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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| CV Kuznetsov deploys to the Mediterrainian |
| 2016-09-22 |
| [AlArabiya] Russia’s defense minister said on Wednesday that Moscow was dispatching its flagship aircraft carrier to bolster its forces in the eastern Mediterranean off Syria. The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier would be sent to join Russia’s current naval deployment there, minister Sergei Shoigu said during a televised meeting. “Currently the Russian naval deployment to the east Mediterranean consists of no less than six battleships and three or four support vessels,” he said. “In order to bolster the military capabilities of the group we plan to add the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to the group,” Shoigu said, without specifying a timeframe. Bombing campaign Russia has been flying a bombing campaign in Syria for the past year in support of Bashar al-Assad and has deployed a naval contingent to back up its operation. This is the first time that the Soviet-era Kuznetsov – Russia’s only aircraft carrier that is part of its Northern fleet based in Murmansk -- will join the Russian deployment after undergoing a refurbishment. Russia has a base in government-controlled Syrian territory from which it has flown most of its bombing raids in the country. It has flown long-range bombing raids from bases in Russia and fired cruise missiles from ships in the Caspian Sea and a submarine in the Mediterranean. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #11 Israel and Russia seem to be working |
| Posted by: Tarzan Slailet2796 2016-09-22 19:38 |
| #10 I wonder why we aren't hearing more from Israel. I get the impression the Russians and Israelis have some sort of understanding. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-09-22 15:45 |
| #9 Carrier cold Pappy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-09-22 15:21 |
| #8 Pappy, maybe the French can help with that. They've got experience. If it wasn't for the fact that aircraft are expensive and limited in quantity, the Russians would do on-the-job-training instead. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-22 15:06 |
| #7 With the world against them and now a soviet carrier fleet offshore, I wonder why we aren't hearing more from Israel. Maybe they are head down in prep. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-09-22 14:19 |
| #6 And can lend them the tug from the De Gaulle. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-09-22 13:36 |
| #5 Pappy, maybe the French can help with that. They've got experience. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-09-22 13:14 |
| #4 ...and a lack of a sea-going tug... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-09-22 11:46 |
| #3 I'll bet night qualifications are double-extra thrilling on Him. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-09-22 11:40 |
| #2 Apparently the deployment had been delayed due to a lack of carrier-qualified pilots. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-22 10:36 |
| #1 Appears the Russians have it under control. Might be a good time for us to bring it on home and let the party continue without us for once. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-09-22 04:31 |