Online translation, excuses for the quality but the message is clear sooner than expected the Russian are back in Belarus:
Four Russian Su-27 landed at the landing site of the 61st Fighter Air Base in Baranavichy. Together with a flight of fighters from Russia to Belarus relocated and technical staff.
Belarus Ministry of Defence has not yet commented on the arrival of the republic of Russian fighters. As reported, April 23, 2013, Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defense minister, on an official visit to the Belarusian capital, said that Russia in Belarus by 2015 intends to place Fighter Regiment. In his words, by the end of this year in Belarus will be created and the first commandant of the aviation unit house fighters. Viktor Bondarev, Chief of the Air Force of Russia, Lieutenant-General on 26 June this year, said that the place of deployment of the Russian airbase was selected the city of Lida Grodno region. Airbase in Lida will be operational later this year. It is planned to place the modified Su-27SM3.
The latest publication online translated in English, looks like cold war is on its way back!
MEDIA: Russian Su-27 from Belarus can hit targets throughout Europe
In the shadow of the Ukrainian events Russia began placing their fighters in Belarus. And this is just the beginning of the operation. For two years, close to the Polish border will be Aviation Regiment, and this will have a negative impact on the security of the entire region. So much so that the Central European NATO States least saturated warplanes across the continent, the newspaper Rzeczpospolita.
While Kiev Maidan absorbs our attention, Russia moves to shape geopolitical chessboard.
Four Russian Su-27 is not only the fruit of close cooperation "with Moscow, but the result of hard pressure. Minsk defended himself from the military presence, but to no avail. Resistance to the deployment of Russian aircraft was held from 1995 onwards, when it became clear that Poland and Lithuania will be taken at NATO and Russia wanted to balance the expansion of the Alliance, peresunuv in Belarus. Lukashenka said: "no".
Resistance fell through only 14 years in 2009, when the Belarusian leader agreed on joint defence of the airspace of the two States, and, finally, last week, when the first Russian planes landed on the Belarusian soil.
Prior to this, Russia has consistently refused to Minsk in the supply of the latest military technology at bargain prices. The embargo is concerned, in particular aviation. He even was forced to destroy a squadron multi-role Su-27, leaving only two squadrons of MiG-29. The failed attempt of military purchases in China are blocked by the Kremlin.
After the fall of communism, the Belarusian army has not undergone significant modernization, comparable with what is happening in Poland and Russia. The number of tanks, armoured personnel carriers and aircraft in the army's impressive, but their quality leaves much to be desired.
Moscow is interested in maintaining this state of affairs, as wants to keep Belarus in the fist.
In 2015, the Regiment will be located in Lida, the Su-30. These aircraft with anti-aircraft missiles, medium-range s-300 and Tor-M2E's short-range missiles will protect the airspace of Russia and Belarus. Minsk will be protected, but at the cost of the transfer of control over the system of Defense.
The Su-30 is a multi-purpose aircraft can attack ground targets at ranges up to 3,000 kilometers (within a radius of 3,000 kilometers from Lida are almost all European capitals). At the same time, a Polish anti-aircraft missile defense at this point is probably the most obsolete part of the armed forces. The situation will change only the construction of the already famous shield over Poland, which can take up to ten years, if nothing changes in the financing of the project. Poland, however, bought the F-16 C/D, a new version, but they are very few. The need to replace obsolete Sukhoi Su-22 and is the fifth-generation machines, not fourth, as the F-16.
With regard to the base in Lida, it would upset the balance in the region. For Poland and Lithuania is a real threat, so much so that Minsk would be deprived of military autonomy. Poland cannot stop the movement of Russian aircraft in Belarus. Still answer these steps your: construction of AIR DEFENSE and MISSILE DEFENSE shield and replacing Su-22 on the machines of the newest type.
