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Russia To Add "Stealth" Subs To Mediterranean Force
Many have been surprised by the lack of public response by Russia to the ongoings in Ukraine. Aside from some comments by Siluanov, the response has been concerning in its absence from the iron fist. However, quietly and with little new coverage, RiaNovosti reports that the combat capability of Russia’s naval task force in the Mediterranean will increase significantly - for the first time in decades - following the first deliveries of Varshavyanka-class submarines (with advanced stealth technology dubbed "black holes in the ocean") to the Black Sea Fleet.
Via RiaNovosti,
Russia formed a permanent naval task force in the Mediterranean last year to defend its interests in the region. The move was widely seen, however, as a response to calls for international intervention in the worsening civil war in Syria, Russia’s longtime ally.
The task force currently consists of 12 warships and auxiliary vessels, including the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky and aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
According to Chirkov, the Russian warships are taking part in an international operation to remove chemical weapons stockpiles from Syria.
“In general, the tasks assigned to the Mediterranean group are absolutely clear: to thwart any threat to Russia’s borders and security,” the admiral said, adding that it is normal practice for any country to keep naval assets in vital regions around the globe.
Chirkov said that the first Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarine, the Novorossiisk, will join the Black Sea Fleet in 2015.
The Defense Ministry has ordered a total of six Varshavyanka-class subs, dubbed “black holes in the ocean” by the US Navy because they are nearly undetectable when submerged.
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The Varshavyanka-class (Project 636) is an improved version of the Kilo-class submarines and features advanced stealth technology, extended combat range and the ability to strike land, surface and underwater targets.
The submarines are mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine missions in relatively shallow waters.
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The Black Sea Fleet has not received new submarines for decades and currently operates only one boat: the Kilo-class Alrosa, which joined the navy in 1990.
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And if you have been paying attention, we own the kinetic space doofus. Those ramjet missles we are testing are kinetic aircraft, pilotless drones. They are anywhere in five hours. What do you think is now aboard carrier protection groups? Laser and kinetic defense.
You guys can keep masterbating in your we will destroy America militarily meme.
The grownups are talking. Go back to playing with your ninja legos.
Nobody "owns" kinetic space. A carrier can be taken down with one little tiny missle, that are cheap, numerous and fast. Carriers are very expensive, and not very replaceable. Missiles are easily transported covertly, are cheap, and did I mention numerous?
The analogy would be mosquitos with a highly deadly disease, and a very penetrating mouth vs an Elephant. The elephant loses probabalistically 19/20ths of the time.
Go do a search on Google on the F-35. There are lods of videos. Supposedly, there was a simulation over the Taiwan Straits with F-18s, F-35s and maybe a few F-16s. They were up against Mig 29s and some other variants.
The F-35s were the worst of the bunch. F-18s only did marginally better. Apparently, this war game scenario was kept secret but a lot of it got back to Australia and possibly Canada. Watch for F-35 cancellations.
https://www.google.com/#q=war+game+scenario+f-35+taiwan
The creepy and evil NWO Rand Corp. ran the simulations. One of the quotes was that the F-35 would be clubbed like baby seals. A total piece of shit jet pushed by corrupt MIC.
The F-35 has been a black hole for the USA defense budgets. One of the worst disasters in USA military procurement ever. Right up there with LBJ/Obama's friend AIPAC Lester Crown's General Dynamics F-111.
The piece of shit F-35s software code is still not done after a decade? They probably have Indian and affirmative action coders - like the people who did the ObamaCare web site. The Russian missiles probably have top rate Russian coders.
Because conventional submarines like these will be relevant in a full blown conflict of the scale you describe.
That's what Tartus is for, other than parking nuclear s300s within range of Israel without "proliferating" them to Assad. And then there are treaties that prevent closing the Bosporus, not mention the global banking syndicate really doesn't Turkey turning into Greece.
Useless? No. Very tactically limited and easy to contain especially if Turkey/Greece fully cooperate and engage in coordinated activities? Yes. US never really worried about the Soviet naval presence in the Eastern Med. It was always the units out of Murmansk and Archangel and the units in the Pacific out of Vladivostok that caused them nightmares because the difficulty in containing them.
go figure that the aircraft that this article is mentioning has a 50 aircraft fleet.
you fail even at reading
that aircraft carrier looks ridiculous, something that only the chinese would seek to emulate. the maggots can't even stomach a trade war yet zh keeps banging the war drum like a hot war is imminent. raff out roud
I kinda see where the Tylers are going with this....if we keep up our spending ratio (6:1) to others for 'defense'....then they are going to try and bankrupt us (like we did the Russians some time back).....no need for open war (not yet at least)...let us build what we can't afford and eventually we won't be able to pay for the soldiers or the operation/upkeep of these behemoths.....
http://1800recycling.com/2011/09/cold-war-submarine-recycling-graveyard-...
All it would need is say for the Iranian navy to steam up outside New York and shout "Allahu Akbar" a few times...
Say, didn't they transit the Mediterranean just a couple of weeks ago?
Speaking of, any new news about that Iranian 2-boat fleet sailing to the US? Have they ran out of diesel yet?
LMAO!.....
Thought they were coal boats.
Should be sneaking up on the Cape Verde islands by now...however, they were delayed by a fleet angry fishermen off the coast of Angola but no casualties were reported, except to their pride...lol.
One Ping Only.
Anyways if those fuckers are a black hole in the ocean they aren't going to be depolyed in the Mediterranean. They will be in NY Harbor, Long Beach, et cetera.
Yeee! We can still kick their butt. Just like my footaball team is the best. I'm a proud American. USA, USA!
Somebody alert Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin.
If Gubermint didn't build all that deterent force, sleazy Russkies would be fucking our red blooded American fat bitches!
No Ruskkie is gonna fuck my fat bitch! He ain't seen as much cheese in his life as she has between her toes. USA, USA!
Putin is going to sit back and watch this happening in Ukraine,
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-protests-israeli-ex-officer-leads-milit...
like I'm the pope. Watch something mysterious and unexpected to happen in Syria. Or some new dollar-undermining from China. Whatever. All I know is that you can almost see the smoke coming out of that guy's ears. He's a killer and he's in charge.
I'm totally against the regime that took over the United States of America taking over the Ukraine. Globalists be gone.
If Russia would arrest the Rockefeller family descendants and the Rothschilds, Goldman Sachs and the FED, Jamie Dimon etc. and bring them to trial for crimes against humanity in Russia then I'm all for them and any other nation that does it.
Long live the revolution against financial perverts.
Looks like the DC US will have to borrow another few trillion. LOL
"Checkmate."
your all talking shit.
i am with that el tuco cult of reason fella he is the only sane one on here ok he has a split personality diss order but he is staight as a 9 dollar bill.
this will be a sublime replay of georgia putin got burnt we won we always win.
we have humanity on are side not forgetting freeedom.
putin is busy counting his gold.
with the help of mi6 and the mossad the cia cannot fail.
rothschild chevron and bp and friends in monsanto can go to work.
Saakashvili of mighty georgia shows us weak types how it is donewith the help of his friends in israel he put putin in his place.
the ukraine for the us and the eu and nato will be a cake walk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSIXIwGLhI
in georgia you got your balls kicked so.....
idiot saakashvili hoped for american intervention agains russia which did not happen. so... whatever....
Anyhoo,isn't the more basic question why the US would risk having a decent portion of its Navy sunk or damaged over Ukraine? What, in the fuck, is with all the warmongering.
Aren't some of you up past your bed times?
Get me Jack Burton...
Blood In The Streets: West Is Repeating Syrian Model In UkraineWestern powers are again sleepwalking into destructive conflict.
a question for all those debating the merrits of russian vs us conventional military power...
does it really matter? in the end will it make any difference who has the best toys?
of course not. it all pales next to each nations nuclear arsenal .
and the simple truth of any conflict between the us and russia is that sooner or later it would go nuclear. and despite what most americans who suck the teet of military superority propaganda may wish to beleive, we can not stop there's any more than they can stop ours.
so lets not worry about who has conventional bragging rights, cause there are no winners in this game.
"From Russia with Gold" http://goldminersreport.com/library/from-russia-with-gold/
Mother Russia is one of the most resource rich countries on the planet, with an enormous endowment of oil, natural gas, diamonds, and of course gold, among many others.
She is the largest oil producer, with the 7th largest reserves, behind only OPEC member states. The country is neck in neck with Iran for the largest natural gas reserves and is the world’s largest diamond producer.
Russia has wealth to last 3,000 years http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204566/Russia-diamonds-Source-S...
NWO, you're fcuked.
Diamonds are not wealth, they are most useful for industrial grinding and except for large pink, blue and other colors or massive clears their wealth aspect is manipulated worse then any other commodity.
Yeah, keep convincing yourself. http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/global-diamond-industry-portra...
You keep convincing yourself that a manipulated market, DeBeers anyone, is true value. That agitprop you linked above would be good for wiping an ass if you printed it.. I was in the trade for years, certified, quit because once I woke up I could not be a part of the fraud.
As an ex US Navy Boiler Tech, rolled into the Machinist Mate class in 1996, I could go back to being a BT in the Russian Navy.
Russia should not 'need' to put stealth subs in the Med - but some over aggressive false flagging nation is making them...
you are all so silly!
Berkut Riot police welcomed as heroes in #Donetsk, Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_TX6sVLgDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWwuEkqSMGc
Despite some clown declaring a 2:1 kill ratio for MiG's over the F4 Phantom II in the skies of Vietnam, I still have a lot of respect for Russian hardware.
Forget about fast missles that fly through the air... this one swims:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shkval
Just remember one thing. This fleet is operating in Russian waters. As such it is close to its base and to military materiel, fuel etc. It doesn't have a long supply trail. Any other nation attempting to challenge the Russian navy in this area would be hampered by lack of ports to call at and lack of resupply stations. Only a very hubristic and arrogant nation would even attempt such a foolish move. Do you know any pretentious and prideful country like that?