RUSSIA INVULNERABLE
FAITH IN ARMED MIGHT SWEEPING' CLAIM MADE MOSCOW, Feh. 2<i. Sweeping claims for t-he Soviet s armed power were made to-day, tin eighteenth birthday of the Ked Army "It is declared tliat Russia is already invincible on land and in, the air, and will soon be as strong on the sea. The Pravda, M. Stalin's official organ, goes as far as to say thai ihc Soviet is ready to light both Japan aud Gorninny single-handed. Even tlie Russian railway system hitherto regarded as the weakest point in tho defences, i.s now described bj the Pravda as "the Red Army's twin hiother, ready to handle all strategu problems." General Khripin, chief of i)ie Aij Force, affirms that his arm is also in vincible. Admiral Yernklrimovich, who coin niands the navy, after declaring that ■'"Russia's coasts are now impreg nable," 'ias revealed that the Soviet': nayal programme is to be "as snoot: on. .sea as on land and in the air."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18992, 17 April 1936, Page 7
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