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| August 13, 2008
Posted on 08/13/2008 10:31:04 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle
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To: syriacus
Whoops...misunderstood you.
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posted on
08/13/2008 11:48:11 AM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
To: oceanagirl
The United States could send one of more destroyers or frigates into the Black Sea - we have done so before.
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posted on
08/13/2008 11:59:40 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Democratic Underground: Ever wonder where all those who took the brown acid at Woodstock wound up?)
To: Cheburashka
Thank you. What about subs?
To: rightinthemiddle
"I wonder if a U.S. carrier group has ever been in the Black Sea without Russian cooperation"?
The has never been a Carrier battle group in the Black Sea, and we better not start now.
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posted on
08/13/2008 12:12:19 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: Mariner
Looks like an Aegis cruiser, the San Jacinto,split off from the Harry S Truman and recently conducted training operations in the Black Sea with the Romanian and Ukrainian navies.
But, no carrier.
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posted on
08/13/2008 12:17:35 PM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
To: rightinthemiddle
The US Navy enters the Black Sea only with Russian permission. Only.
It's Russia's private lake and they WILL defend it with everything they have.
To believe otherwise is both folly and hubris.
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posted on
08/13/2008 12:20:50 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: oceanagirl
Thank you. What about subs?
Possible, but a submarine usually relies on the fact that it's a small sub in a big ocean for safety. The Black Sea does not qualify as a big ocean, it would be hard to remain undetected there. On the other hand, a sub is a small chess piece, unlike a carrier, therefore easier to risk.
Any ship that passes through the Turkish Straits on the surface will be seen by Russian spies. There have to be some watching ship traffic at all times. And a sub is unlikely to pass through under water, since it would be so dangerous. The Straits are shallow and winding, and there's a lot of surface traffic. Easy to either ground the sub, or hit a surface ship, both of which would be bad. (I'm not even sure the straits are deep enough for a submarine to pass through without surfacing.) But the word "unlikely" does not mean the same thing as "no possibility".
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08/13/2008 12:35:18 PM PDT
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Cheburashka
(Democratic Underground: Ever wonder where all those who took the brown acid at Woodstock wound up?)
To: Cheburashka
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
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08/13/2008 4:27:13 PM PDT
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Chgogal
(Voting "Present" 130 times might be a sign of a smart politician. It is not a sign of a good leader.)
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