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Britain Deploys Destroyer To "Shadow" Russian Aircraft Carrier
In case US destroyers operating in the Black Sea was not sufficiently clear of the western approach to containing Russia, the latest naval news will hardly boost the de-escalation theme. Reuters reports that earlier today Britain had deployed a destroyer to track a Russian aircraft carrier sailing close to its coastal waters, "the latest in a series of such incidents and a reminder of underlying tensions between London and Moscow."
The reason the Russian navy is suddenly a concern to Britain is because the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is capable of carrying up to 26 fixed-wing fighters and 24 helicopters, had completed a deployment as part of Moscow's naval force in the Mediterranean "and was on its way back to its base of Severomorsk in north-west Russia." As part of this return, the carrier is to pass in proximity to the British isles, so just in case it gets any ideas, the UK is preparing a welcome party.
A spokesman from Britain's Ministry of Defense said HMS Dragon had been "activated" on Wednesday in response to the approach of a Russian task force including the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only aircraft carrier.
"It was activated yesterday to meet the Admiral Kuznetsov task force," the spokesman told Reuters.
This is not the first time Britain has deployed warships to keep Russia at bad:
HMS Dragon, a modern air-Defense destroyer, was deployed in similar circumstances just last month to shadow another Russian warship, the Vice-Admiral Kulakov, as it sailed past Britain.
Britain last month also scrambled Typhoon fighter jets to see off Russian military planes flying close to its airspace off the coast of Scotland.
And in other news, the VIX is sliding on the prospect that central planning is once again firmly in control, which alongside the now traditional post-open USDJPY ramp, has sent the S&P500 well on its way to new all time highs.
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Poutine wants to be seen as a big swingin' dick, no doubt about that
Yeah, but all the Ruskies or Chinese need to do is build a few battleships disguised as cruise ships and they could pull right up and dock here and nobody would notice.
Then again, they could probably pull right up and dock one of their battle ships as is here and nobody would notice!
Ukraine: Unraveling the Planned Chaos
"in Brussels in 2006 that was reported in The Brussels Journal, “show very clearly that the whole idea of turning the European common market into a federal state was agreed between the left-wing parties of Europe and Moscow as a joint project which Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988-89 called our ‘common European home."
"Employing the indispensible insight and analysis provided by Golitsyn and the detailed information in his books, it is difficult to view the orchestrated chaos that has been unfolding in Ukraine without recognizing unmistakable evidence that it is being directed along a pre-planned path toward EU-U.S.-Ukraine-Russian convergence. Putin’s role is to rattle the sabers menacingly enough to frighten reluctant Ukraine to join the EU, while also convincing American and EU taxpayers to be forthcoming with the foreign aid and IMF funding that will “rescue” Ukraine and avert a war."
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/17927-ukraine-unrav...
An interesting point of view of the circus and where it may be headed!
That's definitely a peculiar looking phallus symbol erected in the middle of that ship.
Does not make any sense, at least to me. If Russia wanted to partner up with the EU, it could just do that. Then, Ukraine would have no choice but to join. There is absolutely no need to "create" a chaos in Ukraine
So why is the USA promoting the chaos ? So it's Fuck the EU and fuck any business, trade and co-operation between European Union and Russia as too close an association can be conceived as a threat to USA hegemony ?
Makes no sense. The US promotes chaos so it will force European countries to agree with a war with Syria and Iran. The gas must flow after all.
What destroyer? They are designed now with all that stealth technology that you can't see them anymore. All I can see is a four mile wake.
The British ship is a missle carrier. So in a hot war scenario it would be tasked to take out the carrier. The shorter the distance between the carrier and the launch site the shorter the response time. So the British ship is a threat an overt one to Russia. Are the British really that stupid that they would ever launch on Russia ? Really doubt it ! So it is all show no go, and the Russian know.
US missle frigate, who knows ? Maybe they would maybe they wouldn't.
So the British commanders took on the task to avoid the US tasking a ship to do the same thing, knowing the US is out of control.
Based on past observation, yes, they are that stupid. Look what they did to Europe last century. Look what they did to their own islands. Look what they have done to their military. What a bunch of arrogant blighters, just as bad as the American leaders.
some people say all the russian elite hide their wealth in london. i don't think so.
it's obvious that london is a major city of refuge for putin's enemies. why would he want to hide his money in the same city as they do?
one where he has the least control?
i believe the russians in london are a classic expatriate 'government in waiting' . putin knows they will be backed by the west and nato as intruders. he wants them poor and dead. or better as SPIES.
so really, any attempt by london to confiscate their wealth as sanctions only HELPS putin in some respects and then the banks of london then lose their attractiveness as a haven for ill-gotten wealth. london banks lose in the long run. Hong Kong and Singapore win.
How many people have watched "The Bedford Incident?"
Typical. It has a big dildo on top.
Lemme guess, all female crew....
And one lucky male captain :)
Molon Labia?
lol
Is it time to hang out the Meat Curtains again?
Meat Curtains, the New New Stealth Technology.
These neo-con fuckers just won't quit.
The Russian aircraft carrier should keep circling around Britain just to piss them of.
Someone remind britain that they lost naval supremacy long long ago
I see there's a gun on the front of the ship but where are all the other guns?
guns, schmuns....what about the subs?
Guns are as outdated as catapults.
They have missiles now.
Not in South Central motherfucker.
The U.S.S.A. really should clean up their own messes before worrying so much about the mess other sovereigns are making.
That would be considered raycist to tell criminal and violent minorities to stop behaving like feral animals.
No NBA team for you!
You are correct, only central bankers and their owners should be allowed to apply criminal and violent behavior...
Fuck the NBA.
Yep . . . the one gun on deck is for Somali pirates and to stop party boats with lots of bikini babes on board
Why don't this Brits just invite them into Bristol for a friendly cup of earl grey tea.
Instead of carrying on with all this Britannia rules the wave stuff.
This is all just theatre for the sheeple...
O.K. - - - if the "MiG circles around a dozen times while the ship air defense systems go blank" thingy happens again - - - that story may actually be legit.
Not good if youre a sailor on board.
I see that you have the machine that goes "bing" on board.
Bread and circuses. Are you not entertained citizens?
Our cynical minds are one...
Scary isn't it?
Beats a lot of other spectator 'sports'.
Especially for us former Navy types.
Usually just the ground grunts get to relive past 'glories'.
How does that thing stay upright in heavy seas?
"How does that thing stay upright in heavy seas?"
Think of some gal who's really hot
An intravenous drip of Viagra?
That Obama, he's out there playing golf right now, you know, sucking reggie's dick on vacation with a teleprompter while playing checkers thinking about how to organize a community with marxist healthcare.
Look folks, the oligarchs know that you have to put on a show (distraction, bread and circuses, etc.) when taking over new territory/resources. I expect that the move for global domination and a "one world currency" to be one hell of a show.
Monetary shock and awe.
You will be shocked that you have to have an internal id chip,
but awed that everything is all ready to go including no account fees and free once a year travel!
Why would you have to have an implanted chip? Virtually everyone already carries their personal tracking device around with them. Sometimes they even use it to make phone calls or send texts that are all saved to a hard drive and stored for later examination. We're already there.
So far, I looks to me like Putin's getting the territory and the IMF is getting the bills.
I can't see how taking out a 17 billion mortgage on a $500.00 house in the equivalent of Detroit is winning.
Squeezing a turnip only gets you turnip juice.
But, I though we were at Peak Oil.
Do we really have the fuel oil to waste on this type of theater?
Depends who/what is left standing when the dust (and bodies) finally settle.
same as it ever was...
Donbas will vote to return to Russia. Putin will annex, based on the referendum. Obama will bitch like the little girl he is, but do nothing. Certain dual citizens will fume, and hatch deeper and darker plots to get what they want.
Speaking of fucking false flags, here's the latest Sarin exposé from the excellent Gareth Porter:
Sellstrom revealed in the interview that the team had chosen 36 people from the original 80 identified as survivors by the opposition. Those 36 people described themselves as having had very serious exposure to Sarin.
Thirty of the 36 reported rocket strikes either on or near their homes. The remaining six said they had gone to a point of impact to help those suffering from the attack.
The U.N. report provided detailed statistics on the symptoms reported by the 36 individuals and concluded the data were “consistent with organophosphate intoxication”. But chemical weapons specialists have identified serious contradictions in the data that appear to indicate the contrary.
full article:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/05/u-n-probe-chief-doubtful-syria-sarin-expo...
On the heels of what you just spoke to Tin. I still can't get over the fact that the MSM has been able to suppress this one. As you will see in the video and I believe this one is authentic and that the U.S. Saudi and Israel have their fingerprints all over it a lot of dead Syrian government soldiers.
With everything that the U.S. is already doing in Ukraine this one is beyond disturbing.
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/05/new-video-evidence-points-to-al-nusra.htmlSplendid move England! Bravo!! Good Show!!!!
Showing your true "two-faced" nature yet again.
The Brits love ostricizing the "Yanks" telling the World that we've fucked everything up for them while they attempt closed door diplomacy with Russia just like Israel and when Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee dont get their way?...
Good luck expanding new horizons with Russia on BP business in that country you are now shadowing with your destroyer??? Ain't gonna help you get more business as your "Yankee Doodle" counterpart continues to learn the hard way as well every day...
All a bunch of fucking ass clowns!
david camoron and his rabbi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRjX9xbswW4
Yes T and if you look ever so carefully you can see the residue from the "dirty Sanchez" Rabbi Sacks gave him earlier in the day...
So even if Cameron couldn't make it he has the Rabbi's scent under his nose as a wonderful memento!
History tells us the following:
Short Man + Big Military = Big Problem
Obviously you are referring to the little puppet masters running the USA.
Apparently the transgendered marines are itching to be deployed to engage!
Britain has a secret weapon...
"Send in the Chavs."
The truth is that each and every one of these governments US, EU, RU, CN, etc.... actually WANT WAR to provide a scapegoat and distraction from their respective problems.
So, same as it ever was.
Submarines are where it's at, and space.
"What's long, hard, and full of Seaman? ...
No you pevert, a submarine!"
That one got a lot of mileage in middle school.
Like the Russkies are going to lauch an attack, hahaha.
Those guys just want to get back to home port, durb.
a message from mossad sppoksman camoron churchill
peeple of engerlunds and der rothshilds worlds
britain will soon prevailings
never in der histry of human con tricks has so much been taken from so many by so jewish few.
GB, what a freaking joke of a country. What are they going to do now, shoot falafel balls at Putin? Bagels? Polish sausage?
The UK lost it's reserve currency status and now it's a small insignificant power. The US will follow after Yellen and the Federal Reserve banksters finish destroying the US dollar.
Notice Bernanke says with 100% certainty there will be no hyperinflation. LOL. Academics scratch their head when their theory doesn't work out.
Japan first and then the US go down the Zimbabwe hole.
Funny that the U.K lost it's reserve currency status that the U.S currently holds and yet I lose 70% of my purchasing power if I take a trip to London.
The British Pound was worth $5 in 1934, so you could say that the Pound has LOST 70% of its value against the US Dollar since that time. When you are in London you ma feel like your purchasing power is lost, but that is only because London is drawing in big bankers and foreigners who actually do have appreciating currencies. Those two groups are buying up all of the housing and filling up restaurants and stores. Even Londoners (who do have British Pounds) can't afford to live or work there.
First we couldn't track a Malaysian airliner, and now we need a destroyer in order to track a Russian aircraft carrier??? Don't we have any satellites passing overhead that can snap a picture once in a while??
The destroyer is just symbolic as it would have a life expectancy of about 2 minutes in a shooting war with Russian aircraft launched from the carrier.
Unlike Back-Down-Barrack this is Putin's way of saying 'Mind your own business and we will mind ours'.
They carry missiles now that can sink a carrier, especially OLD Soviet ones...
Oh no! Not an aircraft carrier! One of those things that are easily sunk by one or two submarines....
Spungo:
I don't have a clue why anyone would down your remark about carriers - considering how true it is.
I just posted this at the WSJ - slightly off topic as a whole, but it reinforces your point about carriers:
It's interesting to note the lack of US carrier task forces anywhere near the South China Sea.
That's significant. It means the US is doing nothing to project power into this area
Why?
Let me respectfully suggest that the reason the carriers are pulled is because the US is incapable of responding - and the Joint Chiefs know it. While we can blame the lack of formal NATO ties in Ukraine, we have no lack of ties to this area. SEATO was created specifically to project US power into this region.
Another reason? Yes - carriers are the sitting ducks of this naval age. Hypersonic, low flying missiles will take out a carrier in a heartbeat. The last thing the US needs is for the world to see that not only does the Emperor Obama have no clothes, but he has no credible naval forces when challenged by countries other than those populated with brown people using AK-47s as their heavy weapons.
The truth is that Taiwan might as well begin negotiating now to be annexed by China. The US is not going to sail the Seventh Fleet through the straits again and think it will intimidate China. We'd be lucky if the Chinese didn't call it a war-provocation and take the entire fleet out in one attack.
Same for the Persian Gulf: Iran is dead serious about taking out a carrier. And they now have the missiles to do so.
And who can forget the Chinese sub popping up - undetected - in the middle of a task force exercise? One nuclear tipped torpedo and that fleet is gone forever.
It's over folks. The American Empire is in its death throes. Obama and the Looney Tunes Left-Wing 5% Fringe have succeeded in destroying our military, and the dollar is next.
Obama promised to "fundamentally change America."
Among his thousands of lies, that is the one promise he's kept.
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Carriers are always well protected when the time is right. It was most likely accompanied by Russian submarines nicknamed Black Holes (impossible to detect) by the Mericans.
Britian still has a destroyer? Impressed.
re Britian still has a destroyer?
Yes - Cameron.
Have that witch, Vitoria Nuland, talk to Putin, she'll put the Russians in their place. (Sarc)
Otherwise known by her true name, Iaga Baba.
And in the meantime, the debt slaves have to pay bedroom tax and lots of other taxes to pay for all this pretence that the UK is still 'Great'
The British should have burned London to the ground when Churchhill sold them into slavery.
there are no world leaders thay have the balls to do anything. they are all to fat and rich to dispupt the lives of them and their families. try putting a nuk in the hands of a war lord in somalia. see what happens. obama is worried if his two little brats are going to aspen or la jolla on spring break, he's worried about the fried chicken wing of his library. hes worried about his pension and book deals. aint NOTHIN gonna happen.
Guys that made it happen:
kennedy's, malcom x, mandella, king, einenhower, truman, volker, etc........these kind of guys dont exist anymore. everyone is the world is watching their wallet and family. period.
putin has citizenship in monaco. hangs around with prince albert. has gigantic $$$ in banks. he aint goin no where, except on a yacht with some hoochies drinking champagne and eating russian cavier.
sheeeeeit!
Yawn...and this is news why?
All it takes to start WW3 is a Gen. Jack Ripper sort with an itchy trigger finger. I guess in this case it would be an Admiral Ripper.
Thank goodness there are sensible human being in all military services. When NATO Commander Weasel Clark tried to attack the Russian force which had taken control of the Pristina airfield during the Kosova fiasco, it didn't happen because some of his underlings had more sense than him.
Doesn't this look like a failed attemt to laugh the russians 2 death...
The British destroyer is just a feint.
The real threat to the aircraft carrier is from the American attack submarine sailing 100 meters below the British destroyer.
Russia deploys submarine to track British destroyer tracking Russian Air Craft Carrier.