OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
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OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
I'm surprised they let people take pics of those now. There was a time you'd end up in Siberia for taking those.
Or .... was you real sneaky?
Nice pics though. I wonder what that big proboscis on the sub is for?
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Or .... was you real sneaky?
Nice pics though. I wonder what that big proboscis on the sub is for?
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
I wonder what that big proboscis on the sub is for?
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
BARF!!BlaineG wrote:I wonder what that big proboscis on the sub is for?
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If you look closely, you'll see 2 round doors on the front. It was an early version of a long range surface to surface missile system mounted on a sub.I wonder what that big proboscis on the sub is for?
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Well Steve, it's been nice to know you.
No! Wait... umm I see you are, ahh.
Oh well, never mind they probably have toe tags for us all any way.
No! Wait... umm I see you are, ahh.
Oh well, never mind they probably have toe tags for us all any way.
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
Steve,
Ah yes, now that you point them out I can see the round doors.
Great pics. From top secret to let every body see 'em. I wonder where they are hiding their top secret navy stuff now?
Blaine,
Thanks, I needed a laugh!
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Ah yes, now that you point them out I can see the round doors.
Great pics. From top secret to let every body see 'em. I wonder where they are hiding their top secret navy stuff now?
Blaine,
Thanks, I needed a laugh!
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
Cool stuff Steve(great pics too)
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With the various security clearances and security accesses I acquired for all of the 'kill ya before I tell ya' programs I worked during my career, I was a bit nervous about taking our trip to Russia last August. Turned out that they are so busy with the mafia issues, I was good to go so this trip to Ukraine was a piece of cake.Rusty wrote:Well Steve, it's been nice to know you.
No! Wait... umm I see you are, ahh.
Oh well, never mind they probably have toe tags for us all any way.
Now, our trip to China in October 2009 was another thing. When I landed in Beijing, they took a bit of time letting me in the country and on the tour, we were assigned to our 'tour guide', I couldn't pick one like the other passengers could and he made it a point to be very friendly. It was kinda funny because we both knew that I knew what he was doing.
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
"They" may have more lists of "us" than our own government does...COSteve wrote:Now, our trip to China in October 2009 was another thing. When I landed in Beijing, they took a bit of time letting me in the country and on the tour, we were assigned to our 'tour guide', I couldn't pick one like the other passengers could and he made it a point to be very friendly. It was kinda funny because we both knew that I knew what he was doing.
I don't know if that is frightening, or reassuring...
What are the big angle-mounted 'pods' on this ship for...?
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
certainly the Russians have embraced capitalism and tourism.
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
Spasiba Tovasrish 
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Good pics Steve
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(thankyou comrad -spelling?)Good pics Steve
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Re: OT - A Bit of the Black Sea Fleet
Correct.
The ship is one of their cruiser classes IIRC or a heavy destroyer. Used to have them all memorized.
Where we went for reloadable smart launchers and missiles, the Russians went with the 'eggshells armed with sledgehammers" approach and knew their maintenance capabilities would never keep launchers like we use operational. So they had fixed launchers, fire and forget, to be reloaded assuming you survived the battle.
The Russian sub is a Mike-class I believe? As previously stated, early cruise missile/surface-to-surface shipkiller. 40+ year old design now, current missiles of the type can be vertically launched through dedicated tubes, or torpedo tube launched.
The ship is one of their cruiser classes IIRC or a heavy destroyer. Used to have them all memorized.
Where we went for reloadable smart launchers and missiles, the Russians went with the 'eggshells armed with sledgehammers" approach and knew their maintenance capabilities would never keep launchers like we use operational. So they had fixed launchers, fire and forget, to be reloaded assuming you survived the battle.
The Russian sub is a Mike-class I believe? As previously stated, early cruise missile/surface-to-surface shipkiller. 40+ year old design now, current missiles of the type can be vertically launched through dedicated tubes, or torpedo tube launched.