Bob Bateman writes:True, it was once a powerful force, and feared by NATO. But the salient point is why the Soviet Navy was feared. It was not because it could project power far from Russia's shores. That has never been a capability the Soviet fleet...
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Bad, but hardly surprising: The Kremlin controls much of the Russian media, and Putin occasionally meets with friendly groups of senior journalists to answer questions and guide news coverage.... The.
Time to reactivate Iowa and Wisconsin!!!!1!!!!1!
Given that the Russian Navy is hopelessly outmatched by NATO in the Black Sea, what point is there to maneuvers off Venezuela?...a source indicates to me that the task force in question will include RFS Pyotr Velikiy, Russia's 27000 ton nuclear battlecruiser. Now that's exciting....
Russia Navy Blog has a translation of a Russian article investigating the effectiveness of the Army in Georgia. Reaction speed: Good. Communications: Bad, especially with the Air Force. Recon and.
Try to make it sound plausible...The owner of an internet site critical of the Russian authorities in the volatile region of Ingushetia has been shot dead in police custody. Magomed.
Caveat emptor, President Kokoity.The Kremlin moved swiftly to tighten its grip on Georgia’s breakaway regions yesterday as South Ossetia announced that it would soon become part of Russia, which will open military bases in the province under an agreement to be signed on Tuesday.Tarzan Kokoity,...
China isn't comfortable with the rules Russia wants to play with.A summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a seven- nation security alliance that includes China and four former Soviet republics,.
A correspondent keeps sending me groovy Russian TV clips; this one takes something of an alarmist view of the ability of a Tomahawk missile to strike targets in Russia. Of.
Sevastopol:Russia's flagship cruiser re-entered the Black Sea on Monday for weapons tests hours after the Russian military complained about the presence of U.S. and other NATO naval ships near the Georgian coast.The "Moskva" had led a battle group of Russian naval vessels stationed off the...
Via Danger Room, David Fulghum has a good post up at Ares on the Russian Air Force. Whatever prep the Army and the Navy may have conducted prior to the.
I can't be the only one to think that this cover art is just... fabulous in so many ways. In other stuff that you should be reading:Doug Muir on Zviad.