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Russian ships heading for caribbian : U.S. worried
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by Amitjha | September 22, 2008 at 02:56 am
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Russian warships set sail on Monday for manoeuvres in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Caribbean area calculated to demonstrate to the United States Moscow's return as a global power on the military and political stage.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
In the years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's once-proud armed forces, deprived of funding, declined rapidly. Ships lacked fuel to put to sea, warplanes were grounded, troops neglected.
With the revival of the national economy and soaring oil revenues, Kremlin leaders poured money into the armed forces, as a symbol of revived national prowess; though Western analysts say their fleet is still in great need of modernization
The exercises, drawing on a strong alliance with Venezuela's anti-American President Hugo Chavez, will be closely watched by Western navies as the first such projection of Russian power close to U.S. shores since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said the nuclear-powered heavy missile cruiser Peter the Great and antisubmarine destroyer Admiral Chabanenko left their base near Murmansk with two support ships for the 15,000 mile passage to Venezuela.
Washington denounced Moscow for its crushing of pro-Western Georgia in a brief conflict last month over two rebel provinces. Russia then expressed anger over the appearance of U.S. warships in the Black Sea region -- which it considers its sphere of influence -- to deliver aid to Georgia.
Russia's cultivation of leftist Chavez and renewed interest in Cuba and ports of call in the Middle East bear unmistakable echoes of the Cold War, when two superpowers vied for influence.
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at 09:03 on September 22nd, 2008
Amitjha, I like this story. It's good stuff, but we have nothing to fear from those antiquated Russian ships. One U.S. missile destroyer can take out the whole Russian Navy.
All we have to do is get off Arab oil and stop sending oil money to terror states. We will be just fine. Drill now and drill often right here in the U.S. and go green as the ultimate goal. It' all about energy.
at 03:32 on December 7th, 2008
I lol'd, Russian ships arent antiquated Einstein, for your information, the Russian navy is now much different as it was when the soviet union dissolved, their ship designs outmatch their US counterparts, making them more powerful, effective, and simpler.
In matter of Submarines, Russia has the most powerful class of Submaring (Oscar Class)
at 07:24 on November 25th, 2008
This is the beginning of The Perfect Storm