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Why are US ships sailing into the Black Sea dangerous for Russia?

The two US ships announced for entry into the Black Sea have weapons capable of guiding Ukrainian missiles to targets and shooting down Russian aircraft. Military expert Alexey Leonkov stated this on air on the Soloviev Live Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Leonkov, US destroyers are armed with missile defense systems and cruise missiles. “If we are talking about Arleigh Burke-class destroyers...

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Trump will allocate billions of dollars for the largest expansion of the US military fleet since the Cold War

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised to build a navy, as stated, “to prevent new threats from Russia and China.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte The Associated Press writes about this. The US Navy has calculated that it is necessary to increase the number of ships to 355, which is a larger figure than what Trump called...

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South China Sea. The US is escalating

The United States has sent one of its warships to the disputed Spratly archipelago, which in China is commonly called the Nansha Islands. The destroyer Lassen entered the 6-mile zone of the Zhubi Reef at about 40:12 a.m. local time and spent several hours there. Lassen belongs to the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers; the ship's main strike armament is Tomahawk cruise missiles. Subscribe to…

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