Russian warships open fire during a presentation during Navy Day celebrations off the coast of the far eastern city of Vladivostok July 29, 2007. Russia's navy will start sorties in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean as part of a drive to boost Russia's military presence on the world's oceans, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Maltsev
Should West Be Worried By Russia Naval Moves? -- James Kraska, Special to CNN
Just as Russian ground forces have moved into Ukraine, in recent weeks Russian air and naval forces have conducted a handful of high-visibility deployments throughout the oceans and airspace of the global commons. Should the West be worried?
Generally, these operations comply with the international “rules of the road” at sea and in the air, and are in compliance with international law. All nations are entitled to freedom of navigation and overflight in the global commons. Thus, the deployments should be seen as great power theater, rather than as a violation of international law. Yet they also dispel any doubt that we now live in a tri-polar world, with a revanchist Russia and China bent on upending the U.S.-led global order in Europe and Asia, respectively.
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My Comment: Russia has been spending an enormous amount of money to rebuild and modernize its navy .... but it still has a long way to go to reach a level that will even come close to matching what the U.S. and the West presently have.
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WNU,
"Russia has been spending an enormous amount of money to rebuild and modernize its navy .... but it still has a long way to go to reach a level that will even come close to matching what the U.S. and the West presently have."
The Spanish thought the same thing about the British around 1588.
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