Posted on 08/04/2009 7:13:22 PM PDT by RobinMasters
You know what this calls for? An Obama speech in Red Square about the common humanity that unites us in a struggle for blah blah blah blah.
But the collapse of the Soviet Union all but eliminated the ability of the Russian Navy to operate far from home ports, making the current submarine patrols thousands of miles from Russia even more surprising for military officials and defense policy experts.
“I don’t think they’ve put two first-line nuclear subs off the U.S. coast in about 15 years,” said Norman Polmar, a naval historian and expert on submarine warfare…
The submarine patrols come as Moscow tries to shake off the embarrassment of the latest failed test of the Bulava missile, a long-range weapon that was test fired from a submarine in the Arctic on July 15. The failed missile test was the sixth since 2005, and some experts see Russia’s assertiveness elsewhere as a gambit by the military to prove its continued relevance…
While the submarines had not taken any provocative action beyond their presence outside territorial waters of the United States, officials expressed wariness over the Kremlin’s motivation for ordering such an unusual mission.
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How long until 0bama apologizes to Russia for our country getting in the way of their navigating?
Obama probably invited russia to come and visit. Hoping they would be close if he need to make a quick exit back home.
I bet they have signs that say,”WERE’S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE”!
Well, it is great news...for the folks who want to keep open Willow Grove.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Willow_Grove
At least I think that’s where they used to base some submarine chasing aircraft...
“I don’t think they’ve put two first-line nuclear subs off the U.S. coast in about 15 years,” said Norman Polmar, a naval historian and expert on submarine warfare…
Wonder why they chose now?
The Russians are Coming..The Russians are Coming!
Memories of a summer drive-in movie with the family when I was 10...
because they can...
The right thing to do is to stage naval maneuvers where the subs are cruising, do some ASW training, and then apologize.
“Sorry, Ivan, we didn’t know your guys were there. Your new subs are too quiet.”
One of the funniest movies EVER!
Couldn't be that foreign policy expert extraordinaire Joe Biden opened his big mouth last month in Ukraine and said that the Russian economy was "withering" and that they would eventually have to "bend to our will."
I mean with an expert like that, Russia would never feel the need to flex a little muscle.
The amateurs in the White house are going to get us all killed eventually.
They don’t make ‘em like that anymore!
Do we still do ASW?
Mikhail’s Navy.
This is nothing to worry about. A family friend in Russia emailed me to inform me of the patrol’s mission: the subs’ skippers cruised to the US east coast to show their young crews what a communist country looks like.
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