Look who's smoking
 

Is is just me, or are the Russians always smoking?

http://www.navy.mil/management/photo...-5758H-280.jpg

The guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58), HMS Portland (F79) of the United Kingdom, FS La Fayette (F710) of France and RFS Admiral Chabanenko (650) of Russia sail the waters of the Atlantic Ocean as part of FRUKUS 2007. FRUKUS, named after the participating countries was created in 2003 to aid talks between France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The countries will participate in a five-day exercise at Naval Station Norfolk and in the waters off the Virginia and North Carolina coast. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix (RELEASED)

I think its so their Helo pilots can find their way back to the boat without having it transmit a signal for them to home in on. :p

EMCON Russian Style. :yep:

Hey is it just me or is the russian ship painted in a dull black ?

On this pic it doesn't smoke: http://www.navy.mil/management/photo...-5758H-266.jpg

Very little wake....are moden war ships designed to reduce wake? :hmm:

I think they're just going slow.

For a minute then I thought somebody had caught me having a sneak puff...:|\\:rotfl:

i think you will find the sovvy there is cleaning out her stacks either that or its burning a heck of a load of oil !!!

and the hully is pained very very dark grey as its come from the northern fleet, go to the baltic and its battleship grey same colour as the rest of them.

That's the smoke from the large still on board for making vodka.

Maybe there all having a BBQ, with a shot of vodka trwon into the mix??:hmm:

Don't they still use coal fired boilers? :hmm:

COGAG

Oh, right!....gas from coal ;)

nah , the turbines are using a bit of oil so what :lol:

oh Bill....... :hmm:

Wow, that thing looks an'old Pinto a buddy of mine had....