Russia and the West after three talks without any results, the United States sent an ambassador personally sent a written reply, when most people thought that the dispute may come to an end, Putin suddenly made an unprecedented big move, the Us media admitted that this move made the Western countries feel panic.
First of all, let's talk about Russia's big move this time. The four fleets were all mobilized, with a total strength of 140 surface ships and support ships, more than 50 fighters of various types, and more than 10,000 Marine Corps officers and men. This is already the size of the entire NATO Navy lineup, and even some reservations. Because the Russian army's powerful naval aviation, front-line aviation and elite homeland air defense forces have not yet participated. In addition, the Russian Navy's submarine force, which kept the Western Navy sleepless at night, was quiet this time and did not make any moves. It is clear that Putin deliberately left a hand.
The lineup of the four fleets this time is quite luxurious. The Northern Fleet was the main force, and their troops were divided into two routes. One way through Barents, the North Sea, straight to the Irish Sea, the other way north to the Arctic region, for polar power release exercises.
According to a P-3C anti-submarine aircraft from the Norwegian Air Force's 333rd Squadron, they saw the Russian Northern Fleet, led by the guided-missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, enter the Barents Sea, targeting Irish waters.
The other route was dominated by the large anti-submarine ship "North Morsk" and the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov", which can carry the hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon", to cover the landing of the newly commissioned large landing ship and 1200 marines at a predetermined location in the Arctic Circle.
The move clearly tells the Nordic countries that are on the side of the United States and NATO, although not fully abrogated, to be careful, and that the Russian navy is perfectly capable of defending its interests, even in the icy Arctic.
At the same time, more than 20 ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and 20 ships of the Baltic Fleet also left the port according to the scheduled plan. The purpose is also very clear, the Black Sea Fleet is responsible for sealing the Bosphorus Strait, and at the same time can go forward to the Mediterranean, contain the strength of the U.S. Second Fleet in the Mediterranean, and echo the ships that China, Russia, and Iran are exercising in the Persian Gulf.
The Baltic Fleet deterred the three Baltic states, which were close to Russia. The navies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are weak, but they rely on geographical superiority to provide forward bases for NATO air forces, which must be the first targets to be cleared if they are to be moved.
Therefore, it is not difficult to see that the Russian side's arrangement this time has both clear tactical objectives and strategic intentions, and it is also to show strength and determination to the United States and Western countries.
Analysts believe that as soon as the Written Reply from the United States arrived in Moscow, Russia reacted so violently and in an invincible and powerful gesture, the largest maritime operation since the Cold War. Perhaps, Putin is replying to the United States in this way, and no matter what the United States wants to do, Russia will defend its national interests to the death.