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To: Hugin

I’m no epert but this article seems to contradict the author’s.

In the last two years, Russia’s second-biggest fleet, the Pacific Fleet, has been receiving new ships for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2013 the fleet obtained a new Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), and is expecting five more over the next decade. The fleet has furthermore received one Dyugon-class landing craft in 2014. This modernization campaign is part of an ambitious naval re-armament program over the next 20 years

http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/what-to-expect-from-russias-pacific-fleet-in-2015/


15 posted on 04/02/2015 6:11:25 AM PDT by McGruff (Boy that Ted Cruz sure is catching alot of flak.)
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To: McGruff

‘In 2013 the fleet obtained a new Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), and is expecting five more over the next decade. ‘

In 1970s Soviet Navy commissioned a new nuclear sub every several weeks. Current development surely doesn’t look like any massive build up.


17 posted on 04/02/2015 9:32:37 AM PDT by Paid_Russian_Troll
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