'Murderer' Russian aircraft carrier sets sail towards the Mediterranean

 The Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet by NATO nicknamed 'carrier murderer', was sent to the eastern Mediterranean rather than the port of Mindelo (Cape Verde), where he was initially saturate.

 "The plans of the naval task force under the banner of Admiral Valery Kulikov had to be modified. Instead of calling at the port of Cape Verde, the cruiser Moskva will go towards the Strait of Gibraltar. After about ten days, enter the Mediterranean east, where replaced as flagship of the group of Russian Navy operating the large anti-submarine ship Pacific Fleet Admiral Panteleev, "a Russian official told Interfax on condition of anonymity.

Cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Fleet Russian Black Sea, sailed from Sevastopol on July 2 to the North Atlantic, where he led a Russian naval group comprising vessels of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, North and Baltic. In early August, the ship visited the port of Havana and Cuban August 13 entered the Nicaraguan port of Corinto, after crossing the Panama Canal. On August 27 Russian Fleet visited the Venezuelan port of La Guaira. In the Atlantic Ocean the cruise conducted test launches of its main weapon: the anti-ship missiles   P -1000 Vulcan (Volcano).

The cruiser Moskva (Moscow) 1164 project was built in 1983. Its main armament is made up 16 twin launchers (4 facilities on both tacks) missile anti-ship system P -1000 Vulcan. 3m70 missiles are equipped with system startup accelerators with nozzles vector and its range is increased from 550 to 700 kilometers. To remove a carrier is required impact, at least three of such missiles.