Doomer Doug
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Oh boy, remember our current Naval Chief of Operations wants transgenders on combat ship duty. And we are also poking China over Taiwan and the southern islands they have claimed and have built military bases on. I'm think you can safely call this naval ship deployment provocative.
The ship picture looks like what a sub commander would see if he popped up for a quick look out the scope. Like that scene in Das Boot with the British Destroyer hauling ass on them to drop depth charges.
Russia Deploys Crimea Missile System As Three US Warships Enter Black Sea
BY TYLER DURDEN
SATURDAY, JAN 30, 2021 - 9:55
On Thursday a guided-missile destroyer, the USS Porter, was the third American naval vessel to have entered the Black Sea over the past week, with the other two - the USS Donald Cook and USNS Laramie - having been there since Sunday. It's a significant build-up coming a mere week after Joe Biden entered the White House.
"The US Navy has three warships operating in the Black Sea, stepping up its presence in the region after a drop in overall NATO maritime activity there last year," Stars and Stripes reports late this week. "The destroyer USS Porter began its transit into the sea Thursday in support of NATO efforts, joining two other Navy vessels conducting operations in the strategic waterway, the Naples, Italy-based 6th Fleet said."
Prior file image of USS Porter (DDG-78), via USNI
While a beefed up US warship presence in the Black Sea is nothing new, given that as Stars and Stripes has noted the US Navy spent over 80 days in the Black Sea last year, Russia has certainly taken notice.
As Russia's state-backed TASS news describes, the defense ministry on the same day deployed a mobile coastal defense anti-ship system in Crimea.
Despite a bright spot in US-Russian relations coming this week with each side's negotiators firming up an agreed upon 5-year extension of the landmark New Start strategic nuclear weapons reduction treaty, the White House has still made clear this week it intends to keep up significant pressure on Russia.
Here's the former commanding general of US Army Europe hailing Biden's actions to get tough with Russia over Ukrainian sovereignty:
The ship picture looks like what a sub commander would see if he popped up for a quick look out the scope. Like that scene in Das Boot with the British Destroyer hauling ass on them to drop depth charges.
Russia Deploys Crimea Missile System As Three US Warships Enter Black Sea
BY TYLER DURDEN
SATURDAY, JAN 30, 2021 - 9:55
On Thursday a guided-missile destroyer, the USS Porter, was the third American naval vessel to have entered the Black Sea over the past week, with the other two - the USS Donald Cook and USNS Laramie - having been there since Sunday. It's a significant build-up coming a mere week after Joe Biden entered the White House.
"The US Navy has three warships operating in the Black Sea, stepping up its presence in the region after a drop in overall NATO maritime activity there last year," Stars and Stripes reports late this week. "The destroyer USS Porter began its transit into the sea Thursday in support of NATO efforts, joining two other Navy vessels conducting operations in the strategic waterway, the Naples, Italy-based 6th Fleet said."
Prior file image of USS Porter (DDG-78), via USNIWhile a beefed up US warship presence in the Black Sea is nothing new, given that as Stars and Stripes has noted the US Navy spent over 80 days in the Black Sea last year, Russia has certainly taken notice.
As Russia's state-backed TASS news describes, the defense ministry on the same day deployed a mobile coastal defense anti-ship system in Crimea.
Crucially the Russian military press release noted that the mobile systems are armed with anti-ship missiles, and are currently prepping for joint drills with Russia Black Sea frigates. "Combat crews arrived in the designated area, readied the systems for combat and carried out preparations for virtual fire," the TASS report continued.
Despite a bright spot in US-Russian relations coming this week with each side's negotiators firming up an agreed upon 5-year extension of the landmark New Start strategic nuclear weapons reduction treaty, the White House has still made clear this week it intends to keep up significant pressure on Russia.
Here's the former commanding general of US Army Europe hailing Biden's actions to get tough with Russia over Ukrainian sovereignty:
is going on China executes a FREAKING COMBAT ATTACK DRILL ON OUR CARRIER GROUP.
