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Mystery: Russian Warship Docks in Cuba Without Warning


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Mystery: Russian Warship Docks in Cuba Without Warning

 

Feb. 27, 2014 10:20am Elizabeth Kreft
 
  • A Russian warship docked in Havana Wednesday, without explanation from Cuba or the Russian government.

Cuban state media was also silent on the mysterious arrival of the Viktor Leonov CCB-175 boat, measuring about 300 feet long and 47 feet wide. According to French news agency Agence France-Presse, the ship docked at the port of Havana’s cruise ship area, near the Russian Orthodox Cathedral.

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A Soviet-made Lada limousine passes by Russian Vishnya (also known as Meridian) class warship CCB-175 Viktor Leonov, docked, on Feb. 26, 2014, at Havana harbor. The Vishnya class ships are used for gathering intelligence. They ships were built in the 1980s for the Soviet Navy and are still deployed within the Russian fleet. (AFP/Adalberto Roque)

 The Meridian-class intelligence ship is packed with electronic eavesdropping equipment and weaponry, including AK-630 rapid-fire cannons and surface-to-air missiles, according to the Daily Mail.

Also often referred to as a Vishnya-class ship, the vessel boasts a crew of around 200, and went into service in the Black Sea in 1988 before it was transferred seven years later to the northern fleet, Russian media sources reported.

The warship’s arrival hearkens to a time when the former Soviet Union was communist Cuba’s sponsor state through three decades of the Cold War. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin created distance between the two countries for a time, but more recently the two countries have renewed their political, economic and military cooperation.

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Tourists in a old American car pass by Russian Vishnya (also known as Meridian) class warship CCB-175 Viktor Leonov, docked, on Feb. 26, 2014, at Havana harbor. The Vishnya class ships are used for gathering intelligence. They ships were built in the 1980s for the Soviet Navy and are still deployed within the Russian fleet. (AFP/Adalberto Roque)

Havana is a little more than 100 miles off the coast of Florida.

“We are aware that a Russian naval vessel has docked in Havana … We recognize the rights of all sovereign nations to freely navigate in international waters and to port in the countries they have agreements with,” a Defense Department Official told TheBlaze.

When asked when the DoD knew the ship was in close range of the United States, the official told TheBlaze, “For operational security reasons, we will not discuss the specifics relating to our maritime domain awareness activities"

 

 

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/27/mystery-russian-warship-docks-in-cuba-without-warning/

 

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Thanks kcw...Guess the Russians don't really trust Obama on his spying, and now have devised a system to intercept the intercepted messages by our NSA systems...This should be the prelude of the worlds reaction to the antics of the Obama administration... 

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Looks to me Putin is sending a message loud and clear to O.  With troops on/in Ukrane (sp).  Wonder how many subs are out there just off our coast? 

Referrencing your question [with a World War II moniker] on how many subs Ivan has off our coast (s) . . . they've probably got Wolf Packs. They can smell the blood on a weakened and helpless Prey.

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