the kind of activity they haven't seen since the cold war they announced today they are extending a military alliance to counter russia as the u.s. commander tasked with defending p the homeland says the russian military is as strong as ever. >> have adopted a far more -- p developed a far more capable military than the quantity tautive, the very large military that the soviet union had. at the same time, they are messaging us. they're a global -- they're messaging us that they're a global power. >> reporter: admirable bill gortney also told reporters this week he is concerned and tracking two russian navy ship one which recently departed venezuela and the other a russian intelligence ship shown here which has been harbored in havana, cuba. nato is so concerned about russians spying on the alliance that it has decided to limit the number of russian so-called