Gen. Dempsey: Pentagon Studying Russian Readiness Plans Not Viewed for 20 Years (New Cold War May Emerge in Ukraine Crisis)

Gen. Dempsey: Pentagon studying Russian readiness plans not viewed ‘for 20 years’
Call it a Cold War reset: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told participants Thursday at the Aspen Security Forum that Russia is forcing the Pentagon to re-examine readiness plans that have been collecting dust for decades.
“We’re looking inside our own readiness models to look at things that we haven’t had to look at for 20 years, frankly, about basing and lines of communication and sea lanes,” Gen. Martin Dempsey said, ABC News reported Friday.
[link to www.washingtontimes.com]

US Pulling Out Its Cold War-Era Plans Over Ukraine Conflict, Top Commander Admits
The United States military’s top commander said during a security summit this week that the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine has prompted the Pentagon to revisit old contingency plans unused since the days of the Cold War.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday at the Aspen Security Forum that the US Department of Defense has been “looking inside of our own readiness models to look at things we haven’t had to look at for 20 years.”
[link to rt.com]

Sen. Feinstein: The U.S. Is Now at Cold War Levels With Russia
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, also appearing on CNN, agreed with Feinstein. "I believe, as you asked Senator Feinstein that Mr. Putin is returning to a Cold War mentality," he said. "When I was over there, you could see this nationalistic pride, a sort of resurgence to regain the glory of the old days of the Soviet Empire, and so we're seeing that happen with Crimea being annexed."
[link to www.nationaljournal.com]

New Cold War May Emerge in Ukraine Crisis, Medvedev Says
“We are slowly but surely moving toward a second Cold War, which no one needs,” Medvedev said. “We haven’t especially commented on” sanctions “or responded to them harshly, although we could do something unpleasant or offensive to those countries that are introducing these sanctions.” He blamed U.S. President Barack Obama, his one-time partner in a reset of relations, for a lack of “political tact.”
[link to www.bloomberg.com]

'We will react to NATO build-up!' Key Putin quotes from defense policy address
Moscow will respond to NATO’s expansion towards Russia’s borders, President Vladimir Putin said at the emergency Security Council meeting in Moscow. Here are his key quotes on Russia’s defense, Western sanctions, and violence in eastern Ukraine.
[link to rt.com]

Ukraine crisis: Poland asks Nato to station 10,000 troops on its territory
Poland asked Nato to station 10,000 troops on its territory on Tuesday as a visible demonstration of the Alliance's resolve to defend all its members after Russia's seizure of Crimea.
Nato foreign ministers met in Brussels to consider requests for soldiers to be deployed in Poland and the Baltic States, all of which share borders with Russia.
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]

Russia massing 15,000 troops on Ukraine border, says NATO
Russia has now amassed around 15,000 troops along the border with Ukraine, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Friday, offering a higher figure than one previously cited by the Pentagon.
U.S. ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute offered the estimate during a security forum in Colorado, saying there were “now up again over about 15,000 Russian troops amassed along the border with Ukraine.”
[link to www.theglobeandmail.com]

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