Russia tests new missile ship in Black Sea

One more ship with Caliber cruise missiles will appear in the Black Sea Fleet. sea ​​trials began.

The first tests of the new small missile ship Grayvoron are underway in the Black Sea, Interfax reports on Saturday 19 September.

“During the implementation of the factory sea trial plan on the ship, the operation of the power plants, steering gear, auxiliary mechanisms, communications, navigation and other systems of the ship’s equipment, as well as the seaworthiness of the ship, “says the message.

It should be noted that in the Black Sea Fleet, Grayvoron will become the fourth small missile ship with Caliber cruise missiles. This is the eighth ship in the modernized Buyan-M series.

We will recall that at least four ships from NATO countries will be in the Black Sea in the context of the Russian exercises Kavkaz-2020, which will take place at the end of September. Thus, recently the hydrographic support ship for amphibious and anti-mine action of the Royal Navy of Great Britain HMS Enterprise, equipped with information collection systems, entered the Black Sea. The United States Navy high-speed amphibious assault ship USNS Yuma also entered the sea.

Previously, the French reconnaissance plane Dupuy de Lôme and the American missile destroyer USS Roosevelt also entered the Black Sea.

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