It's always strange to see those modern naval guns being "really big" when land-based arty is 155 or 180 or bigger. Naval guns really have shriveled after WW2 times haven't they.
The only advantage guns still have is cost and magazine depth. The latter of which is only relevant in specific situations. Outside of that, guns are not particularly useful implements of naval warfare in this day and age. Missiles outclass guns by several orders of magnitude. That's why guns have become so small. They are reserved for targets you can't, won't or don't _need_ to expend a missile on.
@@raifsevrence That cost advantage only works for smaller calibers. Operating the Big 16 inch guns is extremely expensive in terms of Barrels, turrents, ship size, powder storage and safety.. manpower needed to operate such guns. Now they might manage to reduce manpower if they designed a brand new 16 inch gun with autoloader, but that would just result in even more costs to design and test it all In short, Big guns are REALLY expensive, and they are not as versitile as missiles.. You can design a missile that works for 60 miles range. and if you want one for 160 miles range. just add a booster.. the primary missile design needs no changes to work at the extended range
I think what you forget is the distance. Syria is between Africa and Russia. Ru planes can’t fly straight to Africa. That’s why Syria is super important.
Actually, they can -- but just to Libya. But... Libya is not actually set-up to receive general purpose civilian aircraft. And by Libya, I mean the turf around Benghazi. The rest of Libya is still off-limits to Putin.
Russia experiencing its own fleeing of the Shah. When the US suddenly lost Iran as its regional main ally and support base in 1979 in a matter of weeks, it also had trouble adjusting for at least a few years.
The new dictator said he doesn't want Russia to leave , that he wants good relations with them and that Russian engineers are the only think keeping Syrian power plants working.
@@suleyman8696i agree... the country known as syria would explode in wealth .. it is strategically placed for success .. if only they could setup democracy
We had a bit of the same in the West. When I grew up in the 1980s there were a lot of World War 2 movies on TV and a lot of us had grandfathers who had fought in the war. We used to play a lot with toy guns. But today I think the only toy gun my 10 year old nephew has is a bright orange nerf gun.
@@YandarvalWhen is displacement ever enumerated in pounds? This was a simple brainfart that was funny. No need to turn this into a war over the metric craze.
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A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said they were not aware of the decision, reported by Reuters on Tuesday, and reiterated China's opposition to U.S. sanctions. "As a matter of principle, I am not aware of the relevant situation," the spokesperson said at a daily press conference. "China has always firmly opposed the lack of international law on the part of the United States, illegal unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction without U.N. Security Council authorization," they added.
Considering Tartus is the only port that the Russians had in the Mediterranean Sea, I'm surprised that they gave it up so easy but, if they think that they can bribe the Libyans into giving them access to a port that can handle their navy, it might not be so hard.
They haven't. HTS/the gov officially offered the Russians to stay, and they currently still have both of their bases in Syria active, what this guy is saying isn't true.
What you guys don't understand about Russian oil is that you cannot ever take it off the market because they are simply too large of a supplier. Whole nations would have oil supply crisis and no US sanctions would convince them to not use Russian oil in that situation. China still has pipelines to Russia they can use but India does not.
With India as the sole buyer of Russian oil, they will have the upper hand at negotiating. With the threat of boycotting and leaving Russia without a buyer, they can probably squeeze Putin for a nice deal.
The new dictator said he doesn't want Russia to leave , that he wants good relations with them and that Russian engineers are the only think keeping Syrian power plants working.
@b1laxson De facto Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, he sats iy in the forst sentenceof the comment youresponded to, also it's easily to verify with a simple google search, I don't understand why you would even challenge such a statement.😂😂
he can get better engineeers to keep the power on from several countries in Asia, Europe, North and South America. and none of the would be the country that kept the puppet government in power for years.
@@wogelson literaly ever news source covering anything to do with the russian millitary in feb of 2022.. putin was plastered all over every screen talking about kiev in 3 days im not sure how your watching this and now aware of that.
Guess I'm not allowed to do a togue in cheek reply about who my sources are. Thanks Google, I have no idea what triggered the censor bots but I'm guessing it rhymes with tootin.
There didn't seem to be many clashes between the rebels and Russians in the final days, and the new government hasn't made an announcement yet about the Russians in Syria. I assume the Russians are trying to work out an agreement with the new government to keep the port. They probably are just keeping the ships nearby in case they can get access to the port again.
I think Syrias' new government has told Russia they can't take the equipment from the port, but can send russian troops home. The vehicles are either Ukraines' new used vehicles for Ukr's assistance retaking Syria from Russia. Or the equipment is Syria's new used equipment that won't be used to reinforce Russia in Ukraine.
China has the power of Siberia pipeline which is increasing flow to China almost weekly. China just doesn't want to look like they're evading sanctions and the shadow fleet was a sore thumb
they don't have enough to really annoy the US with and seeing as they can't send them to the Black sea without a good chance of them becoming submersibles lol
Good info, as always, thank you! ;-) Do you have a source for that supposed decision by China? That sounds like something that should be bigger news, unless they’re doing it on the QT.
I marvel that Putin didn't see the weakness of Bashar al Assad and begin negotiating with President Sisi of Egypt to allow Russia to lease a large tract of land along Egypt's northern coast. A safer place than Syria and would give Russia a better strategic position in the Med, IMO. Egypt's northern coast could've been a new and better strategic power hub, which would also have enabled them to move the Black Sea fleet out of that trap they're currently in. Coastal batteries and missiles could better defend Russia and Crimea.
The U.S. keeps Guantanamo because: 1) We are legally entitled to keep the base by terms of the lease, 2) We have the wherewithal to hold it. I dunno if Russia had a valid lease contract for the base, but they do not have the wherewithal to hold it. They’re too overextended elsewhere.
@@MarcosElMalo2 point one is invalid they are “legally entitled” they signed a 49 year lease in 2017. I’m not sure if Joe Biden signed a 100 year lease that china is allowed to occupy Maryland if that would matter to me but even if valid your point is ignorant becuase they do have a lease. 2. I understand this side. Yemen has proven itself strong enough to deny Red Sea shipping to the United States. So if we are unable to beat Yemen Russia probably can’t beat Syria? I think you’re right.
1. Russia controls all its bases. 2. Russia seem not to be interested in Syria anymore. 3.India is now biggest exporter of oil to Europe. 4.Russia is second largest LNG supplier to Europe. Just rerouting ...
@@jasonwalters6329 that was said two years ago and they are still going stronger, in fact it's stronger, they only people who are being hurt by the sanctions is us in the west, how do we know that, our infrastructure is falling apart, cuts everywhere and can't repair nothing
Tobruk and Benghazi were major players in the North African theater of operations, during WW2. The Brits and the Germans fought over those cities and ports, many times.
I’d be going to derna. More work yes, but’s also reasonably isolated and a blank canvas. Airforce case close by, mainly rotary wing but could be converted into large movement aircraft handling facility pretty easy.. that’s my bed
Us brits built up this infrastructure in tobruk and benghazi, later the US also used it during the Africa and Mediterranean campaigns, but it wouldnt be able to handle these old soviet rust buckets im its current state due to lack of further investment from foreign powers. They are likely going to have to invest millions to get it up to a good enough standard to properly accomodate the whole fleet and maintain the floating dry dock. Given what we have seen from northern russia regarding the Kuznetzov and Novorossyskia it would be doubtful they can go back home
Why, what is there to see? This is too far from home for Ukraine to consider targeting. No doubt they’re being monitored by NATO, but I doubt there will be any surprising intel gained.
Would be a complete waste of resource to strike. Turkey isn't letting those ships into the Black Sea, so they're a complete non-factor for Ukraine either way.
FYI Haftar isn't the official leader of the eastern half of Libya, the official leader in the east is Abdullah al-Thani of the House of Representatives (Tobruk government). The HoR split from the Government of National Accord (GNA) (western Tripoli government) in 2014 over human rights concerns, in particular protection of womens' rights and Islamists in the national government. The GNA stayed in Tripoli and became the UN recognised government. The HoR are secular and include former Muammar Gaddafi loyalists, his son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi aligned his party, Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya, with HoR in 2017. That said, Haftar is of course the De facto leader of the HoR (eastern Tobruk) government. After Haftar's forces were humiliatingly defeated following the intervention by Turkey, who backed the GNA by flying Syrian FSA mercenaries to Libya and providing GNA forces with anti-aircraft missile systems and drones, the GNA and HoR formed the Government of National Unity (GNA) in March 2021, so Libya now has a single government and a shaky truce that might fall apart if Russia provides military backing (after Ukraine is settled). Russia wants valuable oil and gas contracts, and indeed, as you point out, a new Mediterranean naval port.
3:45: I thought the Sparta III has been renamed to "Ursa Major" and sank on December 23 2024 in the strait of Gibraltar. Maybe the Russians named another ship this way, but to me the ship which you show in the video looks the same as the Ursa Major as described by Wikipedia...
Its so weird that everybody keeps saying that renaming ships is bad according to superstition.. and the Russians rename their ships ALL the time.. and they have all kinds of problems with their Navy.. Their carrier got renamed 4 times, has a tendency to catch fire in port and can't sail either cause it always breaks down and thus needs uts emotional support tug.. yet they insist on renaming their ships , they are horribly pigheaded.. :)
There is a 49-year contract between Russia and Syria, and the new regime of Syria is not opposed to the Russians staying and the Russians are staying, Now whoever tells you the Russians are leaving, ask him for recent photos or films of Russians leaving, not some tired satellite photo 😂😂😂
China and the Chinese Central Bank have been told to stop doing business with Russia or risk having the same sanctions applied to them. The US doesn't have the same leverage over India.
Russia has not been kicked out yet but of course that can change in the future. Russia has been flying out troops and equipment from their Syrian Air base freely without any interference from the new Syrian government.
Contrary to what Russian media love to fantasize about (mainly to justify the struggling performance of their army in Ukraine), NATO isn't at war with Russia, so the ships will transit just fine off the coasts of Europe.
Re. Syria/Rus situation: Sorry to partially disagree, but I saw an interview w Mr. al Juliani (the new al Qaeda/al Nusra/al Sham head-honcho in Damascus) on the Saudi 'al Arabia TV' website. First off, this guy is sharp ... I mean really sharp, & I don't just mean his ZZ Top well-dressed suits. He gave a brilliant run-down of the strategic choices facing the new gov't: menaced by the Turks in their latest incursion, the always-troublesome Kurds, the Israelis, & the rumoured new (illegal!) 2000-man U.S. base ... he wants to keep the Rus there as a pawn in the great game, as well as a source of spare parts for the Rus weapons already in Syria. I predict suspicion at first twixt Rus & al Q, then gradual pragmatic cooperation.
Yep - look at it from Syria's new rulers POV. Russia is no threat to them now so why piss them off? The last thing they need is another enemy so they'll hold their nose and make nice to the Russkis. And an operating port and other Russian-powered infrastructure is handy too.
It's always strange to see those modern naval guns being "really big" when land-based arty is 155 or 180 or bigger. Naval guns really have shriveled after WW2 times haven't they.
There are still some really big WW2 era guns in operation in Taiwan.
The only advantage guns still have is cost and magazine depth. The latter of which is only relevant in specific situations.
Outside of that, guns are not particularly useful implements of naval warfare in this day and age.
Missiles outclass guns by several orders of magnitude. That's why guns have become so small. They are reserved for targets you can't, won't or don't _need_ to expend a missile on.
long range fights are handled by missiles and no ships are armored these days.
@@raifsevrence That cost advantage only works for smaller calibers.
Operating the Big 16 inch guns is extremely expensive in terms of Barrels, turrents, ship size, powder storage and safety.. manpower needed to operate such guns.
Now they might manage to reduce manpower if they designed a brand new 16 inch gun with autoloader, but that would just result in even more costs to design and test it all
In short, Big guns are REALLY expensive, and they are not as versitile as missiles.. You can design a missile that works for 60 miles range.
and if you want one for 160 miles range. just add a booster.. the primary missile design needs no changes to work at the extended range
@@terjeoseberg990 tell me more!?
Sorry to be pedantic but 2:34 4000lbs displacement, are the Russians building ships out of balsa wood.
My brain went to la la land in that moment. It’s 4000 tons. Not pounds.
@@SubBriefAll of the best from England. You’re the best in the business.
What can you by these days for a pound per ton? Interestingly enough, tap water! 🙂 (0.1p per liter)
@@57thorns rubles?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think what you forget is the distance. Syria is between Africa and Russia. Ru planes can’t fly straight to Africa. That’s why Syria is super important.
Actually, they can -- but just to Libya. But... Libya is not actually set-up to receive general purpose civilian aircraft. And by Libya, I mean the turf around Benghazi. The rest of Libya is still off-limits to Putin.
What the hell are you talking about? Do you know how many Russians vacation all over Africa each year? No civilians crafts? Your comment is false.
@@schepvogelk5971 ?? Planes.. fly from Russia to Africa every day
@ not the heavy cargo ones.
@schepvogelk5971 ? Yeah the heavy cargo ones .. and the airline ones too
Russia experiencing its own fleeing of the Shah. When the US suddenly lost Iran as its regional main ally and support base in 1979 in a matter of weeks, it also had trouble adjusting for at least a few years.
The new dictator said he doesn't want Russia to leave , that he wants good relations with them and that Russian engineers are the only think keeping Syrian power plants working.
@@Rick8191-tv8pg As a Syrian I hope Syria can better its ties with the west (Europe Uk USA) to replace Russia as a power supporter with them.
@@suleyman8696i agree... the country known as syria would explode in wealth .. it is strategically placed for success .. if only they could setup democracy
@@suleyman8696 WHO has been starving Syria and the world?
Things have CHANGED.
No more effing bullying.
@@pausereflect5911Russia has. They started a war with one of the world's largest grain exporters, while being one themselves.
Great comments about Russia paying for their aggression in Ukraine with oil sales
We had a bit of the same in the West. When I grew up in the 1980s there were a lot of World War 2 movies on TV and a lot of us had grandfathers who had fought in the war. We used to play a lot with toy guns. But today I think the only toy gun my 10 year old nephew has is a bright orange nerf gun.
I didnt know that Aleksandr Lukashenko put on a hat a moonlit as the leader of Libya. TIL
Real good video and great news bro! Hope y’all are having a happy new year!!
2:35 Wow 4,000 lbs that seems a bit off for a ship.😂
tbh it's obvious what he meant even though he mispoke.
Yeah I don’t think anyone is going to mistake that Frigate for something that you can purchase on credit at Bass Pro Shop.
@@BlitzFromBehind Very true. However, the US does like to speak in pounds instead of tons or tonnes, like the rest of the World.
@@Yandarval fair enough I guess.
@@YandarvalWhen is displacement ever enumerated in pounds? This was a simple brainfart that was funny. No need to turn this into a war over the metric craze.
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Turns out it's ever better!
Eat Fresh.
There are actualy subliminal Sandwich Messages hidden in the Video.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said they were not aware of the decision, reported by Reuters on Tuesday, and reiterated China's opposition to U.S. sanctions.
"As a matter of principle, I am not aware of the relevant situation," the spokesperson said at a daily press conference.
"China has always firmly opposed the lack of international law on the part of the United States, illegal unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction without U.N. Security Council authorization," they added.
Agreed I'd love a source on that one.
Diplomacy is just another weapon for totalitarian governments…
@@UsnRoberts literally coppy the text and google
Considering Tartus is the only port that the Russians had in the Mediterranean Sea, I'm surprised that they gave it up so easy but, if they think that they can bribe the Libyans into giving them access to a port that can handle their navy, it might not be so hard.
So Easily? Think the Russian has fought for control of Syria in a decade before they lost the Syrian Civil War
They haven't. HTS/the gov officially offered the Russians to stay, and they currently still have both of their bases in Syria active, what this guy is saying isn't true.
@@MACRONOne is this what they tell you you have to say to earn your roubles?
@@MACRONOnesource?
@@chefchaudard3580 there is no source
Hi sir Aaron , happy new year and best wishes from the Netherlands to you and your family. ❤️🇳🇱
What you guys don't understand about Russian oil is that you cannot ever take it off the market because they are simply too large of a supplier. Whole nations would have oil supply crisis and no US sanctions would convince them to not use Russian oil in that situation. China still has pipelines to Russia they can use but India does not.
You forgot Turkey. Plenty of pipelines, both for gas and oil.
So their new policy might be just for show, since their new pipes must be opened up
2:36 The ship is about 4000 pounds? I think you meant TONS Jive Turkey! lol
Thank you Sir, for these great videos
They better hope Ukraine doesn't find those ships.
I feel like someone should be ready to document their convoy trip back home because it might just turn out to be comedic gold.
It would be wise for the new Syrian Goverment to collect Billions before they can get their equipment.
Just found the channel. Thanks for the amazing info and content.
With India as the sole buyer of Russian oil, they will have the upper hand at negotiating. With the threat of boycotting and leaving Russia without a buyer, they can probably squeeze Putin for a nice deal.
@@definitelynotthefbi725 India is biggest supplier of oil to Europe now. You can see what's going on.
You can be sure they will, they have no morals ,only greed....
@@An1Kumhaha exactly
Hate it when the new landlord locks you out. Darn.
Thank you Sir. You have always done great work. Analysis I can trust.
Excellent work
The new dictator said he doesn't want Russia to leave , that he wants good relations with them and that Russian engineers are the only think keeping Syrian power plants working.
who said he said?
@@Rick8191-tv8pg sounds more like a trap than anything
@b1laxson De facto Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, he sats iy in the forst sentenceof the comment youresponded to, also it's easily to verify with a simple google search, I don't understand why you would even challenge such a statement.😂😂
@@Goldfinch23 An account with a username like that screams Russian misinformation bot.
he can get better engineeers to keep the power on from several countries in Asia, Europe, North and South America. and none of the would be the country that kept the puppet government in power for years.
The new Syria leader seems to be good hope he looks after Syria people and keeps them out of the wars
They have suffer for far to long
Imagine having all those "state of the art" warships, sitting around aimlessly, while your country fights a 3 day "special" operation.
Can you tell me your source on who mentioned the 3 day operation?
@@wogelson literaly ever news source covering anything to do with the russian millitary in feb of 2022.. putin was plastered all over every screen talking about kiev in 3 days im not sure how your watching this and now aware of that.
@@wogelson USSR: Part 2.0 Pootin?
@wogelson A high ranking source in the Russian government. He goes by the name Vladimir P. and likes to ride horses with no shirt on.
Guess I'm not allowed to do a togue in cheek reply about who my sources are. Thanks Google, I have no idea what triggered the censor bots but I'm guessing it rhymes with tootin.
4,000 pounds of displacement???
4,000 tonnes sounds much, much more likely than a large naval vessel weighing the same as a small SUV!
Displacement refers to the volume of water displaced, not weight of the vessel.
Both those Frigate classes look like modern variants of the old Krivaks.
yes, one is even called the Krivak 5 by the US Navy. Very astute sir.
I believe they are built from Krivak IIIs, more specifically the Talwar class that Russia built for the Indian Navy.
3:37 saw an article few days ago about Dutch navy eyeing a sub and a vessel
There didn't seem to be many clashes between the rebels and Russians in the final days, and the new government hasn't made an announcement yet about the Russians in Syria. I assume the Russians are trying to work out an agreement with the new government to keep the port. They probably are just keeping the ships nearby in case they can get access to the port again.
There is no "buildup" near Syria - they are leaving. Title does not make sense.
Happy new year.
happy new year! you got your ears lowered, well done!
Wow.. Haven't heard that saying in decades.. Grandpa, is that you?
“Capable frigate” well sure if it’s captain isn’t drunk and the motors working.
I think Syrias' new government has told Russia they can't take the equipment from the port, but can send russian troops home. The vehicles are either Ukraines' new used vehicles for Ukr's assistance retaking Syria from Russia. Or the equipment is Syria's new used equipment that won't be used to reinforce Russia in Ukraine.
You should stop thinking
@@jamesdoesitmatter I doubt that? Russia could just pack up and bounce
Hi Aaron
I've seen that the Admiral Nakhimov seems to be out of the the shipyard after 28 years.
A video about it might be interesting.
Cheers.
4000 lbs?
A very light ship.
You mean Tonnes?
China has the power of Siberia pipeline which is increasing flow to China almost weekly. China just doesn't want to look like they're evading sanctions and the shadow fleet was a sore thumb
Tactical and Strategic defensive posture.
Sure they are not looking for any cables that other boat anchors might have missed ?
4000 pounds displacement? Did you mean ton?
3:34 - what is the thinking behind painting the top deck of the ship red. is it to maximize visibility for enemy reconnaissance platforms?
To escape over the horizon when being chased at sunset.
@@andrewgates8158 makes sense.
@@andrewgates8158 was also thinking perhaps they want to camouflage the deck of the ship with the flames when it is on fire.
I believe the Russian base at Tartus actually was originally a Soviet base going back to the late 1960s.
They off to join the rest of the black sea fleet in Davy Jones locker
The rest? Ukraine is constantly reporting on there still being many ships in the black sea fleet and all of them still firing missiles.
Wishful thinking of white washed clown rat 😂😂😂
Tobruk , a strategic choke point. Russians might think " If you annoy us in the Baltic Sea we will in the Mediterranean.
they don't have enough to really annoy the US with and seeing as they can't send them to the Black sea without a good chance of them becoming submersibles lol
Extremely vulnerable port, within easy strike distance of NATO bases in Italy.
@@MarcosElMalo2that is irrelevant, those neto are in same distance for a 💥 too. You cant use live ammo for annoyance
@@MarcosElMalo2that is irrelevont those neto are in same distance for 💥 too, beullies get beullied.
Their closest actual naval base is in St.Peterburg.
6:33 Wrong! That is Lukashenko's long lost Libyan brother.
Good info, as always, thank you! ;-)
Do you have a source for that supposed decision by China? That sounds like something that should be bigger news, unless they’re doing it on the QT.
Oh what a shame! 😊
Ahh, 4,000 lbs. Cool. my car is close to 3,000 lbs. I believe.
I marvel that Putin didn't see the weakness of Bashar al Assad and begin negotiating with President Sisi of Egypt to allow Russia to lease a large tract of land along Egypt's northern coast. A safer place than Syria and would give Russia a better strategic position in the Med, IMO.
Egypt's northern coast could've been a new and better strategic power hub, which would also have enabled them to move the Black Sea fleet out of that trap they're currently in. Coastal batteries and missiles could better defend Russia and Crimea.
Egypt is property of USA-Israel.
I think the US would put to much pressure on Egypt..
8:42 I get the insinuation, but most likely you got the causality wrong...
Couldn’t they do like we did with Cuba and just keep our base there even though they want us out?
The U.S. keeps Guantanamo because: 1) We are legally entitled to keep the base by terms of the lease, 2) We have the wherewithal to hold it.
I dunno if Russia had a valid lease contract for the base, but they do not have the wherewithal to hold it. They’re too overextended elsewhere.
Unlike Syria, Cuba doesn't have a credible threat of lobbing artillery rounds at Guantanamo.
@@alandoak5146 learn history. They had a credible threat of having nuclear weapons when we stilll held that base. Nukes are worse than artillery
@@MarcosElMalo2 point one is invalid they are “legally entitled” they signed a 49 year lease in 2017.
I’m not sure if Joe Biden signed a 100 year lease that china is allowed to occupy Maryland if that would matter to me but even if valid your point is ignorant becuase they do have a lease.
2. I understand this side. Yemen has proven itself strong enough to deny Red Sea shipping to the United States. So if we are unable to beat Yemen Russia probably can’t beat Syria? I think you’re right.
@@alandoak5146 read about a thing called “Cuban missile crisis” we kept the base when there was a credible threat of Cuba lobbing nuclear weapons
As an Israeli II never thought we will see the russians losing Tartus .. What a major asset lost.
1. Russia controls all its bases.
2. Russia seem not to be interested in Syria anymore.
3.India is now biggest exporter of oil to Europe.
4.Russia is second largest LNG supplier to Europe.
Just rerouting ...
Lol…..dreamer!!…..it’s the end of the Putin federation read the play….shes in her death throws….we’re just helping it get there sooner…..bhahaha 😂😂
@jasonwalters6329 delusion
@@jasonwalters6329 that was said two years ago and they are still going stronger, in fact it's stronger, they only people who are being hurt by the sanctions is us in the west, how do we know that, our infrastructure is falling apart, cuts everywhere and can't repair nothing
Tobruk and Benghazi were major players in the North African theater of operations, during WW2. The Brits and the Germans fought over those cities and ports, many times.
You don’t say?!
Your intelligence gathering, curation and summarisation is brilliant, thank you
It would be interesting if the US could have the base, but no one really likes us over there.
AQ is now in charge of Syria and Israel and Turkey may have a war (article 5 btw lol) so totally great news guys
No mention of the two large harbour cranes that were on top of the russian sunken supply ship, that were for that purpose probably?
How do the Libyan ports compare in size to US ports/Naval Bases? Are they the size of Mayport, or the former Charleston Naval Stations?
Thank you
Good report….
It would be nice to see tensions reduced worldwide but that seems less likely with the incoming administration. I hope I am wrong.
Hypersonic Cruise??? 1:44
Those words...I do not think they mean what you think they mean😂😂
If it is only 4000lbs it might be
Do you not understand what hypersonic cruise missiles are?
I’d be going to derna. More work yes, but’s also reasonably isolated and a blank canvas. Airforce case close by, mainly rotary wing but could be converted into large movement aircraft handling facility pretty easy.. that’s my bed
While not massive, that is a consequential amount of force. I wonder what the russians need to retrieve?
s-400?
Us brits built up this infrastructure in tobruk and benghazi, later the US also used it during the Africa and Mediterranean campaigns, but it wouldnt be able to handle these old soviet rust buckets im its current state due to lack of further investment from foreign powers. They are likely going to have to invest millions to get it up to a good enough standard to properly accomodate the whole fleet and maintain the floating dry dock. Given what we have seen from northern russia regarding the Kuznetzov and Novorossyskia it would be doubtful they can go back home
is this a deliberate buildup or homeless loitering? 🙂 Слава Україна 🇺🇦 з 🇦🇺
well they will eventually run out of food, if they don't leave
I wonder if the Ukrainians are having a little look at these evicted russian ships .
Whats that? Oh you mean 404, that thing is still around?
You mean NATO
Why, what is there to see?
This is too far from home for Ukraine to consider targeting.
No doubt they’re being monitored by NATO, but I doubt there will be any surprising intel gained.
That will be done by neto while seemingly giving the look ukern done it
Would be a complete waste of resource to strike. Turkey isn't letting those ships into the Black Sea, so they're a complete non-factor for Ukraine either way.
HTS wants to keep as much as possible Russian military equipment so it can build up its forces.
If it's Russian ships there has to be tug boats in the proximity
Happy New Year
Do you mean 4,000 tons? I wasn’t sure if maybe this thing was meant to be a little PT boat.
Isn't there anti ship missiles in silos around the port too???
Silos?
@@MarcosElMalo2 Missile is in a underground silo like a ICBM
FYI Haftar isn't the official leader of the eastern half of Libya, the official leader in the east is Abdullah al-Thani of the House of Representatives (Tobruk government). The HoR split from the Government of National Accord (GNA) (western Tripoli government) in 2014 over human rights concerns, in particular protection of womens' rights and Islamists in the national government. The GNA stayed in Tripoli and became the UN recognised government.
The HoR are secular and include former Muammar Gaddafi loyalists, his son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi aligned his party, Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya, with HoR in 2017. That said, Haftar is of course the De facto leader of the HoR (eastern Tobruk) government.
After Haftar's forces were humiliatingly defeated following the intervention by Turkey, who backed the GNA by flying Syrian FSA mercenaries to Libya and providing GNA forces with anti-aircraft missile systems and drones, the GNA and HoR formed the Government of National Unity (GNA) in March 2021, so Libya now has a single government and a shaky truce that might fall apart if Russia provides military backing (after Ukraine is settled). Russia wants valuable oil and gas contracts, and indeed, as you point out, a new Mediterranean naval port.
3:45: I thought the Sparta III has been renamed to "Ursa Major" and sank on December 23 2024 in the strait of Gibraltar. Maybe the Russians named another ship this way, but to me the ship which you show in the video looks the same as the Ursa Major as described by Wikipedia...
Its so weird that everybody keeps saying that renaming ships is bad according to superstition.. and the Russians rename their ships ALL the time.. and they have all kinds of problems with their Navy.. Their carrier got renamed 4 times, has a tendency to catch fire in port and can't sail either cause it always breaks down and thus needs uts emotional support tug..
yet they insist on renaming their ships , they are horribly pigheaded.. :)
Three vessels of that class. Er, I mean two vessels.
There is a 49-year contract between Russia and Syria, and the new regime of Syria is not opposed to the Russians staying and the Russians are staying,
Now whoever tells you the Russians are leaving, ask him for recent photos or films of Russians leaving, not some tired satellite photo 😂😂😂
Thanks
Not going to cover anything about Eagle S?
Kyiv independent reporting that they've been blocked from leaving.
Guys, China isn't going to buy Russian oil! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Benghazi? Tobruk? Why do those places sound familiar lol
China and the Chinese Central Bank have been told to stop doing business with Russia or risk having the same sanctions applied to them. The US doesn't have the same leverage over India.
Is the Admiral Kuznetsov still on the Mediterranean?
She's hasn't been at sea for years.
Kuznetsov hasn’t sailed since 2017 iirc.
Russia has not been kicked out yet but of course that can change in the future. Russia has been flying out troops and equipment from their Syrian Air base freely without any interference from the new Syrian government.
That’s the airbase. This is the naval base. If they’re not kicked out of the naval base, why don’t they go back?
Sparta III aka Ursa Major was sunk late 2024 in the western Med, so it won't be her
4:02 the front will fall off 😂
The Russian intended to get that port of Tartus back, either by diplomatic means or by force!!!
@@xz2bzy804 Russia is already fighting in Ukraine, and inviting more enemies is not a good idea.
They are gonna land 300 Marines and seize the port.
"I'm representing for them gangsta's around 10:27
(Still) Hitting them corners in them low-lows, girl"
I'm sorry, I'm simple.
Putin kicked out of Syrian port.👍
Interesting.
Does that leader of the eastern half of Libya look like James Doohan to anyone else?
How will Russian ships get back to Russia from the Mediterranean? Turkiye won't let them through their waters. At least not without a bribe...
The Black sea ships wont go back to the Black sea (which isn't safe for them anymore anyway), they'll go through Gibraltar.
@ That's a long way around through unfriendly waters. Good luck! 😁
Contrary to what Russian media love to fantasize about (mainly to justify the struggling performance of their army in Ukraine), NATO isn't at war with Russia, so the ships will transit just fine off the coasts of Europe.
Syria should collect BILLIONS of dollars from Russia
Didn’t Russia move them to Algeria or something?
Maybe it’s Libya.
4000 pounds displacement?
Re. Syria/Rus situation: Sorry to partially disagree, but I saw an interview w Mr. al Juliani (the new al Qaeda/al Nusra/al Sham head-honcho in Damascus) on the Saudi 'al Arabia TV' website. First off, this guy is sharp ... I mean really sharp, & I don't just mean his ZZ Top well-dressed suits. He gave a brilliant run-down of the strategic choices facing the new gov't: menaced by the Turks in their latest incursion, the always-troublesome Kurds, the Israelis, & the rumoured new (illegal!) 2000-man U.S. base ... he wants to keep the Rus there as a pawn in the great game, as well as a source of spare parts for the Rus weapons already in Syria. I predict suspicion at first twixt Rus & al Q, then gradual pragmatic cooperation.
Yep - look at it from Syria's new rulers POV. Russia is no threat to them now so why piss them off? The last thing they need is another enemy so they'll hold their nose and make nice to the Russkis. And an operating port and other Russian-powered infrastructure is handy too.