Posted on 09/04/2013 5:43:33 AM PDT by Rusty0604
The deployment is, more than anything, symbolic. It means Russia will no longer take US military build up in the region on the sidelines. Because while the Mediterranean build up is inevitable (and can be tracked here), the next step will be the arrival of Russian air and land-based support in Syria. Oh, and China. Let's not forget China. The ship, Moskva, will take over operations from a naval unit in the region that Moscow says is needed to protect national interests. It will be joined by a destroyer from Russia's Baltic Fleet and a frigate from the Black Sea Fleet. "The Cruiser Moskva is heading to the Gibraltar Straits. In approximately 10 days it will enter the east Mediterranean, where it will take over as the flagship of the naval task force," the source said.
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The fun will start when the Russian manned SAM sites are blown to smithereens by Barry on his way to fame and fortune.
I saw this ship on the Military Channel. It’s loaded to the gills with firepower. bad mofo.
RUSSIAN NAVAL FACILITY IN TARTUS, SYRIA (wiki)
The Russian naval facility in Tartus refers to a military installation of the Russian Navy located in the port of the city of Tartus, Syria. Russian official usage classifies the installation as a Material-Technical Support Point and not a "base". Tartus is the last Russian military facility outside the former Soviet Union,[3] and its only Mediterranean repair and replenishment spot, sparing Russia’s warships the trip back to their Black Sea bases through the Turkish Straits.[4]
Tartus hosts a Soviet-era naval supply and maintenance facility, under a 1971 agreement with Ba'athist Syria, which was—until the second year of the Syrian civil war—staffed by Russian naval personnel. Most recently, the facility hosts the Amur class floating workshop PM-138, capable of providing technical maintenance to Russian warships deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.[5]
The Russian naval facility can accommodate four medium sized vessels only if both of its 100 meter long floating piers located on the inside of the northern breakwater were operational. It is not capable of hosting any of the Russian Navy's current major warships which range in length from the 129 meter Neustrashimyy frigate through the 163 meter Udaloy destroyer, and much less cruisers such as the 186.4 meter Slava class, the 252 meter Kirov class, and the 305 meter Kuznetsov class.
Ok...looks like they renamed her for a Slava-class ship. Badass ship with lots of things that go pew pew.
Putin won't be too happy if we sink one of his ships.
Methinks the world is about to go mad.
5.56mm
So that’s not the “PT-109”??? :)
Putin also won’t be happy if a bunch of Russians are gassed when we bomb some target that the Syrians have loaded with chemical weapons. That’s my worry. Any chemical deaths from our missile strikes will be blamed 100% on the USA. Knowing that, Assad or Hezbollah (if they have some control of chemical weapons) will put them near expected targets. We will be blamed for starting WW3.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
live ships map
The idiots in Congress and the one in the oval office are marching us to WW3
Time to start organizing all my gear for a quick load...
In my opinion, the “boots on the ground” in Syria and elsewhere should be the 535 members of Congress and the Regime starting with OBayMe. Let them put their own actions to their huffing and puffing. Just my opinion, what’s yours?
We’ll deserve the blame for starting WWIII. Elections have consequences, ‘specially when at least the leadership of the opposition is utterly feckless.
It doesn’t take a dozen ‘higly trained’ intelligence analysts to figure out the mind set of a guy, who thoroughly enjoys displaying how ‘tough’ he is at every opportunity to pose bare chested in front of the cameras. Would he jump at the slightest excuse to retaliate? Nah... /s
To all those asshats and pinheaded nincompoops who voted for nobama/DIMs/LIBs/RINOs...Thanks a lot, you vacuuous cretins.
I agree with you 100%.
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