Russia has sent a navy frigate, Marshal Shaposhuikov, armed with Kinzhal supersonic missiles into the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. “In the Mediterranean Sea, the frigate will operate in accordance with the previously approved fleet combat training plan.” It previously docked in Eritrea. Marshall Shaposhnikov (BPK543) is a modernised Udaloy-class destroyer subsequently reclassified as a frigate. For much of 2023 the frigate, together with the destroyer Admiral Panteleyev and the navy tanker Vladimir Kolechitskiy, were deployed in the Indian Ocean, where among other activities they conducted exercises with ships of the Indian Navy.
[March 29 2019 Syria: Russian subs rotated ]
A rotation of the Russian Project 636.3 ‘Kilo’-class submarines stationed in Syria was seemingly confirmed when one was spotted making its way north through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea on 27 March.
The submarine was identified by Turkish ship spotters as Veliky Novgorod , one of two Kilos that have been operating out of Tartus since September 2017.
This followed a south-bound Bosphorus transit of a Project 636.6 identified as Krasnodar on 14 March.
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