More on Russian Navy
While looking into more details on the Battle Cruiser in the previous post, I stumbled onto this well-written story about the state of the Russian Navy.
From the
BBC:
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Russia's Rusting Navy
The decline of Russia's armed services has been unmistakable for more than a decade, but it is the crisis in the navy that has been most conspicuous of all.
bq. The declaration from the navy commander-in-chief that the nuclear cruiser Peter the Great is too dangerous to be at sea is only the latest in a string of problems.
bq. The sinking of the Kursk submarine during exercises in 2000, was Russia's worst peacetime military disaster, leading to the death of 118 sailors.
It goes on to list a whole litany of problems including one Navy Base being so far behind on utility payments that it had its power cut for non-payment.
Posted by DaveH at March 23, 2004 12:12 PM