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...main Soviet objective is to outflank NATO's land-based defenses???a goal that the Russian navy has partial ly reached by penetrating the Mediterranean. In a report to the Western European Union last November, Dutch Delegate Frans Goedhart warned: "It is no longer correct to speak of the 'danger' of the Soviet Union outflanking the NATO southern flank. This 'danger' has become a reality." To the north, the Russians have also turned the Baltic into a virtual Red Sea on which their warships now outnumber NATO forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Power Play on the Oceans | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

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