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2007-08-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian naval chief calls for Med presence

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Posted by Steve White 2007-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Russ also desires to keep 12-15 modern diesel subs there in the region as well. *RIAN > USA's failure to prolong START-1 is "A FATAL MISTAKE", wid dire consequences for US-Russ relations + entire world.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-04 00:47|| 2007-08-04 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Joe, I think that you have it reverse. The failure was not US', but Russian. Also, it is not in any form "fatal" to US, although it is not desirable state of affairs and may or may not have some serious consequences. But you are projecting too much of a clout on Russians... in my view they roar a bit over their capabilities and their fleet has a good potential to serve as a teaching tool for future underwater archeologists.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-04 05:57|| 2007-08-04 05:57|| Front Page Top

#3 good potential to serve as a teaching tool for future underwater archeologists

excellent snark!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-08-04 11:18|| 2007-08-04 11:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Jeebus, Steve, I knew the Russians could barely afford to keep the bilge pumps running but that photo is a real mind-blower. There's three or four semi-submerged vessels, not to mention how all of the ships are in contact with each other. That's got to be causing some major damage by itself. Even though it's a satellite photo, you can actually see the rust on some boats. That site is going to be heavily polluted for centuries. Once again, communism leaves its usual ~~mark~~ stain on the environment.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-04 16:32|| 2007-08-04 16:32|| Front Page Top

#5 There are places in the bays that the Russians store their old nuke subs {which they use as local power plants for the bases, while they rot in place}that have mud so contaminated with toxic chemicals, metals, and radiation that any testing equipment used on samples from said locations is destroyed after use. Plus the testers themselves use full NBC protective gear when running the tests. The leached out uranium levels in some of those ghost fleet bays is 3-4 times higher than the Superfund sites at Oak Ridge.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-08-04 16:38|| 2007-08-04 16:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Are the wankers going to plant a flag on the bottom of the Med?

Posted by JohnQC 2007-08-04 17:08|| 2007-08-04 17:08|| Front Page Top

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