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2017-04-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russian warship steams toward US destroyers that launched Syria strikes

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Posted by Steve White 2017-04-07 12:16|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 And the two US destroyers will pull along on either side and make a Russian Waitress Sandwich.

Posted by Marilyn Snath8125 2017-04-07 16:21|| 2017-04-07 16:21|| Front Page Top

#2 What? No mention of the Tug Boats deployed with Russian warship?

Posted by Penguin of the Desert 2017-04-07 17:34|| 2017-04-07 17:34|| Front Page Top

#3 I seen this movie.

Posted by Flomoper Fluper9293 2017-04-07 18:17|| 2017-04-07 18:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess antiquity of the delivery platform really has little to do with the lethality of its weaponry. It just needs to get the target.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-07 18:48|| 2017-04-07 18:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Media heavy-breathing aside, it's not steaming toward US destroyers - it's steaming towards the Mediterranean from the Black Sea, a round trip Russian ships have done many, many times because that's what big power navies do - operate in different regions of the world just so they're ready if they need to deploy there during a wartime situation.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-04-07 21:41|| 2017-04-07 21:41|| Front Page Top

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