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**tankfixer**

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: : : :In article a86ec029-67d2-48c9-916b-4fd3b945b993
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: : : : Now you're trying to tell us that Russia has NO shipyards and no deep
: : : : water ports.
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: : : :None with ready access to the worlds oceans.....
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: : : Sorry, but you need to buy a map. Once you do, find Murmansk and
: : : Vladivostok. Unless you maintain that the Atlantic and Pacific are
: : : not part of "the worlds [sic] oceans" your comment above stands shown
: : : as false.
: : :
: : :Funny how to transit out of Vladivostok you have to pass through fairly
: : :narrow straits not under the control of Russia.
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: : This pretty well applies to any port anywhere, if someone is waiting
: : for you. If they go north they can stay in waters controlled by them
: : until in open ocean.
: :
: :Hardly.
: :Go north and they go straight to choke points the JSDF and USN can
: :close.
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: If they want to get sunk by the Russians they can try that.
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:The Soviets couldn't bar the USN from the Sea of Oshkosh when they had a
:huge navy. What makes you think the Russians can now ?
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Oshkosh is in Wisconsin, you idiot!

Must be where you get your clothes - Oshkosh, b'gosh!

Ohh a speeling flam

The Sea of Okhotsk

But then you knew that.

I'm not sure precisely what you have in mind, but the size of Russia's
Navy has nothing to do with it. You're close enough inshore so that
airplanes will blow your ass off if you try to sit in there.

Yes, that is the problem the Russian face in trying to get out of
Vladivostok....