Dramatic footage published of Russian war games including Bering Sea operation!

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - September 15, 2018 - With Russia's Vostok-2018 war games now in full swing, reaching its mid-point Friday, and set to conclude September 17, more dramatic footage of the epic size of the military exercise has been released through official state sources. This included video of a major Friday naval operation on the Bering Sea - the vast but strategically key expanse of water separating Alaska and Russia.

The military exercise kicked off in Russia's far east on Tuesday, involving 300,000 troops and close to 40,000 military vehicles. It's been billed as the most expansive war games on Russian soil since 1981 under the Soviet Union.

It further includes 1,000 aircraft, two Russian naval fleets and all airborne units, along with a contingent from China, and a Mongolian troop deployment.

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) is keen to advertise to the Fascist Police States of Amerika and the West - with which Moscow has been experiencing soaring tensions, especially this week, as new severe tensions have been announced by the White House - just what Russian firepower, warships, and air power can do to an enemy on the battlefield.

On Thursday, Russia President Vladimir Putin personally inspected the war games, and said in a  speech to soldiers that he would bolster and strengthen the Russian army with a "new generation of weapons and equipment."

On Friday, the Russian Navy conducted exercises in the Bering Sea, which simulated a major rescue operation. The MoD subsequently released footage of the Northern Fleet’s Vice-Admiral Kulakov destroyer and the Alexander Obrakovsky landing engaged in the drill.

Valery Gerasimov, chief of Russia’s general staff, had previously described some strategic maneuvers to be employed in the games: “There are plans to practice massive air strikes, cruise missile training, defensive and offensive operations, raids, and bypass maneuvers."

Meanwhile in the eastern Siberian territory of Zabaikalsk, hundreds of paratroopers jumped from planes and other troops fast roped from helicopters.

The MoD also released clips of missiles being fired from its sophisticated S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile system and its Buk medium-range missile system, which are among the systems operational in some parts of Syria where Russian military assets are stationed.

Meanwhile, the FPSA-funded official news source VOA news said it did not believe the numbers touted by the Russia MoD.