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| Tango01 | 23 Dec 2014 10:21 p.m. PST |
… Submarine Fleet is a Fearsome Nuclear Weapon at Vladimir Putin's Disposal. "Russia plans to commission eight Borei-class submarines that will be at the disposal of President Vladimir Putin by 2020. The Kremlin characterises the subs as "the backbone of Russia's naval strategic forces for the coming decades." The Borei subs, also known as Dolgorukiy-class, is being advertised by Moscow as a strategic nuclear deterrent, according to a report by ITAR-TASS news agency, in the same manner that Putin had described the 80 plus intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) that his country will acquire by 2015 as potent weapons against aggressions directed to Russia. Yet as specs of the Vladimir Monomakh, the third of the Borei subs to join the Russian navy since last year, were revealed last week, it became clear that Putin is adding another war tool that will give him significant edge in engaging the United States and the West into a shooting war…"
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| Zargon | 24 Dec 2014 5:31 a.m. PST |
More  , seen tennis matches with more intrigue. |
| Tango01 | 24 Dec 2014 10:15 a.m. PST |
Dude!… (smile) Amicalement
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| Lion in the Stars | 24 Dec 2014 11:31 a.m. PST |
What Czar Vlad is neglecting to mention is how many of his nuclear missiles have reached the end of their shelf life and need to be dismantled/re-manufactured. Not to mention the age of the Russian boomer fleet, which makes the Borei-class a replacement for those Delta IVs, not an addition. |
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