"Third NATO Ship Enters Black Sea" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 30 May 2014 11:24 a.m. PST |
A French frigate entered the Black Sea on Wednesday, growing the number of NATO surface warships in the region to three, according to a ship spotting blog and Russian press reports… link |
| parrot1500 | 30 May 2014 11:30 a.m. PST |
Apropos of nothing, and not in keeping with the seriousness of the situation, that's a beautiful little ship. |
| GROSSMAN | 30 May 2014 11:32 a.m. PST |
Pretty, but harmless looking to me. Three whole ships-we are really rattling the saber here aren't we. |
Tgerritsen  | 30 May 2014 12:20 p.m. PST |
I completely forgot that France re-entered Nato in 2009. |
| Garand | 30 May 2014 12:45 p.m. PST |
IIRC technically France never left NATO, just opted out of the NATO command structure. Damon. |
| Garand | 30 May 2014 12:52 p.m. PST |
Wiki entry for the Surcouf (the FFG in question): link Damon. |
| MajorB | 30 May 2014 1:02 p.m. PST |
growing the number of NATO surface warships in the region to three, Doesn't mean a thing. The Black Sea is international waters and ships of any nation have a perfect right to be there. |
| Roderick Robertson | 30 May 2014 1:17 p.m. PST |
Pretty, but harmless looking to me According to the Wiki entry, it carries 8 Exocet missiles… |
| Lion in the Stars | 30 May 2014 6:52 p.m. PST |
Too bad the Russians have like 80 ships in the Black Sea Fleet! |
| Garand | 30 May 2014 8:17 p.m. PST |
Russian Black Sea Fleet: link CG: 1
DDG: 1
FFG: 2
Landing Ships: 7
Diesel SS: 1
ASW FFL: 5
FFLG: 4
FAC: 6 Rest are minesweepers or support ships. Not much info on how much or what quality the Ukrainian Navy assets are. Total 38 ships of which 20 are "combat" ships. Couldn't find solid details about the US 6th Fleet in terms of assets or number of ships. Damon. |
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