tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post6632373907705956810..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: Contesting Control of the Atlantic OceanA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-50241299170143009742020-02-11T22:35:18.123-04:002020-02-11T22:35:18.123-04:00Lewis noted that USS Mahan (DDG-72) was at sea for...<i> Lewis noted that USS Mahan (DDG-72) was at sea for the early stages of its training in late 2019 and encountered a Russian intelligence ship off the East Coast of the United States.</i> <br />https://news.usni.org/2020/02/04/as-russian-submarines-lurk-2nd-fleet-conducting-tougher-training-of-east-coast-ships<br /><br />Oh dear! A Russian ship! Those navy boys have been having a soft ride since the colapse of the USSR. I am old enough to remember that pretty well any thing NATO sent to see larger than a flotilla of two rowboats and a canoe had it' own set of Soviet "trawlers" shadowing them.<br /><br />A single Russian vessal of the US East Coast seems pretty mild.<br /><br />Giventhose NATO exercises one can see why Russia is investing in the navy again.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.com