[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by speed150mph

I read the news report linked on the news page of subsim about Russia sending the Dmitiry Donskoy, Russia's last operating typhoon class refitted with Baluva SLBNs. Does anyone know if this is a mess-up? Russia has a lot of platforms that they could send to Syria including the ships operating in the med or the Black Sea fleet. An SSBN would be the most useless thing you could send to Syria plus your bottle necking the thing in the relatively shallow waters of the med, where it would be open to attack by the diesel boats of a dozen unstable countries.

It doesn't make sense to me, anybody got any ideas?

Originally Posted by Aktungbby-Europe migrant problem thread
What I don't comprehend is why the EU doesnot freeze the assets of the Syrian state to pay for the mass exodus and issue a war crimes warrant against any and all parties. I notice none of refugees are headed for Russia which supports...or has supported the Assad regime; PUTIN' an unfair economic strain on Europe!. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%27s_role_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11845635/Vladimir-Putin-confirms-Russian-military-involvement-in-Syrias-civil-war.html what's new pussycat?

Throw in the Russian and Chinese joint maneuvers in the Mediterranean of late...http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/15/china-russia-navy-joint-sea-2015-asia-pivot-blowback/ posted in the 'Rimpack thread' and you begin to understand "show of force 101" also known as "threat in being 101" We do it all the time too with a carrier task force They're just playing 'catch up'!RIMPACK 2000! Yeah BBY!