Thanks Google, that was me. 240km range eh. Nearly twice the original range of the stock 3M80. With the 3M80MBE, I am pretty sure the ‘M’ stands for the Russian word meaning modernised/or modified. The ‘E’ probably for export. But what of the ‘B’?

No idea on the ‘B’. Do you think it’s the same seeker but with an extended range? or different seeker + extended range?

What about a female airplane? huh?

Too bad the Spanish couldn’t make fleets out of paella. Then they’d be rockin!

Do you feel Napoleon should’ve used his Guard at Borodino?

someone wanted to know about the modified sunburn for the PLAN’s 956EMs.

“In Kanwa Information Centre’s “Report on Russia-China Cooperation in Naval Technology” released in June 2003, Kanwa exposed for the first time that 956EM DDG would be fitted with the 240km-ranged 3M80MBE upgraded version SSM.”

I have another question for you people in the Benelux region.

Have you visited the Waterloo Battlefield? I’ve only been there once and just had enough time to climb the lion monument to the Prince of Orange to survey the field. My question is- are there any signs of evidence (or is it still visible today) of the famous ‘sunken road’ described by Victor Hugo in Les Mis. that supposedly swallowed up many of Napoleon’s finest cuirassiers?