The Fishermen's Revolt Against Russia
In January last year, the Russian Navy brushed aside pleas from Dublin by announcing a major military exercise slap bang in the middle of Ireland’s fishing grounds. The country’s fishermen had other ideas: they refused to leave waters to the south of the country and maintained a round-the-clock presence, thus preventing the Russian warships from carrying out the drill.
Now it’s happened again. Norwegian fishermen have pulled off a similar victory against the might of the Russian Navy. Their successful efforts are a reminder that national security involves the whole of society — and that the best ideas don’t always come from the government or think tanks.
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And FUCK RUSSIA
The "might" of the Russian navy isn't all that impressive these days.
Its more like a "might sink at any moment".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank_incident
Could be worse.
Two things I've learned from Drachinifel's videos about Imperial Russia's Navy:
The Russian navy has never been anything other than a complete and utter laughing stock
Not quite the Russian navy, but during the Cold War, I'd place the Soviet Navy pretty comfortably as the second-most-powerful navy in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Navy
Having all the ships in the world isn't going to help you when the people operating them are incredibly incompetent
The fishermen were there to render aid in case one or more of the russki navy ships joins Moskva.
With the Russian navy you never know what could happen. Just like the kursk.
Russian navy, go fuck yourself!