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| The Grand Turk |
| An American Flattop Is Just 500 Miles From Crimea |
| 2014-03-11 |
| ..I hope Champs next red line will not be capriciously drawn with USN blood.. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #5 Yea, and all the crew where the regulation hair cut "The Flat Top" too. So look out, we are coming to see you, Russkies ! |
| Posted by: Black Bart Unusosing5647 2014-03-11 12:31 |
| #4 I expect the Bammer + USDOD will keep the CVN outside of the Black Sea - even iff SHTF occurs, IMO any US retaliatory response agz Russian targets in the Crimea will come first from land-based US, NATO TacAir andor USN LR CMS. The CVN + BG will be allowed into the Black Sea only after Russian-Allied Air + Missle firepower have been eliminated. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-03-11 02:55 |
| #3 See also DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > RUSSIA MOVES SURFACE-LAUNCHED "YAKHONT" MISSLE UNIT TO CRIMEA. As per the 'Burg this AM, likely ostensib for the USS TRUXTUN. In addition to anti-Naval/Ship Missles, Mama Russia has repor also deployed two RussNac Surface Warfare vessels. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-03-11 02:50 |
| #2 BushÂ’s escorting destroyers and cruisers, ... are presumably nearby. Presumably? Aircraft carriers are social creatures and never go anywhere without friends and associates. Or is this just the suck-ass reporting we have come to expect from our highly-trained jouralists? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-03-11 02:39 |
| #1 Wonder if our C-in-C even knows it is there? Maybe he does, in the movies from his close friends, they always ask, "Where are the carriers?" In my mind, 500 miles is pretty close -- by car, a drive from Austin to Little Rock. Agree Uncle -- Go Navy ---- |
| Posted by: Sherry 2014-03-11 02:10 |