The Russians that is-across the North Atlantic in the dead of winter.
Came across this pretty cool video of how the transit might be like. Admiral Kusnetsov and a Slava CG taking water over the bow. Check out the Sovremmeny Destroyer taking 45 degree rolls.
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You get bonus points if you can name the radar and the forward missiles on the Slava.
Don’t know the missiles or radar, but speaking of missiles, you’re blog header wallpaper is going to have to come down unless you can prove the ages of those toons.
But they looked 18 to me!
12s on the front and 4/6 for air defense. Radar a little rusty, TOP series, wanna say TOP Plate.
Misspent youth at NMITC. Were you on the CORAL MARU when we had one follow us for a bit?
I was there when a 3 ship group with a Slava came through Gibraltar and was greeted by 4 A-6’s flying a Harpoon profile at that. “Welcome to the party pal!”
They had flown 1000 miles one way to do that. That was a fun mission for me.