American bases were in the sight of Russian ships
On August 12, the Convention on the Division of the Caspian Sea was signed. By mutual agreement, a territorial dispute between Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, which lasted 22 years, was peacefully resolved. Today it is already possible to draw some intermediate results, to realize the meaning of what happened.
It may seem unbelievable, but in this matter the interests of Gazprom were, in fact, recognized as secondary to national security. For the sake of reaching an agreement between the five countries, the Russian president refused the right to veto the long-planned gas pipeline under the Caspian Sea by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. An additional gas pipe to Europe will create a new headache for the leadership of the “national treasure”, however, it should be borne in mind that the “blue fuel” market is now also interested in Washington, which itself is able to arrange a car wash for new competitors from Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
What did Russia gain by deliberately giving up part of economic ambition? With common sense, it turns out that there is a lot. In addition to its legitimate share of the Caspian's rich natural resources, it has succeeded in obtaining legal guarantees against the presence of outside naval forces, the United States or NATO as a whole. The Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Federation received complete freedom of military communication.
The naval base of our flotilla has been moved from Astrakhan to Kaspiysk, it will start functioning this year, and will reach full capacity next year. In Kaspiysk, the 177th regiment of the Russian marines will be stationed. The flotilla includes more than seven dozen warships and ships of different classes: patrol, small missile, small artillery, and others. Moreover, 85% of its composition is modern vessels of new construction. Strictly speaking, the Caspian flotilla is even stronger than our Baltic fleet, which is deployed in the very den of NATO, in the Kaliningrad region.
What gives us the deployment of such an impressive military force in a virtually closed body of water?
At firstIn the event of military aggression by the United States and its allies against Iran, Russia will be able to freely provide military and materialtechnical help to Tehran.
Secondly, from the Caspian Sea, our fleet has already twice successfully launched Caliber cruise missiles at terrorist targets in the Syrian Arab Republic. 44 launches of “Caliber” showed the whole world that Russia can get the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, the Red Sea and even the Mediterranean Sea from the Caspian. So, American military bases generously stumbled in all these regions may fall under the possibility of a strike. The United States has limited possibilities for a preemptive or retaliatory strike against maneuvering small missile ships of the Caspian flotilla of the Russian Federation.
In fact, our naval forces in the Caspian have become a powerful tool for deterring Washington’s military ambitions in a strategically important region. Thanks to the transfer of the naval base to Kaspiysk, the flotilla can quickly move to the positions for launching the Caliber.
It may seem unbelievable, but in this matter the interests of Gazprom were, in fact, recognized as secondary to national security. For the sake of reaching an agreement between the five countries, the Russian president refused the right to veto the long-planned gas pipeline under the Caspian Sea by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. An additional gas pipe to Europe will create a new headache for the leadership of the “national treasure”, however, it should be borne in mind that the “blue fuel” market is now also interested in Washington, which itself is able to arrange a car wash for new competitors from Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
What did Russia gain by deliberately giving up part of economic ambition? With common sense, it turns out that there is a lot. In addition to its legitimate share of the Caspian's rich natural resources, it has succeeded in obtaining legal guarantees against the presence of outside naval forces, the United States or NATO as a whole. The Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Federation received complete freedom of military communication.
The naval base of our flotilla has been moved from Astrakhan to Kaspiysk, it will start functioning this year, and will reach full capacity next year. In Kaspiysk, the 177th regiment of the Russian marines will be stationed. The flotilla includes more than seven dozen warships and ships of different classes: patrol, small missile, small artillery, and others. Moreover, 85% of its composition is modern vessels of new construction. Strictly speaking, the Caspian flotilla is even stronger than our Baltic fleet, which is deployed in the very den of NATO, in the Kaliningrad region.
What gives us the deployment of such an impressive military force in a virtually closed body of water?
At firstIn the event of military aggression by the United States and its allies against Iran, Russia will be able to freely provide military and materialtechnical help to Tehran.
Secondly, from the Caspian Sea, our fleet has already twice successfully launched Caliber cruise missiles at terrorist targets in the Syrian Arab Republic. 44 launches of “Caliber” showed the whole world that Russia can get the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, the Red Sea and even the Mediterranean Sea from the Caspian. So, American military bases generously stumbled in all these regions may fall under the possibility of a strike. The United States has limited possibilities for a preemptive or retaliatory strike against maneuvering small missile ships of the Caspian flotilla of the Russian Federation.
In fact, our naval forces in the Caspian have become a powerful tool for deterring Washington’s military ambitions in a strategically important region. Thanks to the transfer of the naval base to Kaspiysk, the flotilla can quickly move to the positions for launching the Caliber.
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