Is it going to become clear to the public-at-large that Russia in a a phase of expansion? This post at Naval Open Source Intelligence is just one in a string of startling developments in Russian force projection.
In an official lunch with foreign diplomats, Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson shocked neighboring Nordic countries with inviting Russia to take use of the strategically important airbase.
Foreign diplomats hardly believed what they heard when the Icelandic president said that his country needs “new friends” and that Russia should be invited to take use of the old U.S. airbase of Keflavik.
In the lunch which took place in Reykjavik last Friday, Mr. Grimsson accused neighboring countries of failing to support the crisis-ridden Iceland, newspaper Dagbladet reports with reference to Klassekampen.
Stunning.
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You can read the complete article at http://www.barentsobserver.com/russia-invited-to-icelands-airbase.4525408-58932.html
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