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Putin taunts America with Arctic military drills close to Alaska, with submarines launching cruise missiles to test readiness for conflict
2022-09-17
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The drills took place in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Eastern Russia

  • Nuclear submarines and land-based mounts fired anti-ship cruise missiles

  • Moscow has continued a programme of high-profile military exercises even as the bulk of its land forces are engaged in the war in Ukraine

  • Defence minister Sergei Shoigu may face a hearing in Russia's lower parliament to answer for his troops' resounding defeat this past weekend
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  There Are Certain Sections Of Wasilla, Major, I Wouldn’t Advise You To Invade
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-09-17 20:53  

#4  Might be Putin sending a message to Biden to not try protecting his Ukraine interests by opening a second front. And yes Biden is stupid enough to.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-09-17 18:14  

#3  It's one thing to escape across a decent size river, its another to try to return via the Bering Straits.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-17 15:39  

#2  "I can see Russia from my house."
-Tina Fey, of the Serious People
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-17 12:18  

#1  From the looks of how things are going in Ukraine, the heavily armed citizens of Alaska could probably fight them off.
Posted by: Chris   2022-09-17 11:44  

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