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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5184474" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://news.usni.org/2022/02/22/russian-navy-cruisers-positioned-to-counter-u-s-french-and-italian-carrier-groups-in-the-mediterranean[/URL]As of Monday, the three Slava-class cruisers were operating in and around the Aegean Sea – RTS Moskva (121) in the Black Sea, RFS Varyag (011) south of Italy and RTS Marshal Ustinov (055) off the coast of Syria, near Russia’s naval base in Tartus.The three 11,500-ton Slavas were designed around launchers that can hold 16 SS-N-12 Sandbox anti-ship cruise missiles – each about the size of a telephone pole. Developed in the 1970s, the Slavas and the Sandboxes were designed to take on U.S. and NATO aircraft carriers by overwhelming them with a barrage of high-speed cruise missiles to sink ships.USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), its escorts and Carrier Air Wing 1 have been tasked by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin since late December to remain on station in the region, as tensions between the West and Russia have been <a href="https://news.usni.org/2021/12/28/secdef-orders-u-s-carrier-uss-harry-s-truman-to-stay-in-mediterranean-to-reassure-allies" target="_blank">enflamed over Russian troops massed at the Russian border</a>. Italian Navy friend-35B aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH-550) and French Navy carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) and their escorts are also operating in the Mediterranean.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5184474, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://news.usni.org/2022/02/22/russian-navy-cruisers-positioned-to-counter-u-s-french-and-italian-carrier-groups-in-the-mediterranean[/URL] As of Monday, the three Slava-class cruisers were operating in and around the Aegean Sea – RTS [I]Moskva[/I] (121) in the Black Sea, RFS [I]Varyag[/I] (011) south of Italy and RTS [I]Marshal Ustinov[/I] (055) off the coast of Syria, near Russia’s naval base in Tartus. The three 11,500-ton Slavas were designed around launchers that can hold 16 SS-N-12 Sandbox anti-ship cruise missiles – each about the size of a telephone pole. Developed in the 1970s, the Slavas and the Sandboxes were designed to take on U.S. and NATO aircraft carriers by overwhelming them with a barrage of high-speed cruise missiles to sink ships. USS [I]Harry S. Truman[/I] (CVN-75), its escorts and Carrier Air Wing 1 have been tasked by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin since late December to remain on station in the region, as tensions between the West and Russia have been [URL='https://news.usni.org/2021/12/28/secdef-orders-u-s-carrier-uss-harry-s-truman-to-stay-in-mediterranean-to-reassure-allies']enflamed over Russian troops massed at the Russian border[/URL]. Italian Navy friend-35B aircraft carrier ITS [I]Cavour[/I] (CVH-550) and French Navy carrier FS [I]Charles de Gaulle[/I] (R 91) and their escorts are also operating in the Mediterranean. [/QUOTE]

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