Posted on 09/07/2015 6:09:03 PM PDT by Enlightened1
The worlds largest submarine, the Dmitri Donskoy (TK-208), Nato-coded Typhoon, has set sail for the Mediterranean and is destined for the Syrian coast, debkafile reports exclusively from its military and intelligence sources. Aboard the sub are 20 Bulava (NATO-code SS-N-30) intercontinental ballistic missiles with an estimated up to 200 nuclear warheads. Each missile, with a reported range of 10,000km, carries 6-10 MIRV nuclear warheads.
The Russian sub set sail from its North Sea base on Sept. 4, escorted by two anti-sub warfare ships. Their arrival at destination in 10 days time will top up the new Russian military deployment in Syria.
President Vladimir Putins introduction of a nuclear force opposite Syrian shores builds up what first looked like an operation to fortify Assads regime in Damascus into a military expedition capable of an air and sea confrontation with US forces in the Middle East. US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested as much Saturday, Sept. 5, when he expressed concern over reports of Russias increasing military build-up in Syria in a phone call to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The State Department reported: The Secretary made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL coalition operation in Syria.
Kerry was referring to potential Russian interference with US-led coalition air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria.
debkafiles sources in Washington and Moscow report that the dispatch of a nuclear sub to Syrian waters is taken as a strong message that the Kremlin will not let the US impede its military intervention in the Syrian conflict and will go to extreme lengths to keep the way open for the flow of Russian troops to the war-torn country.
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That boat is a lot more effective when everyone *doesn’t* know where it is.
Oboy. Top-shelf Russian engineering. [Shudder] I should be happy they didn’t name it the Titanicski.
And how many nuke boats do we have floating around in the worlds oceans?
Just more laughing at U.S. military weakness being fostered by a cowardly administration. “NO WAR AT ANY PRICE” is making these commies laugh.
Neocons are outraged that Christians in Syria may escape genocide.
My.
That’s a big one!
Wait a minute. If Putin is on Assad's side, then Putin is also against ISIS.
Kerry is a douchebag.
Isn’t it wonderful how well Obama and Hillary’s reset button
worked? And, all that flexibility after the election paid off too.
“That boat is a lot more effective when everyone *doesnt* know where it is”.
I hope the US Navy is keeping track of it. But these days, I’m not so sure.
Maybe the Russians are planning to save Europe from a further refugee crisis by filling the Mediterranean with radiation from a sunken sub.
True....but they’re sending a message. Just like the chi-coms did when junior was in Alaska.
“True....but theyre sending a message. Just like the chi-coms did when junior was in Alaska.”
You don’t make a point by doing something stupid like put a boomer in the Med.
That report is most certainly incorrect, for a variety of operational, technical, and common-sense reasons.
Okay first off its Debka we’ll leave that aside for the moment. The second thing is so what? What the hell is parking a strategic asset in the Med going to do? What’s it going to deter?
I think we are beyond being threatened by nukes.
If nuclear weapons are political tools rather than actual weapons, then letting your opponents know where a boat, bristling with deterrents, is going to be can be a useful diplomatic measure. But this is DEBKa, right? So who knows.
The Kaboom-ski.
Now that was just uncalled for.
All Hail The Supreme Soviet Putin, Savior of Western Civilization! Who will Protect the Syrians Iranians from America with Nuclear Bombs!
N00b, You have a Funny Smell.
Being in the Black Sea should supply sufficient range to hit the bad guys. The Mediterranean doesn’t really advance the chess game.
fast attack or ballistic missile?
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