news, have a good weekend and a good night. news, have a good weekend and good night and thanks all of you home for joining us this hour. they do it every year. 2019 was the first time they gave it a name. it was called grom , which means thunder in russia. in october of 2019, russia held its annual military exercises, specifically to test its nuclear arsenal. they dragged out 12,000 troops, 213 missile launchers, 105 aircraft, 15 surface warships, and five nuclear submarines. on paper, they appointed these kind of exercises to basically test off the call webs off missile launchers, run your mentor a few you drills, to
its annual military exercises, specifically to test its nuclear arsenal. they dragged out 12,000 troops, 213 missile launchers, 105 aircraft, 15 surface warships, and five nuclear submarines. on paper, appointed this kind of exercises to basically test off the call webs off missile launchers, run your mentor if you drills, to basically make sure everything is in tiktok shape, should you need it. but in reality, these kinds of military exercises are meant to be a dramatic show of force, prove to the world that you have the capability that blow stuff up, and that you are not afraid to use it. the thunder nuclear exercises in 2019 were believed to be russia s biggest public test of nuclear might since the cold war. that s why they felt they needed to give it a big scary name, thunder. but russia does this kind of thing every year. like clockwork, every year,
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following the story. i understand russia is not just attacking from the air but from the water now as well. indeed ana. good morning. the defense secretary went on to say that the u.s. military would not be cooperating with the russian military because of what the russians are doing. carter wants to have a second round of technical talks with the russians about keeping that air space safe when they are bloet flying so there is no inadvertent accidents but not military cooperation. why is he saying this? well today the russians said that they are beginning naval attacks from the caspian sea into syria. what the u.s. is able to tell us, u.s. officials is the russians have moved four surface warships into the caspian. and that gives them a missile path over iran, iraq and into western syria. so the u.s. watching that naval bombardment very closely. the russians are also in ground action. the russians several days ago
i should say interoperability. let s bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. sober words from the norad chief. are we drifting closer to a new cold war? is that the assessment over there? reporter: i think that s definitely the worry, wolf. admiral gortney is a pretty cool, calm customer. he doesn t speak unless he knows what he s talking about. and what he s really saying here, is you think you re worried about these russian air patrols. marry that thought up with the fact that the russians are also modernizing the weapons that they are going to be carrying in the coming months and years on their aircraft an their submarines and surface warships. admiral gortney talking in detail about these advanced long-range cruise missiles that the russians are developing and talking about, those air patrols and what it all means. i want you to have a little listen to what he had to say.