Originally Posted by
Saintsman
What I have always found strange is that for an 'Aircraft Carrier Killer', it was based in the landlocked Caspian Sea.
Who's aircraft carriers were they planning to kill?
Good point Saints, a Soviet politician would claim they were a successful deterrent in that case !!!. I've visited the Caspian Sea a few times and the first massive drilling barges (cut into sections less than 17m wide) , drilling platforms and equipment for the early oil/gas industry were towed down rivers and canals from (believe it or not) The Baltic Sea and reassembled. Aircraft carriers can eat their heart out though.