"Kuznetsov" stuck with no fuel in the Mediterranean Sea.

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[Leo Carpathian]

So it is true!

[lodi90]

Putin’s floating junk yard.

[marktwain]

I do not know to laugh or cry.

Heads will roll.

[DarthVader]

Egypt will refuel these ships. They are a close ally to Putin.

[Fhios]

I don’t buy it. It’s a mobile tripwire.

[martian622]

It may be fun to laugh at the Russians but I would not underestimate them. They always play chess when the rest of us play checkers...

[bagman]

I guess that the Russian Navy learned nothing from the fiasco at Tsushima a few years ago.

[Buckeye McFrog]

We are the Men from Texaco
We're known from Maine to Mexico
The Mediterranean isn't where we are...

[Darksheare]

They did have fleet oilers for the Black Sea fleet not too long ago.

[dfwgator]

"You lost ANOTHER Carrier?"

[politicianslie]

We have to STOP the Russians so Hussein Obama can continue to overthrow governments for Islam.

Hussein Obama, America's FIRST Muslim President, has been overthrowing governments for Islamic takeover since Libya. He tried to support the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt but was not successful.

The Russians seek stability by supporting the Syrian government, Hussein Obama is working to overthrow the Syrian government for Islamic takeover.

[Truth29]

So much disinformation. Who to believe? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37791523

[DarthVader]

“However, they still need to be reached, and the fuel is likely not enough. Of course, they do not have it to return home, so in the coming days we may witness the funniest in the history of the Russian Navy’s rescue operation of Russian Navy.”

They only need enough fuel to get to Syria where they have a full service naval base where they can refuel. I also think they are being sent for the long term deployment there until their ground operations in the region are complete.

[dfwgator]

When countries can’t get oil for their war machine, that’s when they tend to attack.

[Gaffer]

Everyone can laugh all they want about changes in the logistics for resupplying the diesel black smoke carrier, but the fact remains those planes in her below deck hangars can fly, have bombs and missiles.

Even if there isn’t a local diesel station for them now, there is likely Russian diesel tanker(s) on the way.

[Pollster1]

I would expect Putin and the Russian Navy to hold a grudge over this. I consider it a mistake by Spain and by Malta to have rejected him.

[KarlInOhio]

This shows what happens when you don't have bases around. What happens to our non-nuclear ships if we lose fueling privileges in the Philippines if something was happening in the South China Sea? Do we have enough refueling ships to convoy to Australia, Japan or even all the way to Hawaii?

The carriers and subs would still move, but those carriers would be sitting ducks without destroyers and aircraft.

[DesertRhino]

Is this a Ukrainian site? It just has that childish propaganda tone of theirs. The breathless comment about bombing of innocent women and children in Syria was especially funny.
But my guess is that the fleet will fish refueling from the two oilers with them, spend some time at the navy base in Syria, then eventually wind up in Crimea and base out of there for a while.
Seems logical.

[Mr. K]

That was a funny scene

[Alter Kaker]

No real comment on the underlying story, but who did that Photoshop? It’s brilliant.