tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post8315655411029960885..comments2023-04-01T10:38:24.993+01:00Comments on Grand Logistics: Russia Buys MistralsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post-5232002737911655242011-06-20T03:32:21.802+01:002011-06-20T03:32:21.802+01:00Hello TheRaging Tory,
of course the Kuril Islands...Hello TheRaging Tory,<br /><br />of course the Kuril Islands!<br /><br />With the critical fuel/payload trade offs of a helicopter,ships like the Mistrals make a lot of sense if you are going to deploy them far from home.<br /><br />The problem is you need to out punch your land and sea based opposition.<br /><br />I can't see the Northern or Baltic fleets doing that against European naval opposition,though that may change with the never ending European defence cuts.<br />I can't see the Eastern fleet taking on the Chinese,Japanese or South Korean navies either.<br /><br />Though A Russian amphibious force could take on the small garrison of a Japanese island and amphibiosity allows ground forces to "hit em where they ain't" in continental operations.<br /><br />These ships would be useful in the Black sea against Georgia and Ukraine.<br /><br /><br /> GrandLogistics.GrandLogisticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216594701400296075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post-20213994962494502032011-06-19T18:38:42.881+01:002011-06-19T18:38:42.881+01:00Russias current long term security problem is prot...Russias current long term security problem is protecting the Far East against China.<br /><br />A land war in Siberia would be foolish. Hit and Run along the coast, at least might be possible.<br /><br />Technicaly, its wargames are aimed against Japan.....TrThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316335177828136131noreply@blogger.com