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2014-04-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian tug off Florida: supporting nuclear attack subs or observing SpaceX launch?

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Posted by 3dc 2014-04-18 03:45|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Knowing Russians, both.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-04-18 04:02|| 2014-04-18 04:02|| Front Page Top

#2 neither makes sense

surface ships provide no value added to a missile submarine unless the submarine has a damaged communication system

also a surface ship off the coast provides no value added for observing a high tech launch if your satellites are working

Posted by lord garth 2014-04-18 07:43|| 2014-04-18 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Vlad's sticking his thumb in Obama's eye.

Posted by Raj 2014-04-18 10:05|| 2014-04-18 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Not saying this is true or not, but a surface ship would provide a sort of shield; can't harass the sub without also harassing the surface ship. Well, at least not as easily. Hiding out in the open.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-04-18 10:14|| 2014-04-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Terrorist Clive Bundy re-supply vessel ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-18 10:46|| 2014-04-18 10:46|| Front Page Top

#6 A diver and submersible launch platform for repairing/replacing seabed communications lines. Maybe tapping the feed to the G.bay facility.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-04-18 11:23|| 2014-04-18 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 When I was a teenager, my dad and I went fishing out of Port Canaveral. On the way out we saw a US boomer, ships for supporting NASA launches, and, after we left the harbor a couple of Tomcats that had been flying escort for a shuttle returning from the west coast landing site.

Right at the edge of international waters was a Russia. "fishing trawler"... Whether they were there for the shuttle or the sub, hard to say. But this is nothing new.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2014-04-18 11:34|| 2014-04-18 11:34|| Front Page Top

#8 These fishermen hungrily staring
Imply that their birds need repairing.
With their nets and their dishes,
Are they there for the fishes,
Or are they just sharing red herring?

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2014-04-18 15:55|| 2014-04-18 15:55|| Front Page Top

#9 I offer an alternative explanation: the condition of the Russian navy has become so poor that an ocean going tug is sent along with higher value ships to tow them home if they have a major breakdown.

Posted by Chantry 2014-04-18 19:22|| 2014-04-18 19:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Gievn the recent incidents invol the RussNav, "towing the Sub(s) in case of breakdown" is as valid a reason as any.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-04-18 19:47|| 2014-04-18 19:47|| Front Page Top

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