Russian warship to visit San Francisco
 

Anyone in the Bay Area going to see this??? Too bad I'm in Long Beach ATM...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BAH71DSS0C.DTL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnTn1LSG9Zo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...raina1990b.jpg

Wish I was there, nice ships the Slava class, stalked them a few times in SC and DW. :yep:

Comment section of the article.:har:

These days, the Russians have to come to San Francisco to get a taste of Communism.

Damn! You beat me to the punch. I was going to post the RA2 intro:damn:
Ah, what the hell, I'll post it anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuwtN...eature=related

Nyet Comrade Premier...it has just begun...

And ROFLMFAO at the Comment Happy Times posted :har::yeah:

Thats one BIG missile cruiser. Kinda makes our Type 45's look weedy.

Aye, the Soviets went big on ASMs and SAMs with that girl. :yep: Pretty reliant on her Kamov for ASW though IIRC, although Jack Ryan/TLAM Strike will know more about that. :yep:

A lean, mean looking ship that lives up to being named after the Viking founders/conquerors of the Russian state :rock: Also worth mentioning that her famous 1899 namesake was built in Philly, so it's most appropriate for her to come visit the US and pay tribute. Here's to hoping also that this sort of friendship leads to more cooperation on piracy, where both Russian and US navies are concerned.

If she sticks around the West coast and heads south afterwards, I might be able to catch sight of her (I'll be in SoCal the following week).

One punch in the balls from the Astute and she'd be down and out :DL

Frankly, I still don't understand why in the 80s they didn't just build a few more of these babies rather than playing around with the Sovremennys. Of course, a Slava with its S-300 SAM and P-500/-1000 suite will cost more (and yes Zdhanov will have to retool or be given up), but then you get economies of scale, and there is simply no comparison between the combat potential of a Slava and a Sovremenny.

Heck, maybe if they bit the bullet and went up another couple of thousand tons, they might even have found the room to cram the full Polinom suite in and they won't even have to play with the Udaloys, and they can still keep the ASW missiles once the Vodopads come out in the mid-80s.

Naw she was reliant on her escorts for ASW, I think they intended her single Kamov for OTH targeting. The range of the N-12 is just about the max range of the Ka-27. :salute:

For more info on weapons like the N-12 go here:
http://www.ausairpower.net/region.html

Its in several good articles, its worth the hunting around.

She is more ASUW warfare and she alone is worth a visit it is a very nice ship and if you get a chance to get on board go.

*UPDATE*

Not only that the Russian President will also be in SF...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to visit United States in June

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/11/russia.us/index.html

WOW, I hope that that ship dosent bring acouple of hundred containerships with it!!!:o (guess Seattle wasnt good enough for em.)

(darnet, now I have to go play WiC again...)

That looks like a fun game! I'll have to check it out:up:

In real life though it's good to see the Russians making a come back as a more open society. That warship would be cool to see in San Fran when it arrives.:cool::DL