Gee, isn’t it interesting that Egypt is taking delivery of the Mistral ships that France originally built for Russia — and now Egypt is taking delivery of ships built by Russia? Good gosh and golly, I wonder if maybe in a half a year or so the Egyptians might decide they really don’t need the Mistrals after all, and sell them to Russia.
Folks, Obama has set our Middle East policies out the window. Now the Russians have moved into all the gaps left by a asinine US policy shift.
The years 1948-2008 were years where the US did EVRYTHING in its power to keep the Russkies OUT of the Middle East. Now it's all over there, well except Israel. Obama continues to bully Israel while she is the only real ally left in that region of the world. It's no wonder Netanyahu is meeting with Putin time and time again. There is no other superpower “player” in the Middle East anymore, just Russia.
So, do you start that thing with a key?
Does it come with a remote so that you can unlock the doors as you're walking up to it, or beep the horn in case you can't remember where you parked it?
The Russians love Corvettes, and have dozens of them. Heavily armed offensively for their size and handy, but short ranged, light defensive armmament and not good in heavy seas.
Nothing a couple F-18’s couldn’t dispatch quickly to the bottom.
What do they know that we don't.