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| Russia Sends Warship With 'Special Cargo' To Syria |
| 2013-09-07 |
| A Russian warship carrying "special cargo" will be dispatched toward Syria, a navy source said on Friday, as the Kremlin beefs up its presence in the region ahead of possible US strikes against the Damascus regime. The large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov will on Friday leave the Ukrainian port city of Sevastopol for the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, from where it will head to Syria's coast, the Interfax news agency quoted a source from the Saint Petersburg-based central naval command as saying. "The ship will make call in Novorossiisk, where it will take on board special cargo and set off for the designated area of its combat duty in the eastern Mediterranean," the source said. The source did not specify the nature of the cargo. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #13 Are you sure the Russian special cargo isn't Putin's bane "P. Riot"? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-09-07 18:31 |
| #12 good thing they alerted with that Chinese Sunburn mod attack on the Jooooz. We know what they |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-09-07 18:25 |
| #11 And what is Champ to do if a US destroyer or two are on the bottom following the first salvo ? One of the possible consequences of the Player 2 Moves phase. Sure, the SAG should be able to defend itself. At least on paper. Despite never having done it under war conditions. (as Clauswitz said, "shit happens") A counter-attack may lack results, but consider the Arab embrace of failure as victory And that even scorched paint on a USN vessel would be a mini-triumph. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-09-07 18:12 |
| #10 Do I have to do everyting? PDF warning. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-07 17:42 |
| #9 And what is Champ to do if a US destroyer or two are on the bottom following the first salvo ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-07 17:40 |
| #8 P-800 Yakhont anti-ship missile? Syria could cover much of the eastern Mediterranean and could even hit air bases in Cyprus. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2013-09-07 17:39 |
| #7 Ese is Mexican slang for dude. |
| Posted by: Caesar Gray1629 2013-09-07 12:29 |
| #6 That's the ESE part g(r) ESE or Ese may refer to: East-southeast, a cardinal direction Easy Serving Espresso Pod Ethical Sensory Extrovert European School of Economics European Society of Endocrinology Exonic splicing enhancer, an RNA sequence which guides splicing machinery Extensible Storage Engine Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Early streamer emission, a theory stating that if a lightning rod has a mechanism producing ionization near its tip, then its lightning capture area is greatly increased |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-09-07 11:09 |
| #5 I fear the Russians might be providing to the Syrians, in the "special cargo", the required ingredients for personal gas warfare. |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2013-09-07 09:14 |
| #4 That's the ESE part g(r) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-07 08:40 |
| #3 S-300 air defense systems Unless they send personnel to operate them... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-09-07 06:30 |
| #2 S-300 air defense systems. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-09-07 03:36 |
| #1 ESE assault force. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-07 01:38 |