{"id":3162,"date":"2014-12-17T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T19:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2014-12-17T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T19:47:23","slug":"pentagon-confirms-military-buildup-along-russian-borders-for-peace-and-stability-rt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3162","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon confirms military buildup along Russian borders for \u2018peace and stability\u2019 \u2014 RT News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pentagon confirms military buildup along Russian borders for \u2018peace and stability\u2019 \u2014 RT News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon has confirmed the military buildup along Russia\u2019s borders to ensure long-term \u201cpeace and stability\u201d in the region. Earlier Moscow accused NATO of a sharp increase in air activity and intelligence flights in the border zone.<\/p>\n

Replying to RIA Novosti\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0query<\/a>\u00a0on the increased number of NATO flights around Russia’s borders, a Pentagon representative told the news agency that the military presence of the alliance has increased, but all operations are carried out under utmost\u00a0\u201ctransparency.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The current efforts of the US European Command, the Pentagon official said, are in line with Operation Atlantic Resolve and demonstrate American\u00a0\u201ccommitment to the collective security of NATO, the long-term peace and stability in the region\u201d<\/em>, particularly in the light of Russian \u201cinterference\u201d in Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The official added that this includes among other measures, an increase in\u00a0\u201cair, and land, sea presence,\u201d<\/em>as well as holding military drills.<\/p>\n

US\u00a0Operation Atlantic Resolve<\/a>\u00a0comprises all US efforts to support their NATO allies and partners in Europe, which translates to persistent presence of land forces in Poland and the Baltic region as well as holding naval drills in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

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Pentagon confirms military buildup along Russian borders for \u2018peace and stability\u2019 \u2014 RT News. The Pentagon has confirmed the military buildup along Russia\u2019s borders to ensure long-term \u201cpeace and stability\u201d in the region. Earlier Moscow accused NATO of a sharp increase in air activity and intelligence flights in the border zone. Replying to RIA Novosti\u2019s\u00a0query\u00a0on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[281,542,553,620,694,834],"class_list":["post-3162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-europe","tag-moscow","tag-nato","tag-pentagon","tag-russia","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3163,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}