yeh –it’s a matter of material –that flotilla could knock a lot of Rus stuff down, but when it is all out of ammo, Ivan will still have a shitload of local stuff, and more coming from the interior. Think of that flotilla being enemy and fighting up the Houston ship channel –or NY harbor –or hmm, i was gonna say San Francisco Bay Area –but skip that. Naw, it’s a humanitarian mission, a diplomatic weapon, and a trip wire. Not a military power-balancer at all. IOW, it’s edge of our seat time, still.