after - the US relocate yesterday and today 1,700 US soldiers, at least 20 combat helicopters "Apache" AH-64D, 10 helicopters "Chinook" CH-47, at least 50 "Black Hawk" UH-60 (HH60) helicopters, as well to 2,000 military vehicles / units, such as infantry fighting vehicles in / over Greece's ports. https://www.defconwarningsystem.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13635 --------------------------- https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/10/russian-northern-fleet-massive-submarine-show Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill, says Norwegian intel At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula last week, the Norwegian military intelligence says to NRK. By Thomas Nilsen October 29, 2019 The aim of the massive operation is to get as far out to the North Atlantic as possible without being discovered by NATO, the intelligence service informs to NRK. Such maneuvers haven’t been seen from the Northern Fleet since the days of the Cold War. The operation started early last week, before Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev visited Kirkenes in northern Norway last Friday. Lavrov had bilateral talks with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Søreide and the two said at the following press conference that security situation in northern Europe was one talking point. On Saturday, the Barents Observer reported about two of the Sierra-class submarines of the Northern Fleet sailing towards the Norwegian Sea for deep-sea dive tests and weapon tests. The two submarines are the «Pskov» and «Nizhny Novgorod», both built with a titanium-hull. Eight of the ten submarines now at sea are nuclear-powered, the intelligence service says to NRK. The intelligence service claim to have «a decent control» over where the submarines are in the sea. •Two nuclear submarines are west of the Bear Island, between Svalbard and Finnmark, the northernmost part of mainland Norway. •Two submarines are south and east of the Bear Island, guarding the entrance to the eastern part of the Barents Sea. •Two Sierra-class nuclear submarines are training in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. Normally, the ballistic missile submarines are patrolling the eastern Barents Sea or under the ice-cap in the Arctic. It is known that the Delta-IV class sub «Karelia» on October 17th launched a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea as part of the annual large-scale strategic missile drill, as reported by the Barents Observer. NRK reports that the operation is supposed to last for 60 days. If so, the submarines will be back in port before New Years celebrations and the Russian Orthodox Christmas. The Norwegian intelligence service informs to NRK that Russia with the operation is aimed at showing the United States that the country is able to threaten the east coast by protecting the bastion in such a way that the ballistic missile submarines can launch nukes targeted at the USA. Russia wants to test NATO’s ability to discover and handle such operation, the intelligence service tells NRK.