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[Amaunet]

Still working on Novorossiisk...


27 September 2003 16:12
Novorossiisk naval base to be finished by 2010 - fleet commander
The construction of the Novorossiisk naval base will be wrapped up by 2010, Black Sea Fleet Commander Vladimir Masorin told Interfax on Saturday. "Preliminary estimates indicate that the construction of the Black Sea Fleet naval base in Novorossiisk will be completed by 2010. Its cost will total approximately 2-3 billion rubles," Masorin noted. First of all, "a base for the forces already stationed there needs to be set up," he said.

At present, a brigade guarding the sea district and marine and aviation units of the Black Sea Fleet are stationed in Novorossiisk. However, there are just two pears to moor ships. During gales and storms, the vessels have to set out to open sea in order not to be smashed against the mooring wall. There are not enough malls and wave breakers at the Novorossiisk port.

"Further development of the Black Sea Fleet on the Russian coast has been planned. A state target program will be adopted. It will be linked to the overall development of the Russian Navy," he said. "The Black Sea Fleet commanders hope that it will be an excellent base not only for the forces currently stationed there but for additional forces as well," he said.
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[CoalTrain]

Navy. Under the agreement the two nations split the fleet's ships evenly, though Russia agreed to buy back some of the more modern ships with cash. Thus Russia ultimately received four-fifths of the Black Sea Fleet's warships, while Ukraine received about half of the facilities.


Four-fiths Hmm.... and I assume with the military airport that Moscow got an agreement to fly in Ukrainian airspace came along with that. So if Moscow loses control of Ukraine it loses control of its ability to fly in airspace that includes Poland,Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Belarus and Moldovan borders. It also risks having an Naval oriented arms race with the U.S. directly in its back yard, the Black Sea which is contiguous with Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia and Georgia.

Thats not much to lose.


If a sub was planted off the coast of Georgia it could´nt hit Iran or Iraq with one of those sunburn missiles could it?

OH I almost forgot. Ukraine has a border with Russia does it not? If the U.S. planted missiles near the Ukraine Belarus border I wonder if they could hit Moscow in less than five minutes?