Russians claim USN....

[rickusn]

Battleships as their own!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! LOL

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/02/...pmistake.shtml

Gotta love it!

[Karna]

Someone ought to make a "PWNED" picture with that one.

How embarrasing.

[HistoricalDavid]

Considering the battleship's long, hard 16"/50 guns, I'd venture a guess and say it was a little Freudian penis envy.

[-{SpoonmaN}-]

Isn't the Kirov class BCGN awesome enough?

[RustyBattleship]

I sent that link to Mike Weidenbach, the museum curator of the Battleship Missouri in Hawaii. He was very thankful for it and they say they already are trying to contact somebody in Moscow to send them a full size copy.

[sparten]

Errr... are you guys sure that this is a real article? Look at the other stories.

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[TopHatter]

Errr... are you guys sure that this is a real article? Look at the other stories.

Pretty sure that it is. I posted the same thing in the Pub with the picture.

EDIT I trashed my thread, no need for doubles

[Dreadnought]

Even long after they've retired Mo she still has awesome diplomatic value and certainly an American naval icon. ;) Agreed look at the other stories...lmao

[HistoricalDavid]

Isn't the Kirov class BCGN awesome enough?

Yes.

When they aren't busy being floating maintenance disasters.

[rickusn]

Fake or not fake?

I read some of the other stories and they didnt appear to be as far-fetched as the headlines appear to make them.

It was also carried on MSNBC. Heres the link.:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11524992/

[Dreadnought]

Fake or not fake?

I read some of the other stories and they didnt appear to be as far-fetched as the headlines appear to make them.

It was also carried on MSNBC. Heres the link.:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11524992/

From that very article as well.

In August last year, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper also spotted posters around Moscow meant to mark Russian Navy Day depicting a Knox class frigate, a class of U.S. Navy ships

[-{SpoonmaN}-]

Yes.

When they aren't busy being floating maintenance disasters.

Yeah well the Iowas are all decommissioned or mothballed, so the Kirov wins.

[gunnut]

Yeah well the Iowas are all decommissioned or mothballed, so the Kirov wins.

Five Kirovs were laid down, only 4 were completed.

Admiral Ushakov (ex-Kirov) had a reactor "accident" in the early 1990s and was cannabalized for parts.

Admiral Lazarev (ex-Frunze) is out of service for a decade and will be scrapped.

Admiral Nakhimov (ex-Kalinin) is the only active Kirov.

Petr Veliky was laid up soon after completing sea trials.

The 5th ship was scrapped on the ways.

At least 2 of the 4 Iowas can be reactivated. Their names were reinstated back to the Navy's registry. That means something.

There was an analysis on the armament prowess of the Kirovs. They are not as formidible as people think. Without over the horizon guidance, they actually pack less fire power than one of our VLS cruiser/destroyer.

[HistoricalDavid]

Thank you gunnut. :)

[Dreadnought]

Two completely different classes of ship all together so it negates any arguement : )~~. Especially with the Iowas being almost thirty years older then the Kirovs.