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this morning there were 2 articles in the Moscow Times making the Russian Navy sound like the Keystone Cops

if there was more room i wanted to title this -
"Nuclear Sub Test Reporting in Moscow Times - Feint, Real News, or Both ?"

"A test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile ended in failure Thursday"
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2006/09/08/014.html

"Nuclear Submarine Blaze Kills 2 Sailors"
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2006/09/08/011.html

reporting on an electrical fire - "He said the fire was most likely caused by a short circuit." - that's usually the way it is with electrical fires.

from reading these articles, one gets the impression that the Russian Navy is not the world's most efficient.

somehow, i doubt it's that simple. can't help but wonder if they have 2 military forces, the dangerously incompetent one that the world gets to see, and the one that is kept under wraps, like some of the US' own military research labs.

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', 's')omehow, i doubt it's that simple. can't help but wonder if they have 2 military forces, the dangerously incompetent one that the world gets to see, and the one that is kept under wraps, like some of the US' own military research labs.