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Aircraft carriers and sports: hockey match after American basketball

Moscow, Russia - A demonstration of force dressed up as a sport competition

The Russian hockey league plans to hold a regular-season match on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. This operation seems to be a reply to the basketball match attended by Barack Obama on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier. In particular, ice-hockey is a sport closer to the low temperatures the Northern Fleet is used to manage than American basketball. The...

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Rome, Italy, 05/29/2012 13:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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