Kuznetsov in Mediterranean

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Kuznetsov in Mediterranean

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The Russian aircraft carrier passed 10 january English Channel for Mediterranean.

There they join the other Russian naval ships.

See
http://brezjnev.wordpress.com/2014/01/1 ... a-kanalen/

Other sources claim russian super carriers ready 2023.

Something with 70000 tons.
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Re: Kuznetsov in Mediterranean

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The carrier is supposed to be a show of force in support of one mister Assad in Syria. Russia has a naval base there.
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Re: Kuznetsov in Mediterranean

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Russia has around 20 large surface combattants in service - the Western world with USA, Japan, etc has around 150 large surface combattants / all linked with space, computor command and intelligence systems.

Most of them with a lot of aircraft or helicopters.
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