The U.S. Navy destroyer "Ross" on may 21, will enter the Black sea, said on Thursday Last news military-diplomatic Source.
now in the Black sea no ship nachimovsky NATO countries.
"USS" Ross "will enter the Black sea on may 21, passed yesterday by the Straits of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles," - said the head of the Department.
according to information from open sources, "Ross" equipped combat information and control system Aegis, launchers, capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles, anti-aircraft missiles RIM-156 SM-2 or anti-submarine missile, RUM-139 VL-Asroc, and various machine-gun and cannon armament. The ship can take on Board one rotorcraft Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk.
After the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine, the NATO command decided on the intensification of Maritime activities in the vicinity of the coast of Russia. The activity of the courts of the Commonwealth in all coastal seas of Russia, for example in the Black and Baltic seas, has increased several times.
in March this year, the Black sea became a detachment of six ships of the Commonwealth, which held a number of General exercises and artillery firing exercises with naval forces of Turkey and Romania.
According to the Montreux Convention on the status of the Straits, warships of countries that do not have access to the Black sea, have the opportunity to be in his area is not more than 21 days, and imposed significant limits on the class and tonnage of the vessel. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov had previously stated that the stay of the U.S. ships in the Black sea has often exceeded by the Convention terms.
The source of the Fins news at the headquarters of the Russian Navy before, in March, said that the Russian Navy "automatically" tracks the movements of all ships in the Black sea.
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