NATO

Gunboat Diplomacy in the Black Sea

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"RIA Novosti news agency quoted an unnamed Russian intelligence officer saying there now were a total of seven military ships belonging to Germany, Poland, Spain and United States in the Black Sea."
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gd39nF5Yf0EKlWT9eMewY2Wg4owA

... I assume that's NOT including the USS McFaul, which left the Black Sea just as the USS Mount Whitney entered.

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