Have you seen how narrow the Bosphorous is? At its narrowest, it is only 750m (less than half a mile) wide.
Effectively, they can block it off with very little effort.
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Have you seen how narrow the Bosphorous is? At its narrowest, it is only 750m (less than half a mile) wide.How does Turkey prevent Russia from sending new warships into the Black Sea? Does the Montrose Convention have any teeth? Can Turkey physically chain off or block the entrance?
How does Turkey prevent Russia from sending new warships into the Black Sea? Does the Montrose Convention have any teeth? Can Turkey physically chain off or block the entrance?
I take anything from Bulgarianmilitary with a pinch of salt. They have a lot of garbage. I post some stories though only to give a different perspective.
Whatever the losses, Britain took Constantinople in 1918. And those were the Ottomans, with an empire of 24 million behind them. Today's Turks, forever noncommittal, unreliable, always slippery within NATO, always trying to play both sides of any confrontation, are a poor successor to the indomitable Ottomans. I'm not convinced that Ergoden would do anything to physically stop Russian warships from sailing up the Dardanelles, limiting any reaction to a diplomatic protest.How many ships did the Brits lose trying to force the straits last century ... and do you think Turkey has weakened the defenses? Trying to force the straits would be a major, combined operation.
What he doesn't even feel safe going to North Korea? Sends poor ol' Sergei instead.
Whatever the losses, Britain took Constantinople in 1918. And those were the Ottomans, with an empire of 24 million behind them. Today's Turks, forever noncommittal, unreliable, always slippery within NATO, always trying to play both sides of any confrontation, are a poor successor to the indomitable Ottomans. I'm not convinced that Ergoden would stop Russian warships from sailing up the Dardanelles
Of course, pausing to reload breaks one's concentration!
If I want the real garbage, I'll just read the Russian press. I won't repost it, though ... because it's garbage.
What? Not even as comedy?
It's not really, but you brought up the Ottomans and Royal Navy losses from over a century ago. I assumed it was a connection you were inferring, that today's Ottoman Turks would do the same to Putin's navy.How is this pertinent to today's conditions?
It's not really, but you brought up the Ottomans and Royal Navy losses from over a century ago. I assumed it was a connection you were inferring, that today's Ottoman Turks would do the same to Putin's navy.
No-fly zone.
Here's a few:
How Su-30 has intercepted the F-35: “He came almost out of nowhere”
It is possible that a Russian Su-30 used electronic warfare systems during an interception of an F-35 over the Baltic, confesses a ‘military sitemoderndiplomacy.eu
View: https://medium.com/@Luisondome/a-russian-su-30-intercepts-an-italian-f-35-in-the-skies-over-the-baltic-sea-594e00b00b3a
Which all point back to:
Reportedly the T-14 has been designed around the new X-shaped engine, T90 engine is too big and does not fit in the T-14.As for tank engines, why not stick the trusty T-72 and T-90 engine into the T-14?