Just spent a few minutes looking at Google maps. Only the Russians can look at CP and think that's a good place for a navy. In order to get anywhere they got to go thru downtown Istanbul. You could take potshots with a 30-30 from your couch.

And that just gets you to the Mediterranean.
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