Posted on 11/28/2011 8:29:36 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Russia sends aircraft carrier to Lebanon, Syria
2011-11-28
In December a vessel group led by the Northern Fleet’s aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” will sail to the Mediterranean and the Russian naval base of Tartus in Syria.
The mission has nothing to do with the deadly violence in Syria between forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and the opposition, a naval spokesman told Izvestia.
- This was planned already in 2010 when there were no such events there. There has been active preparation and there is no need to cancel this, the spokesman said, adding that "Admiral Kuznetsov" will also visit Beirut, Genoa and Cyprus.
Russia and the West have become deeply split over the situation in Syria, with Moscow insisting that sanctions and pressure against the Assad regime is not the way to solve the crisis.
Read also: “Admiral Kuznetsov” ready for winter migration to the south
“Admiral Kuznetsov” and the destroyer “Admiral Chabanenko” have just finished an exercise in the Barents Sea as part of the preparations for the mission.
The Tartus base was established in Soviet times, and is occasionally used by Russian vessels today. Currently no Russian ship is based there although civilian and military personnel are present. The naval logistics support base in Syria is now part of the Black Sea Fleet.
“Admiral Kuznetsov” conducted a similar mission in 2008. The vessel then left Murmansk on December 5th only to return to Severomorsk three months later, after visiting ports in Turkey and Syria, BarentsObserver reported.
Tartus was also visited by the Northern fleet’s flag vessel, the nuclear cruise “Pyotr Veliky” in April 2010, on its way to a large-scaled Navy drill in the Indian Ocean.
The Northern fleet destroyer “Severomorsk” visited the Syrian port of Tartus earlier this week on her way back to the north after termination of a anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.
According to ITAR-TASS, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky last week conducted a three-day working visit to the Northern Fleet, in order to check the readiness of the naval aircraft carrier group before the mission to southern waters.
Well,
Isn’t that special!
Hopefully these russian boys won’t shoot off a missle or torpedo that will sink their asses
They have a history ya know?/??
Ping.
Anyone really think that old rust bucket can make it from Murmansk to Syria? If it does, it certainly couldn’t make it back. We saw it in Murmansk several years ago and at that time it looked like it was ready for the breakers. Russians think a new paint job will act as glue to hold it together. What a pile of junk! An earlier exercise in the Barents Sea saw the end of the submarine Kursk.
nice looking boat they’ve got there . . .
Do any US Carriers use an inclined platform? I thought that was something circa WWII
No US carriers use that incline. Only the British, that I know of.
Some Navy vets will correct this Army grunt, no doubt.
No, the ski-ramp is a relatively recent innovation ((1970s) by the British to improve the performance of their Harriers. I think every Harrier user other than the USMC use the ski-ramp.
Thanks, sukhoi-30mki.
The US uses catapults for aircraft takeoffs. I think the inclined flight deck is used for carriers without this technology.
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Now we’re going to have TWO battle groups operating in close proximity in the eastern Med..If each one has a 250 mile exclusion radius..that’s gonna make for tight quarters...wll the USN just sit there in the best position?
Now we’re going to have TWO battle groups operating in close proximity in the eastern Med..If each one has a 250 mile exclusion radius..that’s gonna make for tight quarters...wll the USN just sit there in the best position?
As an FYI, there are only three countries that have aircraft carriers that use catapults. There is the US, France and Brazil (although technically the Brazilian carrier used to belong to France, meaning that only two countries have active catapult technology - the US and France).
Obama has probably given our battle group instructions not to fire, even if under attack. The new Run and Hide strategy.
‘The Northern fleet destroyer “Severomorsk” visited the Syrian port of Tartus earlier this week on her way back to the north after termination of a anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.’
The article is a little mixed up. The Severomorsk visit to Tartus, Syria was back in September 2011.
http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13166
http://navaltoday.com/tag/severomorsk/
Just in case someone tries to pass off the Severomorsk as one of the 6 bogus Russian warships to Syria story.
http://rusnavy.com/news/newsofday/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13424
That vessel, or anything launched from its desk, wouldn’t last five minutes in any contest with Americans OR Israelis. Fancy, expensive targets. That’s about all they would be.
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