The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!

[TLAM Strike]

Russian sub to join in on NATO submarine rescue exercise. (http://defensetech.org/2011/04/19/russian-sub-to-joint-nato-exercise-for-first-time/)

:shifty: ....ummm ok....

[GoldenRivet]

i read thread title and immediately thought

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/3006001124_ae8168e2b5.jpg


then i realized you meant it as in "approaching".


sorry, ill BRB, gotta get my mind out of the gutter.

[CaptainMattJ.]

i read thread title and immediately thought

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/3006001124_ae8168e2b5.jpg


then i realized you meant it as in "approaching".


sorry, ill BRB, gotta get my mind out of the gutter.
:yep::sign_yeah:

[Howard313]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSul7kh-T37HvCm4wIcMx8CxCA3ChrwxXFEMn9teIaQu5ievIN9Lg&t=1

[Krauter]

How will this help the US and her allies better evaluate the capabilities, or gather data off of the Akula (assuming it is an Akula based off of the photo) during these exercises?

Conversely, how much data could the Akula pick up on Nato warships etc?

[Fish In The Water]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/3006001124_ae8168e2b5.jpg



That little gal could take the sting out of those cold Russian winters... :yep:

[Feuer Frei!]

Umm, ain't she a bit on the young side? :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

i read thread title and immediately thought

then i realized you meant it as in "approaching".


sorry, ill BRB, gotta get my mind out of the gutter.
Did you miss the sly reference he was actually making?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/russiansposter.jpg?t=1303278906

[Molon Labe]

Old enough to take a gunshot for the Motherland, but not old enough to take a ***shot from a horny subsimmer?

[Feuer Frei!]

Would love to know the context of that foto.
The kid in the background looks about 8 or so.
Maybe a promo photo with kids or something?
I reckon that girl wouldn't be 18. If she was, then i'd be mega surprised.

[Krauter]

Old enough to take a gunshot for the Motherland, but not old enough to take a ***shot from a horny subsimmer?

That's a little... too vulgar if you ask me. Maybe I'm sensitive but common :timeout:

[Feuer Frei!]

That's a little... too vulgar if you ask me. Maybe I'm sensitive but common :timeout:
Agreed, sir!

[papa_smurf]

Saves them buzzing over previous NATO operations with aircraft, can be now done directly.

[TLAM Strike]

Would love to know the context of that foto.
The kid in the background looks about 8 or so.
Maybe a promo photo with kids or something?
I reckon that girl wouldn't be 18. If she was, then i'd be mega surprised.

Something along the lines of the Russian Sea Cadets I think. Part of the Baltic Fleet based on the hat.

Another photo of her...
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/431/1020487304380386sx7.jpg

[Oberon]

Aaah, the Baltic fleet, two rowing boats and a Kilo isn't it?

I must admit, the Baltic fleet always confused me, because if any war with NATO happened, there would be no chance of getting the Baltic fleet into the Med through the Bosporus unless you shuttled it out before the outbreak of war.
Still, can't win them all I guess.

The Russians are coming, I love that film, Whiskey on the Rocks ;)

Anyway, I'm not surprised about the submarine rescue exercise, I mean, no offense but they could do with learning a few things from us. :yep:

[Feuer Frei!]

Upon closer inspection, she cannot be 18! Surely.
Which makes a couple of those comments further down...well :nope:

[TLAM Strike]

Aaah, the Baltic fleet, two rowing boats and a Kilo isn't it?

I must admit, the Baltic fleet always confused me, because if any war with NATO happened, there would be no chance of getting the Baltic fleet into the Med through the Bosporus unless you shuttled it out before the outbreak of war.
Still, can't win them all I guess.

The Russians are coming, I love that film, Whiskey on the Rocks ;)

Anyway, I'm not surprised about the submarine rescue exercise, I mean, no offense but they could do with learning a few things from us. :yep:
I think you are confusing the Baltic and Black seas. :03:

Baltic is the one up near Dowly's house. :yep:

The only reason for such a big Black Sea fleet is A) Keep NATO in check in that area (Turkish Subs), and B) that is where all the big shipyards are at.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Anyway, I'm not surprised about the submarine rescue exercise, I mean, no offense but they could do with learning a few things from us. :yep:

I bet they've got better UK tidal maps than Astute has!

[HunterICX]

Anyway, I'm not surprised about the submarine rescue exercise, I mean, no offense but they could do with learning a few things from us. :yep:

As long the Astute isn't the role model :O:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=176309

HunterICX

[Susexx]

Something along the lines of the Russian Sea Cadets I think. Part of the Baltic Fleet based on the hat.

Another photo of her...
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/431/1020487304380386sx7.jpg

This is a not a Baltic Fleet, this is Black Sea Fleet (write on hat)

[Oberon]

Ah, see, either way I win. :haha:

Anyway, it's because of the fact that our boats keep crashing into things that we are good at picking them up again. :03:

[Bakkels]

Something along the lines of the Russian Sea Cadets I think. Part of the Baltic Fleet based on the hat.

Another photo of her...
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/431/1020487304380386sx7.jpg

That's a completely different girl than the one from the first photo btw...

[Krauter]

How will this help the US and her allies better evaluate the capabilities, or gather data off of the Akula (assuming it is an Akula based off of the photo) during these exercises?

Conversely, how much data could the Akula pick up on Nato warships etc?

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[nikimcbee]

i read thread title and immediately thought

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/3006001124_ae8168e2b5.jpg


then i realized you meant it as in "approaching".


sorry, ill BRB, gotta get my mind out of the gutter.

:sign_yeah::yeah:

[Oberon]

...

Little more than what is already known I'd wager considering NATO has been stalking Akulas and vice versa since they were introduced into service. Plus it will probably be an early model Akula which I'd wager NATO knows most things about already.

[TLAM Strike]

Little more than what is already known I'd wager considering NATO has been stalking Akulas and vice versa since they were introduced into service. Plus it will probably be an early model Akula which I'd wager NATO knows most things about already.

I heard its going to be the Kilo class Alrosa that going to the exercise not an akula.

[Seth8530]

I dont know how long it has been since any of yall have been 18 but i know plenty of 18 and 19 yr olds who look younger than her.. Also you must consider the fact that tho similar to Europeans and Americans.. Russians are slightly different in appearance than us do to genetic variation.

[Stealhead]

Without knowing a persons age for sure it can be very hard to tell how old they are. I am 34 years old but have had many people of varying ages some older and some younger than me think that I was as young as 18 which is 16 years off.Many people miss my age by 5 or 6 years which is about reasonable for the average person guessing another persons age.

Both of these girls could be as young as or younger than 18 I'd be very surprised if either of them are over 25 though judging by their apparent rank you can safely assume that they at the most 20 or 21.I dont think that the minor differences are going to make a 40 year old woman look like she is 18.

Also every human being looks different do to genetic variation.

P.S. I kind like the second woman more though dont tell my wife....her parents are from the Ukraine so shed
have my balls for checking out a younger and Russian woman.....:har:

[Platapus]

Did you miss the sly reference he was actually making?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/russiansposter.jpg?t=1303278906

I feel like that Eskimo in that La Quenta TV advertisement

"No body needs a clue!"

:D

[Torplexed]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/russiansposter.jpg?t=1303278906

The work of cartoonist Jack Davis. He's retired now, but that guy drew like a house on fire. :up: Even his preliminary studies look grand.

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Russians-are-Coming-Rough.jpg

[Stealhead]

When did "The Russians are Coming" originally come out anyway? some time in the 60's I assume.

I saw it for the first time back in maybe 1984 on VHS when I was a kid but I know it is a bit older than that.

[Fish In The Water]

When did "The Russians are Coming" originally come out anyway? some time in the 60's I assume.

You would be correct, way back in 66:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060921/

[Rhodes]

I have not seen this movie yet!

[Platapus]

I have not seen this movie yet!

It has its funny moments. I honestly don't know how well it would translate to today's audience.

[Rhodes]

It has its funny moments. I honestly don't know how well it would translate to today's audience.

Know what you mean! But if one has some knowledge about the era of the movie and what do they satirize, one can enjoy the movie.

A few time ago, during a party, I show a monty python DVD (1º season best skeetchs). A friend of mine could not find anything funny about what she seen (it was the "gang of old ladies" skeetch).

[Platapus]

I remember watching Dr. Strangelove with The Frau. She totally did not get the humour or the satire. In her defense, she was living in Germany at the time of the cold war and such things are probably not funny.

What makes it funny to me is that I knew people in the military like the characters. Not as exaggerated of course, but the mind set of the movie was real.

[Capt. Morgan]

I have one friend who sees nothing funny at all in Dr. Strangelove, and another friend - who teaches a course in the history of cinema - and his class (mostly kids in their mid 20's) all loved it. IIRC it was released a year or two after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Russians Are Coming is a great flick, but it ain't going to hold up as well as Strangelove - it's hard to beat Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Slim Pickins, and Kubrick - all at the top of their game.

[TorpX]

I have one friend who sees nothing funny at all in Dr. Strangelove, and another friend - who teaches a course in the history of cinema - and his class (mostly kids in their mid 20's) all loved it. IIRC it was released a year or two after the Cuban Missile Crisis.



Dr. Strangelove was one of my favorite movies years ago. I wonder how people today would react to it. Humor doesn't always translate well. In the same vein, I also liked The President's Analyst, but the same questions apply here. Has anybody seen this one recently?

[Fish In The Water]

The Russians Are Coming is a great flick, but it ain't going to hold up as well as Strangelove - it's hard to beat Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Slim Pickins, and Kubrick - all at the top of their game.

IMO, Strangelove was brilliant satire. It basically served up the cold war mindset on a platter, turkey and all! :salute:

[Capt. Morgan]

...I also liked The President's Analyst, but the same questions apply here. Has anybody seen this one recently?


Not recently, but I did see it when I was 10 -only once- and I still remember enough of it to recall seeing it when I was a kid (when he got kidnapped by the Canadian "Secret Service" the entire theatre erupted in cheers - I'm a Canuk eh?).

Sadly, the wall may be down, but I think the cold war remains. Also the level of paranoia, generally, is as high as ever, so I think young people today can still appreciate these films.

[MGR1]

Always thought Dr Strangelove as a classic.

Anyone remember "Seven Days in May"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May

Hardly ever shown on the telly, but I managed to catch it once and thought it was great.:up:

Mike.:)

[Sailor Steve]

Oh yeah! Read the book, saw the movie. Great quiet thriller.

[TorpX]

Not recently, but I did see it when I was 10 -only once- and I still remember enough of it to recall seeing it when I was a kid (when he got kidnapped by the Canadian "Secret Service" the entire theatre erupted in cheers - I'm a Canuk eh?).

Sadly, the wall may be down, but I think the cold war remains. Also the level of paranoia, generally, is as high as ever, so I think young people today can still appreciate these films.

The part I remember the best was that the Soviets were not depicted as the bad guys; the bad guys turned out to be the TPC, 'The Phone Company'. I thought this was hilarious. To me the whole film really made fun of politics and spying.