#PREVIEW: #SpecialEdition: What is the possibility of naval combat in the Black Sea, NATO vs the Black Sea Fleet? Gregory Cople Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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#PREVIEW: #SpecialEdition: What is the possibility of naval combat in the Black Sea, NATO vs the Black Sea Fleet? Gregory Cople Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batser. I spoke with my colleague Gregory Copley, editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs, |
| 0:06.4 | about the possibility of naval conflict in the Black Sea. |
| 0:10.1 | Gregory was definitive. |
| 0:12.1 | No, the United States and the NATO powers are very, very careful about confronting Russia in the Black Sea. |
| 0:21.2 | That would be an escalation to nuclear and global warfare potential. |
| 0:30.4 | So that's not going to happen deliberately. |
| 0:33.4 | And I think Russia has been very careful not to interfere with allied shipping in the Black Sea. |
| 0:41.4 | It has, if you like, shown that it can dominate the use of US surveillance drones. |
| 0:50.6 | But that's as far as it's gone. |
| 0:52.6 | Gregory Copley, editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs, who are going to Moscow. |
| 0:57.4 | This is John Batser. |
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