Moscow - NATO bases near Russian borders, including those in the Baltic states, would be the priority targets in air superiority warfare if NATO resorts to aggression against Russia, says Army Gen. Pyotr Deinekin, the former commander of the Russian Air Forces in 1991-1998.
“As regards the use of the Baltic states as airbases, this position is right from the aggressor’s viewpoint. But those who give their consent to such an advance of NATO infrastructure eastwards should remember that these airbases will certainly be the first targets in air superiority warfare,” Deinekin told Interfax-AVN on Wednesday, Sept. 3 in commenting on U.S. President Barack Obama’s statement on preparedness to deploy U.S. Air Force units at an Estonian naval base.
