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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Russian naval task force to Syria

Nikolai FilchenkovRussia has deployed several warships to Syria from Black Sea and Arctic naval bases.

Though Russia claims these are scheduled exercises, it is more likely a show of support for President Basher Assad’s regime, a deterrent to any Turkish or NATO action and/or a task force to evacuate Russian military and civilian personnel should Assad’s regime collapse.

From the Black Sea naval base at Sevastopol the Russian destroyer ‘Smetlivy’, will transit the Turkish Straits before entering the Aegean Sea en route to Syria.

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