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From: deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Other Battlesets for Harpoon?
Message-ID: <2854@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 20 Feb 91 23:56:51 GMT
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>>Does the NACV include the all-new Soviet Kremlin CVN class aircraft carrier?!?

>  Unfortunately, no Tbilisi....
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
>  There is, however, the Baku, which is the last of the Kiev line, and is
>mighty powerful.        ^^^^^^

FYI, the Soviet Navy announced some months ago that it was renaming major
ships named after the capitals of rebellious republics.  The BAKU, named 
for the capital of Kazakhistan (I think), will be renamed ADMIRAL OF THE
SOVIET UNION GORSHKOV; the TBILISI, from the Georgian capital, will become
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET KUZNETZOV (cut his WHAT off?); finally, the RIGA, of
Baltic fame, will be rechristened VARYAG -- a classic Russian cruiser name
formerly borne by a KYNDA-class cruiser, now presumably stricken.

This info was derived from the Jan. '91 edition of _Naval Institute
Proceedings_.  Also included in the brief was the history of the person-
alities mentioned above:

Admiral Kuznetzov was Stalin's Naval Chief, both before and after WWII,
and was responsible for the massive building program that produced the
SVERDLOV- and SKORYY-classes, plus reportedly carriers.  His successor
(after Stalin's death, Kuznetzov was discarded with his program) was
Admiral Gorshkov, who was apparently appointed to preside over the death
of the Soviet surface fleet, but managed to save the fleet by transforming
it.

-shane

national insecurity advisor