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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Russia seeks navy bases in Cuba, Vietnam
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang said his country is ready to allow Russia to set up a servicing facility in Can Ramh Bay
Russia is in talks to set up naval bases in former Cold War allies Cuba and Vietnam as President Vladimir Putin undertakes the country's biggest military overhaul since the Soviet era.
"We are working on establishing navy bases outside Russia," Vice-Admiral Viktor Chirkov said in an interview with the state-run RIA Novosti news service and confirmed by the navy. "We aim to set up resupply bases in Cuba, the Seychelles and Vietnam."
Russian plans for overseas military expansion threatens to further strain relations with the U.S. at a time when the former superpower rivals are at loggerheads over American missile-shield plans and fighting in Syria.
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The US Government generally, and the US Department of Defense specifically, lacks intelligence and integrity--it runs on idology instead of intelligence, on pork instead of integrity. Here's a concept for a US Navy that might actually be useful:
ReplyDelete2008 U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century at Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog.