On Nov 19, 3:21 pm, "dott.Piergiorgio"
wrote:
Fred J. McCall ha scritto:

[snip]

Hm. Excellent food for thought

(starts ruminating)

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.

The other reason was that cruisers are the largest ship that can
transit the Bosporus. Russia is basically landlocked, especially in
the West.