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Russia's Moskva missile cruiser, dubbed a "carrier-killer" by NATO,
"The Black Sea flagship entered the Russian Navy's area of responsibility in the Mediterranean at 11:00 pm Moscow time yesterday," the agency reported a military source as saying. The missile-carrying cruiser is expected to join its final destination in eastern Mediterranean on September 15 or 16. Upon arrival, the command of the Russian Navy unit in the Mediterranean, currently stationed onboard the Admiral Panteleyev anti-submarine ship, will be relocated to the Moskva. The missile cruiser, initially known to Western naval intelligence as "Slava" (Glory), was launched in 1979 and entered service in 1983. It was later renamed the "Moskva" in 1995. Designed to be carrier-killers, the cruisers of Class 1164 are equipped with 16 anti-ship launchers P-1000 Vulkan, or Volcano (SS-N-12 Sandbox anti-ship missiles, according to NATO classification).
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 1979? She's getting a little old... USS Nimitz's keel laying was 1968, June I believe. age is relative, it's maintenance and upkeep that matter. (wanna say something about upkeep costs of Spousal Unit, but discretion keeps getting in the way) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-09-11 23:42 |
| #3 Correct me iff I'm wrong, but iff memory serves the original "MOSKVA" was the namesake of a SovNav Helo Carrier-class built by the Vietnam War-era USSR in response to the USN's "GUADACANAL" class LPHS. You're correct, Joe. This"MOSKVA" is an upgraded KIROV-class heavy battlecruiser from the 1980's, which I believe the post-USSR Russians are using functionally as "Sea Control" vessels while their Navy modernizes??? Ex-'Slava'. And it's a combination sea-control and command ship. Upgraded comms and sensors, plus improved 'Sandbox' missiles. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-11 20:56 |
| #2 Correct me iff I'm wrong, but iff memory serves the original "MOSKVA" was the namesake of a SovNav Helo Carrier-class built by the Vietnam War-era USSR in response to the USN's "GUADACANAL" class LPHS. This "MOSKVA" is an upgraded KIROV-class heavy battlecruiser from the 1980's, which I believe the post-USSR Russians are using functionally as "Sea Control" vessels while their Navy modernizes??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-09-11 19:58 |
| #1 It's a carrier-killer when there's more than one ship attacking. It still packs a punch but things have changed a bit since the Soviet naval warfare doctrine was one of "massive initial strike". There's no at-sea reload capability for missiles; what is there, is all there is. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-11 14:01 |