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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:04, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Admiral Spiridov-class monitor

 * ... that the role of the two Admiral Spiridov-class monitors in Russian war plans during the 1890s was to defend the Gulf of Riga against an anticipated German amphibious landing?
 * Reviewed: Victor Hartman

5x expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Self nominated at 20:15, 4 September 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Size, expansion, dates, hook and other policies all seem fine. But, according to List of wars involving Germany, Germany and Russia were not at war in the 1890s. Why did they fear a German military attack? Perhaps it may need to be clarified, or link to some other article with further information. Cambalachero (talk) 15:03, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Tensions were high between Germany and Russia starting in the 1890s - Kaiser Bill allowed the Reinsurance Treaty to lapse in 1890 (in no small part because a coterie of Russophobes had come to positions of power in Germany), Russia joined the alliance with France in 1892 (which more or less made war with Germany very probable), and of course there were always the long-simmering tensions with Austria-Hungary (Germany's chief ally). All of this is quite a bit beyond the scope of this article, however. Parsecboy (talk) 15:19, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * To echo Parsec, every nation writes contingency war plans against all of its neighbors as well as more distant threats. I'm sure that the US has one for Canada, buried in a file drawer or server somewhere.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:43, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article is good to go Cambalachero (talk) 17:45, 10 September 2014 (UTC)