[tcrlaf]

Russia is mobilizing their Missile-equipped ships as they become available, for Putin's "Red Line".

In addition, the Pacific Squadron put to sea for a excersize yesterday.

So, they'll have at least 3 Kashin's, a t least one Slava, and 1, maybe 2 Kirov's in the area, plus other ships, if Obama decides to rogue President.

[Prince of Space]

C’mon, they’re just there as observers. Putin said so. /s

[tennmountainman]

These DC hacks are about to start WW3, when we fire the first cruise missile. Stop this insanity.

[donozark]

Many more ships move into the Med Sea it will look like a Wal-Mart parking lot on pay day!

[montag813]

From Reagan standing astride the globe to this shitbag loser in just 25 years. Who saw this coming?

[Don W]

...and they shall gather in the valleys of Megiddo...

[Jeff Head]

The Kashin is a 1960s design. It has had some upgrades, but it will not add matrially to the military balance there...and that balance is decidedly and completey against the Russians.

There are no Kirovs in the Med. The Russian Pacific Fleet is on scheduled exercises and there are no announcements that they are going to the Med. Even if they did, they are a couple of weeks awway and if anything happens, it will be over long before they get there.

And they have to pass by two complete US Carrier groups in the Arabian Sea and Red Sea to get there. There not coming, Jim.

The Russians, if the Kashin indeed goes there, will have the following combatants:

1 x Slava Cruiser
2 x Udaloy Destrroyers
1 x Kashin Destroyer
1 x Neustrashimyy frigate
1 x Krivak Frigate

And maybe...

2 x Nuclear Attack subs

That’s up to eight combatants, two of them (the Kashi and the Krivak) decades out of date.

The US and French have:

1 x Nuclear Carrier (Charles de Gaulle)
1 x Georges Destroyer
1 x FREMM Frigate
1 x Lafayette Frigate
1 x Forbin Destroyers
5 x Burke AEGIS Destoryers
1 x Rubis SSN
2 x LA/Virginia SSNs
1 X Ohio SSGN

14 combatatnts, all of them very up to date.

In addition, the US has a large base in italy with a lot of aircraft, and the french have their Rafesl and Super Eternards on their carrier. And the US has two complete Carrier groups near by in the Arabian Sea and Red Sea...another 14 modern vessels and probably 120-140 mnore aircraft.

Any major engagement will result in a disaster for the Russians at this point, and so they will avoid it if they possibly can.

[FlyingEagle]

If President Dystopia orders an attack by his military, then the guided missile cruiser will shoot back at something.

[rmlew]

The Kashin Class destroyer is obsolete. Ivanovets is a Project 12411 Molniya missile boat and carries Uran/Kh-35 Switchblade missiles. The Sthil is a Project 1234.1 (Nanuchka III). Unless it has been upgraded to carry Sunburn or Moskit missiles, these small missile boats are no threat. The Slava class Moskva is. But even if this is a limited threat to our growing fleet in the area, it is a message.