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| At least 3 Russian naval ships suddenly depart St. Petersburg |
| 2017-05-07 |
| regnum.ru reports that more than 15 ships were scheduled to participate in a naval parade on the Neva River for May 9th Victory Day commemoration. At least two surface combatants and on submarine departed St. Petersburg suddenly without notice, not even from the Russian ministry of defense. Two sub chasers, the RFNS Urengoy and RFNS Urengoy were identified as the surface ships which left on the night of May 3rd to May 4th. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Time to go harass the Swedes, the Germans, the Danes, the Brits, etc. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-05-07 11:10 |
| #3 According to Igor Kasatonov, a former deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy and former Black Sea Fleet commander, the submarine is capable of detecting targets at a distance three to four times in excess of the capabilities of enemy radar systems. Um, sonar systems? |
| Posted by: Elmomoger Fleath6537 2017-05-07 10:00 |
| #2 Reportedly the missing sub is 'Kolpino' Not "Red October"? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-05-07 08:28 |
| #1 Reportedly the missing sub is 'Kolpino' A pretty fancy new unit. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-07 04:05 |