Missiles and Warships Follow Putin’s Kuril Island Visit

In a sequence of calibrated strategic moves that marks a definitive shift in Moscow’s posture toward Tokyo, Russia on Friday conducted a major Pacific Fleet missile test near the Southern Kurils, conducted just days after President Vladimir Putin made his first-ever visit to Iturup Island on August 13; a visit that immediately drew a formal […] The post Missiles and Warships Follow Putin’s Kuril…