The Pentagon is reviewing plans for military confrontation with Russia

The US Ministry of Defense for the first time since the collapse of the USSR has been reviewing plans for military confrontation with Russia, Foreign Policy reports with reference to a number of former and current Pentagon and State Department of the United States.

The main scenario causing fears of the defense department is the possible aggression of Russia against the Baltic countries. This scenario began to cause fears in NATO since the accession to Russia of Crimea, which was regarded in the West as an annexation of the peninsula. FP reports that in the United States they are working on two answer options: one with the involvement of NATO, the other is independent. Both options provide for the confrontation in the "hybrid war" using "polite people", man -made protests and cyber attacks.

FP also notes that the Pentagon has plans for literally all occasions, up to the zombie apocalypse. Their priority and how often they are actualized are noteworthy. The counting of the Russian Federation has not been revised since 1991 and got out of the cloth now, when Russia "from a partner has turned into a threat."

“Given the current security situation, given the actions of Russia, it became obvious that we need to supplement these plans for response actions that we have in case of possible aggression against any of the NATO allies,” the opinion of an employee of the US Department of Defense as saying. (Quote for RBC )

The previous plans, developed taking into account the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR, provided for the rapprochement of Russia with the Western countries and the establishment of partnerships. Particular attention was paid to the development of interaction in the fight against terrorism, which in the United States was called the main global threat.

The high -ranking sources of the publication said that after the military conflict of Russia with Georgia in 2008, NATO slightly modified its plans for Russia, but the Pentagon did not.

At the end of August, the head of the Pentagon, Azhton Carter, called Russia an “existential threat” for the United States, putting this danger on a par with the activities of the Islamic State terrorists. Carter noted that in Ukraine, Russia strives for "all growing and growing confrontation." The head of the Pentagon emphasized that the United States should prevent this: "This is necessary both from the point of view of our interests and due to the fact that in this region we have friends and NATO partners."