Finally a promising sign from USA.
I hope it's a case of gunboat diplomacy.
Stefan Lemieszewski
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 12:01 AM
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Subject: [politics] U.S AIRCRAFT CARRIER BATTLE GROUP NEARS BLACK SEA
No attack so far
Live Updates at RFE/RL:
http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/clashes-in-ukraine-live-blog-kyiv/25267783.html
It appears Russians in Western Russia were ordered back to base -- in Crimea
they seem to be holding positions
The great news is this:
U.S AIRCRAFT CARRIER BATTLE GROUP NEARS BLACK SEA
http://turnerradionetwork.com/news/340-pat
Monday, 03 March 2014 18:47
March 3, 2014 -- (TRN) -- In response to a Russian invasion, the United
States has sent an aircraft carrier strike group toward the Black Sea to be
able to respond to developments on the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine. The
super-carrier USS George H.W. Bush plus seventeen other ships and three
submarines passed through the Aegean sea this afternoon. The George H.W.
Bush is carrying 90 aircraft including helicopters of various types, and
several squadron's of F-22 Raptors, the most advanced combat aircraft in the
world. The submarines each have twenty four missile silos, with each silo
housing a missile armed with eight separate nuclear warheads which operate
as MIRV's (Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles) that can be independently
targeted.
The George H.W. Bush is the first and only aircraft carrier in the world
that has successfully sea-launched and landed an unmanned X-47b Stealth
Drone which can be used for long term surveillance or for offensive attacks.
The number of ships accompanying the George H.W. Bush in this strike group
is significant: 17 ships and 3 submarines.
Aircraft carrier Strike Groups are assembled as-needed so there is no
particular number of accompanying vessels. However, the graphic below gives
readers a sense of the types of vessels that accompany a U.S. Carrier which
is being sent into battle.
The arrival of the USS George H.W. Bush increases the military might facing
the Russians by an order of magnitude. This one strike group has more
firepower than the entire Ukrainian air force and, in fact, more total fire
power than all the countries bordering the Black Sea combined, with the
exception of Russia itself.
The carrier has not actually entered the Black Sea and may not be able to.
The Montreux Convention Regarding Regime of the Straits forbids ships whose
sole purpose is launching of aircraft, from passing into the Black Sea.
Russia was able to bypass this restriction by pointing out that its aircraft
carrier(s) performed operations other than launching aircraft. As a state
bordering the Black Sea, Russia got away with this; the U.S. may not. Even
though Turkey is a NATO ally, they retain absolute legal authority over the
strait of Bosporus and it will be Turkey's call on whether or not to allow
the ship into the Black Sea.
Entry into that sea is NOT necessary for the George Bush to be 100%
effective. All of the Ukraine and, of course, Crimea, is already well-within
operational range of the aircraft on the George Bush if it simply remains in
the Aegean.
RUSSIANS DEPLOY ANTI-AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
In preparation for the arrival of the US Aircraft Carrier, last night, the
Russians began moving their S-400 missile system toward Ukraine. This is
one of the most advanced anti-aircraft missile systems in the world; it can
track and shoot down aircraft from the size of a soccer ball to a bomber, at
altitudes from 500 feet to 40 miles, even if it is traveling at supersonic
speed. The video below, taken inside the region, shows a convoy of Russian
S-400 missiles on the move toward the Ukraine.
Normally, such a formidable missile system would be a devastating defense,
but the U.S. is also deploying another weapons system, which has been
successfully tested, which can knock the S-400 out of action. TRN is not
revealing the nature of that system for obvious reasons.
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