American destroyer enters Black sea
The USS "Ross" will enter the Black sea on may 21. A warship equipped with combat information and control system "aegis". It is 2 km destroyers of the United States Navy in recent times.
"The Navy destroyer the United States, "Ross" will enter the Black sea on may 21, before passing the Straits of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles", - RIA Novosti quoted an anonymous source in the military-diplomatic circles. With all of this today in the Black sea there is not the 1st ship of the black sea NATO States.
Destroyer "Ross" is equipped with combat information and control system "aegis", as well as launchers, capable of launching cruise missiles "Tomahawk". On Board the "Ross" there are anti-aircraft missiles RIM-156 SM-2 and anti-submarine missile, RUM-139 VL-Asroc. In addition the ship has a different machine-gun and cannon armament.
Note that in recent times this is not the 1st visit of an American destroyer in the Black sea. As we were informed Days.<url>, the destroyer of the Navy of the United States "Jason Dunham" April 3, entered the Black sea. Note that his purpose was not originally disclosed. A few weeks later he left the area.
The intensification of NATO warships near national borders in the Black sea is carried out in connection with the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine. So, at the beginning of March 2015 in the waters entered a squad of 6 ships of the Atlantic Alliance. They were held military exercises in conjunction with the air forces of Turkey and Romania. Then, on 22 March, they left the Black sea.
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