Posted on 11/28/2014 11:20:50 AM PST by yldstrk
A squadron of ships from Russia's Northern Fleet is currently conducting drills in the English Channel, according to Russian media.
The squadron, lead by the Udaloy-class destroyer Severomorsk and including the Alexander Otrakovsky amphibious ship and a tanker, are conducting exercises such as assisting a vessel in distress, communication training and transferring fuel in international waters. The ships are crewed by a total of 250 Russian marines.
Russian media reports that the ships were also conducting drills to "repel air attack".
According to the Russian navy's press service:
"Today, a squadron of ships and support vessels from the Northern Fleet have passed the narrowest part of the English Channel in the Strait of Dover and have entered a bay near the mouth of the Seine River."
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Just giving the Brits the finger.
conducting exercises such as assisting a vessel in distress
I bet they do that a lot ,LOL
If true...Putin needs a wheelbarrow to carry around his “Junk”...
Sending some marines to pick up the ship the Russians bought from the Frogs?
Just wait until he does the same thing in the Chesapeake Bay inlet...
Yup, the community organizer will wag his finger and may even send a strongly worded letter to the Kremlin.
Don’t get excited, Obama will only be representing 2/3rd of American citizens............you know the one’s that didn’t vote!!
The Russian Armada.
Oh please.....we had a joint training session with the Russians right here in the USA....Courtesy of the present CIC.
Aren’t these territorial waters of the UK and France
The Baie de la Seine is rather large bay, about 100km by 50km. Putin's rather puny fleet hardly fills up, and comes up inadequately short in, such a large inlet.
Perhaps if he takes his shirt off and mans the helm he could make it seem larger.
More his style.
An accomishment that the Kreigsmarine would be salivating over.
In the early day's of WW-II, the German navy had submarines standing off Chesapeake Bay to torpedo ships leaving to support our allies in Europe.
I personally saw nighttime flashes (ships blowing up) out there.
And a pea skin to carry around his brain.
It’s 20.6 miles wide at Dover. Its greatest width is 150 miles.
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