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Back to bottling my Grenache
Back to bottling my Grenache
Using an SSBN either to do ASW exercises, or to "show the flag," is a ridiculous use of such a vessel.The last Russian submarine of the Typhoon class leaves its current port with possible destination to port in Syria
The submarine departed accompanied by antisubmarine corvettes "Onega" and "Naryan-Mar" of the Project class 1124 Albatros (code NATO Grisha) with which it has done in previous exercises of this type in which surface ships attempt to detect the presence the submarine and this in turn escape detection means which have the corvettes.
However, according to trade publication DEBKAfile, the fate of the submarine would not be participating in these exercises but cross the Mediterranean and reach Syria to bolster the Russian military presence in this country, until recently unrecognized by the Russian government. If so, it would be a clear signal of Russia to the United States and countries seeking to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has the support of Russia and Iran primarily. If you are on course for Syria will take about ten days at sea to reach its destination and will become relevant when making decisions on military intervention in the conflict factor.
interestingly, they
(we're talking
are going to exercise the AA warfare/defense now in the Caspian Sea, says the article from yesterday:
so I guess they'll launch the Igla missiles, shoot AK-630 CIWS ... if I happened to find details, I'd post
Using an SSBN either to do ASW exercises, or to "show the flag," is a ridiculous use of such a vessel.
If they are not using her for SSBN duties any longer perhaps the ASW exercise is believable.
We shall see...but I am odds on that it does not dock in Syria.
No...none of the Typhoons were made into SSGNs. They only built six of them, and this is the last one. This one was used to test the new Buleva missiles for the Borei.I'm not that familiar with Russian sub developments, but I seem to remember that the Russians converted some of the Typhoons into SSGNs?
Could this be one of the converted SSGNS?