The sudden massive war drills ordered by Putin yesterday were in direct response to two major issues facing Russia – namely the fear of World War 3 being ignited by Turkish forces invading Syria, and the threat of a massive tsunami event occurring in the Northwest Pacific Ocean region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has told commanders of the Southern Military District that they need to be prepared to deploy troops up to 1,860 miles away to reach either Syria, or the Northwestern American-Canadian coastlines in case of the need for rescue defenses. Whatdoesitmean.com reports: With this massive war exercise involving 8,500 troops, 900 hardware units, 50 ships and 200 aircraft, this report continues, Defense Minister Shoigu sought to calm the “shockwave” sent through the West about this sudden mass troop movement by stating: “I would like to stress that events of the inspection do not fall under the parameters of the Vienna document of 2011 on trust and security building measures that require obligatory notification of European partners. Nevertheless, as a manifestation of good will, we have informed our European partners of the basic parameters of the surprise combat readiness check via channels of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).” Also [...]