Russia's Northern Fleet is in the English Channel

The Business Insider ^ | November 28, 2014 | Tomas Hirst

[Slambat]

“Yup, the community organizer will wag his finger and may even send a strongly worded letter to the Kremlin.”

It will be worth what? Two or three red lines in the sand.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Dont let them dock, they’ll be drunk and passed out in some pub within a few hours

Some of them will be upstairs with the lasses.

[Kodos the Executioner]

Where’s the tugboat to tow them home if they break down?

Their much-ballyhooed “deployment” to Venezuela a couple years back (nuclear battle cruiser and a destroyer), and the few near-home forays of their 1 “aviation cruiser” Kuznetsov, always have one in company, since they are such pieces of junk.

As someone said, would imagine a couple of Her Majesty’s Perisher graduates are keeping an eye on things.

[hosepipe]

WHY?... must be afraid of the Lithuanian NAvy threat.. or Latvia..
They are prepareing for “something”.. WHAT!,,

[Hugin]

If their Northern Fleet’s flagship is a destroyer, well, that’s just sad.

[DoodleDawg]

Just wait until he does the same thing in the Chesapeake Bay inlet...

Wake me when he does.

[MinuteGal]

Fox News reported earlier today that the Russky fleet entered the Channel for refuge because tumultuous weather was approaching.

Were the Brits notified beforehand?

Incomplete, sketchy reporting,.

Leni

[VanDeKoik]

Only for 12 nautical miles from the shore.

So while the article makes it seem like the Russian navy is doing something nefarious, they can by international law be in the English channel like British ships can be of the coast of Russia, as long as they stay past the limit.

[PIF]

EL=electronic, pronounced e’Lint

[Mariner]

"Just wait until he does the same thing in the Chesapeake Bay inlet..."

Not in either of our lifetimes.

[Mariner]

"If their Northern Fleet’s flagship is a destroyer, well, that’s just sad."

The US Seventh Fleet's command ship looks like a transport freighter that carries around a bunch of antennae.

Heck, I think it IS a freighter carrying around antennae.

[GeronL]

bump

[Chode]

USS Blue Ridge class

[Tallguy]

Probably just the ‘flagship’ of the battlegroup. This article reads like a bad translation. 250 marines embarked? Uh, I think they mean sailors? But a lot of translators use the term ‘marines’ when that has a very specific definition in the English language.

[miserare]

Calling Lord Nelson...

Calling Admiral Horatio Nelson...

Your navy needs you now.

[RetiredArmy]

Telling the muzzie loving Brits in your face.

[Sacajaweau]

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607991374616527410&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0

[do the dhue]

That is more than enough Russian marines to take the French over.

[daniel1212]

I guess that is why you are called “OldNavyVet!”

Just in the Lord’s army myself, but thank God for you.

[RipSawyer]

Putin would never dare enter the Chesapeake Bay, if he did Obama would issue him an executive order to leave within six months or whenever is suits him.