So Targan, ready for T2k for real in your own backyard?

[StainlessSteelCynic]

The Daily Fail Australia (oh, sorry, that should have been, the Daily Mail) is reporting that Aussie Prime Minister Tony Abbott annoyed dear old Vlad and now Putie is sending warships to give us a bit of a scare.

They don't specifically say it in those words but the hyperbole is clear enough to read!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...0-meeting.html


In an attempt to identify the ship in one of the photos (pennant number 538), I've since found that two of the four "war"ships, the Fotiy Krylov and the Boris Butoma would appear to be support vessels (the Krylov an ocean-going tug and the Butoma a fleet oiler) - so much for the "fleet" of threatening warships sent to intimidate Australia!

In more proof that the newspaper deserves the title Daily Fail, I've found the ID of ship number 538, it's a Type 054A Frigate of the Chinese navy, specifically, the CNS Yantai
I found this by looking at the image URL YAY for the staff at the Daily Fail! (I hesitate to call them journalists or even reporters).

Daily Fail image


Wiki commons image


Wiki page on Type 054A frigates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_054A_frigate