On Sep 10, 4:27*pm, AirRaid wrote:

Wow, this thing is very misinformed.

According to DEBKAfile’s military sources, it consists of six to eight
vessels, led by the Kirov Class (Type 1144.2) Peter the Great nuclear-
powered heavy missile cruiser, one of the largest warships in the
world, which is designed to guard the rest of the group against
submarine and air attack.

Air attack, yes, sub attack, not really. It does carry five Ka-27s,
but they are unable to locate a sub contact on their own. They can,
however, prosecute sub contacts after the initial detection has been
done by an escorting ASW ship, like an Udaloy.

Other ships in the Russian flotilla are the Admiral Chabanenko , the
Russian navy’s most advanced guided missile anti-submarine battleship,
and the guided nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy . They are
escorted by five smaller warships and a fuel vessel.

Looks like the author doesn't know that Pyotr Velikiy translates to
Peter the Great.

I'd like to see the U.S. send a full sized battle group to the
region, *base 2 to 4 B-1B Lancer strategic bombers in a friendly South
American country and have a B-2 from Whiteman AFB fly over both the
base where the TU-160s are and the Russian ships.

What would be the point of that?

Russians need to be kept in check without escalating things too far.
Ronald Reagan would not have tolerated this behavior from the Soviets
during the 80s, without an American response. * The people in charge
of George W. Bush need to show some balls and confront the Russians
anytime, anywhere. On land, at sea, in the air.

Uh Huh, Soviet warships transited through the Carribean on a regular
basis during the cold war.