[Undecided 2012]

I admit, I read a bit of this hogwash but let me tell you, it is the Russians who are taking the fight to the bad guys. At this time, I’m not sure what side we are on. Do you

[Rashputin]

Russia will fight radical Iz Lame even if their ship has to limp all the way their, their planes launch with light loads, and the world laughs at them. In the mean time, the US Navy has Muzzie outreach programs and training sessions where officers have to wear high heels so they can identify with the oppression women face.

And people are laughing at the Russian effort?

[agere_contra]

The Kusnetsov produces smoke.

This is because the Russians not only don’t believe in the bizarre fantasy of ‘moderate jihadists’ - they also don’t believe in the equally bizarre fantasy of Global Warming.

In any case their planes are modern enough.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

.. another popular joke, recycled dozens of times by different Twitter users ..

What a pathetic little brony this guy is.

[Drew68]

the images as proof of Russian military decline

On the other hand, we've spent untold billions on a carrier that can't launch aircraft, littoral combat ships that are headed to the scrapyard after a single deployment, and a fighter aircraft that is outmatched by everything except cost.

But we've got transgender troops! Ivan is definitely lagging behind us in this category.

[lurk]

Pics of the carrier show 4 fixed wing aircraft on the flight deck. Nonetheless, Russia is becoming a player as we continue to be the world’s drunken abuser.

[Chainmail]

In the good old Soviet days, they had to man their capital ships (such as they are) with officers when they did foreign port visits. Couldn’t depend on the enlisted to 1. Look sharp, 2. Stay on the ship.

[Chode]

ping

[Bull Snipe]

“the smoke is normal for a 30 year old ship, that runs on diesel fuel”. BS, was snipe on a 30 year old tin can, we make smoke like that was f**k up. Fuel/air ration wrong, Captain starts chewing ass. Only smoke that should be visible from her stack is a slight brown wisp, we called an economy haze. She uses pressure fired boiler, with super chargers, sort like our Garcia class in the 60s/70s. Super chargers were constant source of problems for us then and I suspect that is source of the Ruskies problems now.

[marron]

Laugh all they want. Russia is all in for her allies. Americans haven’t been all in for theirs since they found out they were massacring Christians.

This election doesn’t decide *if* there will be war, it decides which side we are on.

[Mariner]

The method of propulsion does not matter. It could be coal and still be an effective warship.

[VeniVidiVici]

The rustbucket Whosnutsoff. You’d think they’d clean the darn thing up.