Russian FFG intercepting 2 Burke DDG's in the med

[Kapitan]

wouldnt surprise me if an Oscar II gets dispatched to the med of wait one has left port

Full storey here

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04...irstrikes.html

[Delgard]

Obviously, battlefield security should be monitored. With that in mind, I just don't understand why the news keeps saying the names of the two destroyers. That is just putting a target on the side of the ships, AND, if they go into a port the sailors wear a target.

I suspect that military leaders are moving assets around for mutual defense. Maybe an American submarine lurks near the two destroyers to help with undersea ISR and defense.

Just a thought. Safe sailing all.

[Kapitan]

Originally Posted by Delgard

Obviously, battlefield security should be monitored. With that in mind, I just don't understand why the news keeps saying the names of the two destroyers. That is just putting a target on the side of the ships, AND, if they go into a port the sailors wear a target.

I suspect that military leaders are moving assets around for mutual defense. Maybe an American submarine lurks near the two destroyers to help with undersea ISR and defense.

Just a thought. Safe sailing all.

i would say its likely either a British American or French submarine is in the area

but also K266 left port yesterday destination unknown possibly Mediterranean
K226 by Blair shaw, on Flickr

[Delgard]

Something to track...Where coming from?

Well, well, well. An Oscar II.

[Kapitan]

Originally Posted by Delgard

Something to track...Where coming from?

Well, well, well. An Oscar II.

Severomorsk K266 isn't long out of overhaul so it may be going on a shake down cruise and then to a mission who knows all i know is she left April 6th and has yet to return.

[speed150mph]

K-266 had an extensive overhaul. Heavy work was done to the propulsion plant, weapons system, navigation and support systems.

She won't be going anywhere soon. She needs to do her post refit work ups, and since they upgraded fire control systems and upgraded to the oniks missile , that will definately include live firing drills. They will want to do a staged run up of the shafts to make sure everything is good, and they will probably do a slow dive to test depth to make fully sure the fire she had while in dry dock did not cause any hull weakness.

After that she will probably come back to her home port to do a full diagnostic of the ship and make any repairs for issues found in the work ups.

By the time all that is done, they could have already dispatched one of their other ships from northern fleet or PAC fleet to make the transit. More likely then not they have dispatched one of their boats already at sea. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the new kilos in the Black Sea didn't put to sea soon.