Well by the looks of the front of this ship they still have sailing around, "the Russian Navy continuing to rust away" seems to be more true. This ship looks like it ploughed bow first into too many big waves! How embarassing for them! 
Posted on 07/22/2009 1:20:08 PM PDT by Jbny
For anyone with Cold War–era naval experience, it’s déjà-vu all over again. Russia has announced its intention, long suspected by Western observers, to improve its forward naval base at Tartus, Syria, and increase its support capacity for warships. During the Soviet era, the base at Tartus was in constant use, but only a handful of brief warship visits have been made there since 1991. Soviet reconnaissance aircraft also used to fly regularly from a nearby airbase and coastal- and air-defense missiles were installed to protect the Soviet-navy assets. Now Russia’s remaining aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has visited twice in the past year: in September after the invasion of Georgia and in January during Operation Cast Lead.
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I’m lost.
Either the stories about the Russian Navy continuing to rust away are true or the stories about the Russian Navy about to re-establish The Empire are true.
So which is it?
” The Russians are making the most of the anti-piracy pretext to reestablish bases on the seas around the Middle East (including at least one location, Libya, that is inconvenient for forces operating off Somalia). In conjunction with Syria’s proximity to the Suez Canal, the old Soviet facility on Yemen’s Socotra Island, at the eastern entrance to the Gulf of Aden, brackets the entire choke point between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. Where Russian bases go, coastal- and air-defense missiles — as well as arms deals — follow. With Iran also establishing a base on the Red Sea, it is not only Israel that should be concerned about these strategic movements — and not only Israel that should be ensuring a higher naval profile in the region or pursuing a policy designed to keep the coastlines of this key global choke point neutral or friendly.”
Russia is no direct threat for the western world. they will contine to try to bully teir local neighbours and sell weapons around the globe to anyone the “west” is not willing to sell, thats all. but they have no suicide tendencies like some people in the ME.
The Russians are trying to make an empire pay. They need to control the oil routs. Putin has read Mahan so it seems.
And why not?
Putin knows he is facing a wussy creampuff.
Hey, maybe we can TRADE Obama for Putin!!!
Well by the looks of the front of this ship they still have sailing around, "the Russian Navy continuing to rust away" seems to be more true. This ship looks like it ploughed bow first into too many big waves! How embarassing for them!
My Husband yearns for the “good old days when chasing Russians was a sport”.
The aircraft carriers operated by the UK,Italy,Spain and India all look similar.
Putin has read Mahan so it seems.
Some things never go out of style.
"Ski-jump" is the term for the design.
Should have put in </sarc>
;-)
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