Russian fleet spotted off Norway as it heads toward English Channel

[TomSea]

Russian fleet spotted off Norway as it heads toward English Channel
Images of flagship aircraft carrier and other ships show flotilla on its way to Mediterranean to join Syrian campaign

Agence France-Presse

Tuesday 18 October 2016 20.55 EDT

The Norwegian military said Tuesday it had taken photos of a Russian fleet, including its flagship aircraft carrier, which were shadowed off its coast as they headed for the eastern Mediterranean.

Based in Severomorsk in the Barents Sea in the Arctic, the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and seven other vessels were photographed on Monday in international waters off Norway, Major Elisabeth Eikeland, spokeswoman of the National Joint Headquarters in the Norwegian army, told AFP.
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“We have been informed that they are en route to the Mediterranean,” Eikeland said.

“It’s not every day that so many ships sail together off Norway,” she said.



Read More At: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/russian-fleet-spotted-off-norway-as-it-heads-toward-english-channel

Through the English channel to the Med and on to Syria. Quite a voyage.

Related: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=230388.new#new

[geronl]

Last time the Russians tried this they had to tow their ships back

[Wingnut]

"We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills."

[EC]

Might be worth a day out to Dover to have a look.  ^-^

[mountaineer]