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08-06-2009, 09:54 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming...
Quote:
Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S.
By MARK MAZZETTI and THOM SHANKER
Published: August 4, 2009
WASHINGTON — A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.
The episode has echoes of the cold war era, when the United States and the Soviet Union regularly parked submarines off each other’s coasts to steal military secrets, track the movements of their underwater fleets — and be poised for war.
But the collapse of the Soviet Union all but eliminated the ability of the Russian Navy to operate far from home ports, making the current submarine patrols thousands of miles from Russia more surprising for military officials and defense policy experts.
“I don’t think they’ve put two first-line nuclear subs off the U.S. coast in about 15 years,” said Norman Polmar, a naval historian and submarine warfare expert.
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More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/wo...trol.html?_r=1
Scuttlebutt is that they want in on the "Cash for Clunkers" program 
(I can't take credit for that, saw that elsewhere but too good not to pass on) |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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Apocalypse is Coming:
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08-07-2009, 04:40 AM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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wonder what that looks like on a fishfinder  |
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08-07-2009, 04:59 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Heavens to mergatroid
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08-07-2009, 08:05 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,123
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The days when an Akula was a first class sub ended about 15 years ago.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-07-2009, 07:56 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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08-07-2009, 08:10 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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P. one of my favorites. 
Best line was being it was a Sunday morning, one guy yells, in true New England lingo--
"Oh my Ghad they opened the Bahr."  |
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