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2022-07-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Photo Log: Rehearsal of the Main Naval Parade from a bird's eye view

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Posted by badanov 2022-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Does the Russian military train for anything but parades?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-07-25 05:56|| 2022-07-25 05:56|| Front Page Top

#2 An army ready for parade is an army not ready to fight. An army ready to fight is an army not ready to parade. - old service adage

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2022-07-25 08:46|| 2022-07-25 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 So, given the woke at the Pentagone, what about an army that can mince and flounce?

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-25 09:07|| 2022-07-25 09:07|| Front Page Top

#4 In the last photograph of the article, ship 570 is in a starboard turn with some sort of smoke (?) on it's starboard side.

Posted by Jise Elmeang4932 2022-07-25 09:43|| 2022-07-25 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Russian vessel shown in the photo is RFNS Aleksandr Obukhov, Alexandrit-class minesweeper, with diesel propulsion system.

Posted by badanov 2022-07-25 09:51|| 2022-07-25 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 If they spent as much time practicing their TTP as they do for parade the Ukraine event would be over!

Posted by 49 Pan 2022-07-25 15:13|| 2022-07-25 15:13|| Front Page Top

#7 As I understand it, the Russian military is hopelessly corruption. Funds provided for Putin's armed force are skimmed to find their way into senior Russian officers' pockets.

It is a sad situation.

Posted by badanov 2022-07-25 16:16|| 2022-07-25 16:16|| Front Page Top

#8 ...ever more so for the poor grunts who's lives are thrown away like tissue paper.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-25 18:02|| 2022-07-25 18:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Like Bondarchuk's billion-buck baby,
But... backwards? Hey, look, a new navy!
Our Tsar catches cold,
Little Emperor grows bold,
And invading Ukraine goes great... maybe.

Posted by Pearl Spuling3206 2022-07-25 18:23|| 2022-07-25 18:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Confucius say, "Oracle bones
Warn, 'Han in glass house, don't throw stones!'"
So Xi practice spiel,
Offer really good deal
To Volodya for half-billion clones.

Posted by Pearl Spuling3206 2022-07-25 18:31|| 2022-07-25 18:31|| Front Page Top

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