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General Category => World News => Topic started by: ABX on April 14, 2018, 01:28:32 am

Title: Russian Navy chief threatens US warship near Syria with TORPEDO ATTACK: 'We have no fear'
Post by: ABX on April 14, 2018, 01:28:32 am

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A torpedo attack could cause “considerable damage” to USS Donald Cook, a guided missile destroyer operating near Syria, Vladimir Masorin, former commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, has said.

Although Russia probably won’t be required to “sink” the Arleigh Burke-class warship, Masorin said the weapon would be effective nonetheless.

Masorin, who commanded the Caspian Flotilla between 1996 and 2002, warned US President Donald Trump to refrain from bombing Syria over the chemical attack.
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https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/695876/ww3-news-syria-war-russian-navy-uss-donald-cook-torpedo-attack (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/695876/ww3-news-syria-war-russian-navy-uss-donald-cook-torpedo-attack)

Title: Re: Russian Navy chief threatens US warship near Syria with TORPEDO ATTACK: 'We have no fear'
Post by: edpc on April 14, 2018, 01:53:18 am

They also have at least two Kilo-class submarines in the area from Tartus.  The Kalibr missiles they and their ships carry are the big threat.  I don’t think they have the stones to do it, though.  The carrier group in the area would decimate them.