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DEBKA File : Russian submarine with 20 ICBMs and 200 nuclear warheads is sailing to Syria
DEBKA File ^ | September 7, 2015, 4:08 PM (IDT)

Posted on 09/07/2015 6:09:03 PM PDT by Enlightened1

The world’s 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 Putin’s introduction of a nuclear force opposite Syrian shores builds up what first looked like an operation to fortify Assad’s 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 Russia’s “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.

debkafile’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: russian; sub; syria; typhoon; zot
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1 posted on 09/07/2015 6:09:03 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

That boat is a lot more effective when everyone *doesn’t* know where it is.


2 posted on 09/07/2015 6:11:46 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Enlightened1

Oboy. Top-shelf Russian engineering. [Shudder] I should be happy they didn’t name it the Titanicski.


3 posted on 09/07/2015 6:13:45 PM PDT by W. (Get a rope. Now.)
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To: Enlightened1

And how many nuke boats do we have floating around in the worlds oceans?


4 posted on 09/07/2015 6:14:54 PM PDT by doc1019 (I may not have a PHD but I do have a DD-214)
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To: Little Pig

Just more laughing at U.S. military weakness being fostered by a cowardly administration. “NO WAR AT ANY PRICE” is making these commies laugh.


5 posted on 09/07/2015 6:15:19 PM PDT by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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To: Enlightened1

Neocons are outraged that Christians in Syria may escape genocide.


6 posted on 09/07/2015 6:16:32 PM PDT by Empire View
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To: Enlightened1

My.
That’s a big one!


7 posted on 09/07/2015 6:17:05 PM PDT by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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To: Enlightened1
President Vladimir Putin... to fortify Assad’s regime in Damascus ...
Kerry was referring to potential Russian interference with US-led coalition air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria.

Wait a minute. If Putin is on Assad's side, then Putin is also against ISIS.

Kerry is a douchebag.

8 posted on 09/07/2015 6:17:27 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Little Pig

Isn’t it wonderful how well Obama and Hillary’s reset button
worked? And, all that flexibility after the election paid off too.


9 posted on 09/07/2015 6:17:38 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Little Pig

“That boat is a lot more effective when everyone *doesn’t* know where it is”.

I hope the US Navy is keeping track of it. But these days, I’m not so sure.


10 posted on 09/07/2015 6:17:45 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Enlightened1

Maybe the Russians are planning to save Europe from a further refugee crisis by filling the Mediterranean with radiation from a sunken sub.


11 posted on 09/07/2015 6:18:22 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: Little Pig

True....but they’re sending a message. Just like the chi-coms did when junior was in Alaska.


12 posted on 09/07/2015 6:18:45 PM PDT by ealgeone
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“True....but they’re 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.


13 posted on 09/07/2015 6:21:32 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: Enlightened1

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.


14 posted on 09/07/2015 6:22:08 PM PDT by JPX2011
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To: Little Pig

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.


15 posted on 09/07/2015 6:23:23 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: W.

The Kaboom-ski.


16 posted on 09/07/2015 6:24:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Empire View; Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator; Old Sarge; darkwing104
Neocons are outraged that Christians in Syria may escape genocide.

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.

17 posted on 09/07/2015 6:25:22 PM PDT by KC_Lion (This Millennial is for Cruz!)
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To: Enlightened1
For the United States, showing weakness is itself provocative. - Dick Cheney
18 posted on 09/07/2015 6:26:09 PM PDT by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Miller)
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To: Enlightened1

Being in the Black Sea should supply sufficient range to hit the bad guys. The Mediterranean doesn’t really advance the chess game.


19 posted on 09/07/2015 6:28:11 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current devices...one uses Brit spel now.)
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To: doc1019

fast attack or ballistic missile?


20 posted on 09/07/2015 6:28:15 PM PDT by brivette
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