Posted on 02/26/2014 6:35:47 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
(AFP)—A Russian warship was docked in Havana Wednesday, without explanation from Communist Cuba or its state media.
The Viktor Leonov CCB-175 boat, measuring 91.5 meters (300 feet) long and 14.5 meters wide, was docked at the port of Havana's cruise ship area, near the Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
The ship is reportedly armed with 30mm guns and anti-aircraft missiles.
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I think it’s cut and paste.
Screw ‘em .... obama is butter on toast. Spit!!!
am satisfied ... Here, There and Everywhere! Sail the Seas.
Putin, a real man, knows that Obama is a limp wristed sissy boy. He is doing this just to show Obama who wears the pants.
so...how old was Soros in November 1963?
Good Day Sunshine!
Bird ... Fly. Seven wonders and the Bird is not Green.
No hurry Bird.
I see lots of radar and comms equipment. Spy ship for intercepting communications? Or a means to direct an EMP attack over the North American continent?
If the Iranians intend on military actions in the Caribbean, Vlad has need for care. The Russians have been using the Cubans to conduct military adventures in the Western Hemisphere for better than a half-century, and it appears that they are using the Iranians for the same.
Doc ... you got this one?
SIGINT and COMINT systems.
Havana is home to a lot of active Roman Catholic parishes. I used to hang out around the dock area and don’t remember seeing any Russian Orthodox churches anywhere in Havana. The Russian embassy was about six blocks west of me on 1st Avanue. It’s the tallest building around. We Americans from the US Interests Section all lived in the same area. Castro’s goons were on us like Holy on the Pope but we all knew it. Everyone of our houses were bugged. We were very visible, but I can’t remember seeing any Russians out in our hood. The hierarchy of the Church in Havana were often guests at our mission diplomatic functions.
Soviet ships were known for never having the same pennant number. Pennant numbers were even changed while at sea or underway. A somewhat cheap way (at least in the past) of making tracking of ship movements difficult.
Yeah, I used to work in SIGINT for the Navy Security Group back in the 80s as a crypto-linguist. I don’t use the acronyms because too many people on FR don’t know what they mean.
Most of the stuff up top on this ship must look very familiar to you.
> SIGINT and COMINT systems.
Maybe docked to confuct electronic eavesdropping?
Yep. Modern AGI.
SSV-175 Viktor Leonov (ex Odograf 1988 Northern Fleet)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Texas_(CN-39)_and_Soviet_AGI_Kareliya_(SSV-535)_1988.jpg
AGI...seems to me
Actually, no. Most of what I was familiar with in now long out of date; no longer used.
Seems like a rust bucket to me. The ship, that is.
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