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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 07:40 PM Mar 2022

Russian navy convoy passes through strait off Japan

Japan's defense ministry says six Russian naval vessels have passed through a strait between the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido and Russia's Sakhalin island.

The ministry says Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels spotted the Russian warships in the Sea of Okhotsk about 130 kilometers southeast of Cape Soya around Sunday midnight.

Ministry officials say the six vessels included a destroyer, a submarine, and a missile tracking ship. They say the Russian fleet later passed through the Soya Strait to reach the Sea of Japan.

Russia's navy has been carrying out large-scale maritime drills involving more than 20 warships in waters including the Sea of Okhotsk since February. The six vessels are believed to have taken part in the drills.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220314_44/

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Russian navy convoy passes through strait off Japan (Original Post) Sherman A1 Mar 2022 OP
Japan sunk their fleet once before. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #1
I believe that the Japanese sank both their Pacific Fleet and Sherman A1 Mar 2022 #2
The US has an aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea soryang Mar 2022 #3

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. I believe that the Japanese sank both their Pacific Fleet and
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:18 PM
Mar 2022

The fleet sent to replace them. But, that was more than a few years ago.

soryang

(3,304 posts)
3. The US has an aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:24 PM
Mar 2022

It's all international water. Freedom of navigation and all that.

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