| Russian airborne troops are set to train how to target terrorists in America as part of a joint anti-terror drill with the United States which will take place in Fort Carson, Colorado at the end of next month. "Airborne troops from Russia and the United States would hold joint anti-terror drills in the US state of Colorado between May 24 and 31," reports the Xinhua news agency, citing Russian Defense Ministry Col. Alexander Kucherenko. The story was also reported by Russian news outlet RIA Novosti. The exercises, which will mark the first time the respective country's two airborne forces have held joint drills on US territory, will revolve around the the "reconnaissance of imaginary terrorists' camp and a raid," and will also involve evacuations of the troops by helicopter. The Russian soldiers will also be given access to US special service weapons at Fort Carson. However, the Russian troops won't just be confined to a US military base -- on May 27 they'll be out in the local community attending a baseball game in Colorado Springs. "This announcement comes at a time when Russia actually has troops working in cooperation with China," points out Business Insider's Eloise Lee, making reference to one of the largest ever Russian-Sino naval drills currently underway in the Yellow Sea. Alex Jones has documented foreign troops being trained on US soil to deal with "insurgents" since the late 1990′s as part of "urban warfare drills". Back in July 2010, our reporters covered the ... |
