Putin says United States is main threat to Russia

[dalton99a]

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/putin-says-russian-navy-get-new-hypersonic-missiles-soon-2022-07-31/

On Navy Day, Putin says United States is main threat to Russia

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, July 31 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a new naval doctrine which cast the United States as Russia's main rival and set out Russia's global maritime ambitions for crucial areas such as the Arctic and in the Black Sea.

Speaking on Russia's Navy Day in the former imperial capital of St Petersburg founded by Tsar Peter the Great, Putin praised Peter for making Russia a great sea power and increasing the global standing of the Russian state.

After inspecting the navy, Putin made a short speech in which he promised that what he touted as Russia's unique Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, cautioning that Russia had the military clout to defeat any potential aggressors.

Shortly before the speech, he signed a new 55-page naval doctrine, which sets out the broad strategic aims of Russia's navy, including its ambitions as a "great maritime power" which extend over the entire world.

[Chainfire]

1. Putin needs to keep remembering that.

[Turbineguy]

2. Vladimir,

Your smart people are leaving in droves. Nobody is interested in attacking you. Why have war when we can do business?

[comradebillyboy]

3. This is why I never complain about bloated defense budgets.

I'd never want to see the very repressive and expansionist governments of Russia and China imposing their shit values on the rest of the world.

And yes I recognize that we are far from perfect but we are infinitely better than our main rivals.

[Elessar Zappa]

5. We could cut our military budget some

and still maintain superiority over Russia and China. There’s a lot of waste and grift in the defense budget.

[uponit7771]

8. +1,

[comradebillyboy]

11. The government is a blunt instrument. I really don't expect

perfection or surgical precision.

[Tetrachloride]

4. China is a bigger threat to Russia

[BeyondGeography]

6. Putin is by far the biggest threat to Russia

[NCjack]

7. At this moment, Ukraine is the biggest threat to Russia.

[Takket]

9. i thought ukraine's nazi's were the biggest threat????????

If the USA is your biggest threat, well then why don't you leave the Ukraine forces alone and send your army over here and pick a fight, you fuck face.

Because the tattered remains of the great bear wouldn't even make it to our shores before our navy or air force reduced them to ashes.

Drop dead you piece of shit. I hope you get the death you deserve, when the people of Russia finally wake up and realize that the greatest threat to Russia is YOU, and swarm Moscow, and tear you limb from limb.

I don't care much for Putin.

[relayerbob]

10. Putin is the main threat to Russia

Like his protege trump, however, his ego prevents him from seeing that.

[pwb]

12. Putin sounds like Saddam.

All talk.

[PortTack]

13. The russian navy is not a lot better than their land force branch

Poopin is behaving on par…all threats.

Go ahead, put yourself out there and we’ll sink you sorry ass!

[DonCoquixote]

14. sorry vlad

thanks to your alliance with Xi, Xi will get to charge you in yuan if you so much as catch a fish. Sadly, we are also in the same leaky boat.

[duckworth969]

15. Russia's main threat is itself

[lpbk2713]

16. "Paging Mr Putin. Paging Mr Putin."

[Red Mountain]

17. He's right

with the US around he can't do whatever pops into his head.

[roamer65]

18. We need a new, expanded defense alliance that includes the United States, EU and Japan.

Time to let Japan re-militarize and recreate the Imperial Navy.

A NATO plus, that includes Japan and Taiwan.