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2020-07-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia flexes 'growing power' of its Navy with huge parade involving 200 warships in St Petersburg as Vladimir Putin promises 40 new vessels equipped with hypersonic weapons

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-26 07:31|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 As long as one were to discount Naval Aviation and Undersea Warfare that is.

Posted by Cesare 2020-07-26 10:13|| 2020-07-26 10:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The Varyag couldn't make the parade since the Russians couldn't figure out how to build it and sold the hull to the CCP.

Posted by Mercutio 2020-07-26 11:16|| 2020-07-26 11:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Ukraine sold the unfinished Varyag. It was built in Mykolaiv.

Posted by Cromoth Sheatch5463 2020-07-26 22:17|| 2020-07-26 22:17|| Front Page Top

#4 And those 200 "ships" probably didn't equal the tonnage of one US carrier battle group.

Posted by Cromoth Sheatch5463 2020-07-26 22:22|| 2020-07-26 22:22|| Front Page Top

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