Slava-class guided-missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov departs Russian Northern Fleet base Severomorsk. Russian MoD Photo
Three Russian guided-missile cruisers have been arrayed across the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to counter three NATO carrier strike groups, causing concern in the Pentagon, a U.S. defense official told USNI News on Tuesday.
As of Monday, the three Slava-class cruisers were operating in and around the Aegean Sea – RTS Moskva (121) in the Black Sea, RFS Varyag (011) south of Italy and RTS Marshal Ustinov (055) off the coast of Syria, near Russia’s naval base in Tartus.
Moskva is based in the Black Sea, while Marshal Ustinov traveled from the Northern Fleet and Varyag from the Pacific Fleet. Ustinov and Varyag entered the Mediterranean from opposite ends earlier this month.
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3 comments:
The Mediterranean is one place the Russian navy should harassed without mercy, just as the Russian navy harasses foreign ships that enter the Black Sea. The US and NATO need to have enough ships amassed in the area to blow the shit out of them if they decide to get frisky.
I always hate Russian ships. They are loaded to the gills. If anything breaks out they need to be eradicated without mercy.
Russians don't take a dump without a plan
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