The international environment is unfavorable？ Respond with your fist! Russia’s heavy military exercise season is the largest in Soviet history.

　　CCTV News:Russia, which just announced that it will hold the largest military exercise in nearly 40 years in mid-September, has made big moves again. The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it will dispatch strategic bombers and other equipment to conduct joint air and sea exercises in the Mediterranean from September 1. From the Mediterranean to Siberia, in September this year, Russia chose to respond to the increasingly unfavorable international environment with its fists.

　　Russia successfully tested a new type of anti-missile missile. Russian media reporters watched it on the spot.

　　On August 30, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced that the Russian Air Force successfully tested a new type of anti-missile missile at the Sareshagan proving ground in Kazakhstan that day.

　　Russian Red Star TV reporter"the anti-missile missile disappeared from sight in an instant, and it can only be proved that it has been launched by the smoke of the missile. We are one kilometer away from the launcher, and the interceptor has hit the target when the roar comes. "

　　The key parameters of Russia’s exposure to anti-missile missile test are still state secrets.

　　The video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense completely records the whole process of the Air Force’s convoy transporting the whole anti-missile system to the launching position, the missile being put into the silo, and then igniting and launching. Russian Red Star TV stressed that the flight speed and range of this type of anti-missile missile are still state secrets.

　　Andrei Prikhodko, Deputy Commander of Air Defense and Anti-missile Force of Russian Air Force.A series of successful tests have proved that the new missile defense system successfully carried out the most complicated flight mission and hit the set target with absolute accuracy.

　　Russia’s new anti-missile system or key protection of Moscow

　　Although the Russian military official has never disclosed the specific model of this new anti-missile system, it is widely speculated that Russia tested an upgraded version of the active anti-missile system A-135. Although Russia has not developed an anti-missile system with both land and sea like the United States, covering the middle and final stages, the West also acknowledges that as a "shield" to protect the Russian capital Moscow, the strength of the A-135 anti-missile system cannot be underestimated.

　　When the US-Russia relationship is tense, does Russia "show its sword"?

　　In fact, at the beginning of April this year, the Russian Ministry of Defense also publicized the test site of the new anti-missile system. Some media noticed that it was just the moment when the West stepped up preparations for the use of force against Syria and the US-Russia relationship was extremely tense; Now, Russia has once again taken the initiative to disclose the picture of the anti-missile system, and the relationship between the United States and Russia has once again become tense.

　　The Russian navy’s major fleets dispatched ships to the Mediterranean to participate in large-scale exercises.

　　On August 30th, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Russian Navy and Air Force will hold a large-scale military exercise in the Mediterranean from September 1st to 8th. On the naval side, the Russian Northern Fleet, the Baltic Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Sea Sub-fleet will all deploy ships to participate in the exercise, with a total of more than 25 ships. The participating forces at sea will be led by the guided missile cruiser Marshal Uski Novo.

　　Ten-thousand-ton cruisers lead the exercise, and reporters get close to the "killer"

　　"Marshal Uski Novo" is one of the "Glorious" class cruisers, with a full displacement of over 10,000 tons, belonging to the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. According to the Itar-Tass news agency, the formation led by the ship set off from the base of the Northern Fleet on July 5 this year. At the end of July, it participated in the celebration of the Russian Navy Day in St. Petersburg and was reviewed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

　　Russian Red Star TV reporter：“‘ Marshal Uski ’ This legendary behemoth has been in service for more than 30 years. At the beginning of 2010, it was sent for maintenance and upgrade. It was just upgraded in June this year, and its control system was completely updated, from analog system to digital system. However ‘ Marshal Uski ’ The core of the number is still ‘ Basalt ’ Cruise missile. This cruise missile has a range of 500 kilometers. It can fly along a very complicated trajectory, and it is difficult for enemy radar to detect them. "

　　US media: After the Cold War, Russia assembled the largest number of Mediterranean cruise missiles and attracted attention.

　　After attending the Navy Festival, the formation of "Marshal Uski Novo" went all the way south to the Mediterranean; On the way through the English Channel, the formation was also tracked and monitored by British naval destroyers. The Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that this is the largest naval force assembly of Russia in the Mediterranean since Putin ordered military intervention in the Syrian conflict in September 2015; The US "Defense News" even said that the scale of the maritime part of Russia’s Mediterranean military exercise is already the largest after the Cold War. NATO’s chief spokesman said on August 29 that Russia’s intention to assemble troops in the Mediterranean will not be speculated, but all parties in the region should exercise restraint; The spokesman also specifically mentioned that many Russian warships are equipped with cruise missiles.

　　Commanders of the two US naval fleets meet in secret to discuss how to deal with Russia.

　　The US "Stars and Stripes" disclosed on August 30 that Andrew Lewis, commander of the US Navy’s Second Fleet, and Lisa Franchetti, commander of the Sixth Fleet, held closed-door talks in Naples, Italy, on the same day to discuss how to deal with the Russian navy, which has recently become increasingly strong in the Mediterranean and other regions. On August 24th, the US Navy just held a ceremony to officially restart the Second Fleet. The second fleet, revived after seven years, will be responsible for maritime defense in the North Atlantic together with the sixth fleet.

　　The scale of Russia’s September strategic exercise or the largest military exercise in the history of the Soviet Union

　　However, Russia’s recent strength is not limited to the Mediterranean, nor is it limited to the navy and air force. In September 1981, for a total of eight days, the Soviet army held an exercise code-named "West -1981" on the Baltic coast. At that time, almost all arms and services were dispatched and used a large number of new equipment to stage the largest exercise in Soviet history. The number of tanks participating alone exceeded 10,000. Thirty-seven years later, today’s Russia says that we are going to have a bigger one.

　　Russian Defense Minister shoigu: "Nearly 300,000 officers and men will participate in almost all the training grounds in the central and eastern military regions, and the Pacific Fleet, the Northern Fleet and the Airborne Forces will participate in the exercise. Imagine that 36,000 military equipment including tanks, armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, etc. will participate at the same time. "

　　The Russian military’s annual strategic exercise moved to Putin in the Eastern Military Region or sat on the spot.

　　According to the information previously released by the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian military will hold a strategic exercise codenamed "Oriental -2018" from September 11 to 15. Every autumn, the Russian military holds a multi-service strategic exercise across military regions, which is hosted by several major military regions in turn: during 2014-2017, Russia held four strategic exercises, including "Oriental -2014", "Central -2015", "Caucasus -2016" and "Western -2017". If there are no special circumstances, Putin will come to the scene to take command in the final stage of the exercise.

　　Kremlin: The international environment is extremely unfriendly, and the Russian military exercise is completely justified.

　　Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov stressed on August 29th that the current international environment is "extremely unfriendly" to Russia, so it is totally justified to test the national defense strength, and there is no other choice.