On 12 December 2019 Russia's only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was destroyed by fire in drydock while being retrofitted. On 12 July 2020 one of America's smaller aircraft carriers the USS Bonhomme Richard was destroyed in a fire. The odds of this happening are 900 to 1. The USS Bonhomme Richard and the Admiral Kuznetsov are nearly equal in their displacements. There is a pattern of back and forth between the Russian and US Navies. On August 12th 2000 the USS Memphis and USS Toledo destroyed the Russian submarine Kursk. On October 12th, 2000 the USS Cole was bombed. Well you have to admire the symmetry of it all. Let's hope and pray this does not escalate out of control. Things often can when military men humiliate each other.
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