October 21 2008
The Neustrashimy (Fearless), a Russian missile frigate from the Baltic fleet, passed through the Suez Canal Tuesday en route to the Gulf of Aden where it will assume anti-piracy duties, Ria Novosti reports. The ship is armed with SS-N-25 Switchblade anti-ship missiles, SA-N-9 Gauntlet SAM, a 100-mm gun, torpedoes, depth charges and carries a Ka-27 ASW helicopter. "The ship's task is to escort and protect Russian vessels or ships with Russian crewmembers on board from pirate...
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