On 26 Aug 2003 20:57:31 -0700, (The
Enlightenment) wrote:

(Michael Petukhov) wrote in message . com...
http://gazeta.ru/lenta.shtml?274014#274014 (in russian)

Aug 25, 7:40

commander-in-chief of Russian NAVY admiral Kuroedov told
press that forces of russian pacific ocean fleet have
detected in Saturday and also today foreign submarines
in the area near Kamchatka where large scale manoeuvres of our
fleet are carried out. "We are fully in control of this
situation and prepared to interact with our foreign
"observers" in this way as well. Perhaps those subs
came instead of observers who were invited but did not
came from some countries", he said //Interfax

Yesterday there were news reports that two Tu-160s arrived
to Vladivostok to carry out missions in "long distant ocean
zone". Tu-160s never operated in Pacific Ocean area.

Michael



I'm told that the Russians had a huge Joke with an american nuclear
sub after exercises in Australias North recently. After the exercises
the Americans were relaxing on their "steel beach" (Mouring the
submarine in such level that it forms a recreational beach.)

A Russian "observer" sub that the Americans knew was there suddenly
sufaced at high speed for 20 seconds and its bow wave washed the USN
sailors into the water.

I'm sure there was payback.


You gotta admit though that is pretty funny :-)