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blondebanshee

(353 posts) Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:34 PM Jan 2019

Russian warships scrambled to intercept two U.S. Navy destroyers in Baltic Sea - media Read more on

Russian warships have been deployed to shadow two U.S. Navy destroyers operating in the Baltic Sea, it has been reported.

[link:https://www.unian.info/world/10415550-russian-warships-scrambled-to-intercept-two-u-s-navy-destroyers-in-baltic-sea-media.html|

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Russian warships scrambled to intercept two U.S. Navy destroyers in Baltic Sea - media Read more on (Original Post) blondebanshee Jan 2019 OP

Oh, please? COPENHAGEN? That's like 600 miles from Russia, isn't it? mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #1

Perhaps... tonedevil Jan 2019 #3

WTF are we doing there then it's like doc03 Jan 2019 #2

One word: NATO RainCaster Jan 2019 #4

+1000 RelativelyJones Jan 2019 #5

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Oh, please? COPENHAGEN? That's like 600 miles from Russia, isn't it?

Reply to blondebanshee (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:42 PM

Jan 2019

What, does Russia think the Baltic Sea .. is 'their own'? It's huge, and Russia only has like 2% of the shoreline of that sea, at most, at the furthest East-most portion of it.

Seems a little extreme to be sweating our ships in Copenhagen.

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)

3. Perhaps...

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:49 PM

Jan 2019

Putin wants to make it clear who is running the show.

doc03

(35,327 posts)

2. WTF are we doing there then it's like

Reply to blondebanshee (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:46 PM

Jan 2019

6000 miles from the USA.

RainCaster

(10,869 posts)

4. One word: NATO

Reply to doc03 (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:52 PM

Jan 2019

RelativelyJones

(898 posts)

5. +1000

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 04:10 PM

Jan 2019

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