[lbo-talk] Russia's rusting navy

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Sat Mar 15 11:29:06 PDT 2008


BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Last Updated: Tuesday, 23 March, 2004

Russia's rusting navy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/880220.stm

By Stephen Mulvey BBC News Online

The decline of Russia's armed services has been unmistakeable for more than a decade, but it is the crisis in the navy that has been most conspicuous of all.

The declaration from the navy commander-in-chief that the nuclear cruiser Peter the Great is too dangerous to be at sea is only the latest in a string of problems. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/880220.stm



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