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Old 02-22-2008, 18:49 PM   #133 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tin Man View Post
Nope, certainly not armchair Admirals, they added "poor designs" as well. If they have an Axe to grind about the Soviet Navy well that is something else entirely. I`ll take their word for now thanks. Enjoy the rest of the discussion
Take off that tinfoil hat and stop listening to your imaginary friends.

The video below, showing a Sovremenny-class destroyer (from 00:44 onwards : Admiral Ushakov, ex-Besstrashny, pennant number 434) during a September 2004 deployment in the Barents Sea, clearly illustrates the benefits of a broad waterplane hull in heavy weather.

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