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    What Russian professes they want to do and what they can do are two different things. They don't have much and unless they fix their demographic problem and become something other than a mafia state, they will have less in the future.
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    Default Like I Keep Saying It's All About The Missiles!

    Until Directed Energy Weapons become truly viable it is all about guided missiles. And regardless of what the long term outlook for Russia is, Putin will be a formidable adversary in the coming years for America. The more we push for a so called Missile Defense for Europe the more you will see a Russian Missile push back. Naval ports and Missiles....that is something that Russia has a long history with and they are good at it.

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    Slap:

    I am beginning to see your point about missiles.

    Speaking of directed energy weapons, Information Dissemination recently had this about USN lasers.

    http://www.informationdissemination....lk-lasers.html

    The Russians seem to do missiles well but when talking about sea fighting that often means ships or planes, if only to carry the missiles to within launch range and to target them. In the Russians case they don't have much in the way of ships and planes. And since sea fighting is most often conducted by navies, and the Russian Navy has about the worst history of accomplishment of any navy I can think of, I can't see what Russia can do coming anywhere close to what they say.
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    Default Sharing in the Seychelles?

    A quick search on Google found numerous reports of the USA having a facility for drones in the Seychelles, plus China wanting to have access for its navy. Not to overlook the close relationship India has with the Seychelles.

    IIRC the USA has a possibly commercially run military satellite station there too.

    So a Russian base or access to facilities will fit in very nicely.
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