The emergence of the Soviet Union into the 21st century

The words 'Soviet Union' here in America conjures up feelings of Stalinist pride, Lenin, the cold war, Red commies, over opulent Russian oligarchs and the KGB but...in fact no one ever thinks of the accomplishments made by USSR during the Soviet Era.  - A personal favorite of mine is in terms of space exploration. We all know, if it wasn`t for the successes of Soviet Union in space, America and specifically NASA would have never got the foot off the ground. The once mighty USSR in its heyday heralded cutting edge technology of its time and the sheer scale of audacity surely dominated the eastern hemisphere and scared the West, who no undoubtedly 'rejoiced as its formidable enemy was brought to its knees.'

As can be seen recently in the past few years, Vladmir Putin, the current Russian President is bringing some of Russia`s 'Soviet Era' groove back. Russia has become a major power player and power broker in the shaky world of world politics; a force to reckon with now and forever. Its an ideal check to the 'global aspirations' of the West and EU nations. Russia has been delving into the forays into international politics, i.e. Syria, from preventing it becoming another 'Al-CIA-da' sponsored excursion like Libya? - On that note, do you see or hear ANY news on Libya on main-stream media? Well on the ground, its a much different story that no one cares about, the globalist media milked it and its onto the next conflict as they say.

Now, we`ve all heard the news reports of Russian long-range bombers buzzing US skies, or overseas territories, or over defense drills in the Pacific - (all to reiterate it was over international airspace) was spawned into vilifying Russia as an aggressor nation willing to 'challenge' the US with it`s saber rattling. Well, every nation has the right to defend itself and its self interests, and Russia is just re-starting the bomber flights since the Soviet era as their nuclear deterrent - as other countries similarly do.

Recently, it was reported Russian nuke subs will begin to patrol southern seas for first time since the Soviet era. Unofficial government sources stated “this would serve to solve the tasks of strategic nuclear deterrence not only across the North Pole but also the South Pole.” It was reported - "Starting from 2014, Russia is going to expand its strategic submarine patrol area of the World Ocean, a source in the Russian General Staff told Itar-Tass agency. The statement comes as the Russian Northern Fleet – the country’s most powerful – is celebrating the 80th anniversary since its foundation in 1933."

The nuclear-powered Borei-class submarines will form the core of  Russia`s strategic submarine fleet. Each one is fitted with with 16 Bulava nuclear ICBMs with later models fitted with 20. The Borei is an advanced state-of-the-art sub compared to previous generations of submarines. Russia’s first Borei sub - the Yury Dolgoruky, was put into service in January this year with 2 more to come end of the year.

In simple words, this is Vladimir Putin saying, "Check!" As Mark Holland commented: "Russia, China and even Iran are once again showing their independence from the US,...but be careful while the US is not the giant it once was, a wounded lion is far more dangerous then a healthy one."