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Russian Navy Slava cruiser Moskva launched Anti-Ship and Air Defense Missiles West of Angola

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Russian Navy Slava cruiser Moskva launched Anti-Ship and Air Defense Missiles West of Angola
 
The Black Sea Fleet surface combat squadron including Moskva cruiser (Project 1164 Atlant / Slava class), Krivak II-class (Project 1135 M) frigate Pitlivy, Shakhter rescue tug and Ivan Bubnov tanker moved to the Eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean for training after making a portcall in Luanda (Republic of Angola).
     
The Black Sea Fleet surface combat squadron including Moskva cruiser (Project 1164 Atlant / Slava class), Krivak II-class (Project 1135 M) frigate Pitlivy, Shakhter rescue tug and Ivan Bubnov tanker moved to the Eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean for training after making a portcall in Luanda (Republic of Angola).
File image: Project 1164 Slava class "Moskva" cruiser, flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, launching an S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) surface to air missile.
     
One of the main elements of training was naval engagement, during which the crew of Moskva missile cruiser has completed a P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship missile firing against a target simulating a surface ship. The guided missile has successfully hit the target.

The P-500 Bazalt is a turbojet-powered, supersonic cruise missile with a rang of 550 km and a payload of 1,000 kg, which allows it to carry a 350 kt nuclear or a 950 kg semi-armor-piercing high explosive warhead. The P-500 Bazalt uses active radar homing for terminal guidance, and can receive mid-course correction from Tupolev Tu-95RTs Bear D aircraft, Kamov Ka-25K Hormone B and Kamov Ka-31 helicopters.
     
The Black Sea Fleet surface combat squadron including Moskva cruiser (Project 1164 Atlant / Slava class), Krivak II-class (Project 1135 M) frigate Pitlivy, Shakhter rescue tug and Ivan Bubnov tanker moved to the Eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean for training after making a portcall in Luanda (Republic of Angola).
Project 1164 Atlant class "Moskva" cruiser, flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
     
While exercising air defence control missions of the detachment, the Moskva cruiser performed live air defense training with the launch of an S-300F (SA-N-6 Grumble) surface to air missile. The S-300F Fort was introduced in 1984 as the original ship-based (naval) version of the S-300P system developed by Altair with the new 5V55RM missile with a range extended to 7–90 km (4–56 mi, equal to 3.8–50 nautical miles) and maximum target speed up to Mach 4.

According to the Russian Navy, the crew of Pytlivy frigate successfully performed surface and air target artillery firing as well.

KA-27PS helicopter from the Moskva missile cruiser was deployed to control the performance of firing objectively.

When trainings are finished, the ships, belonging to Black Sea Fleet, will continue to perform missions in an ocean territory.

The Moskva (originally name "Slava") was laid down in 1976 in Shipyard 445 of the 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant in Nikolayev, was launched in 1979, and commissioned on 30 January 1983. Slava returned to Nikolayev in December 1990 for a refit but was not returned to service until April 2000. Recommissioned as Moskva, she replaced the Kynda class cruiser Admiral Golovko as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.

Modernization and repair will extend the life of the ship until the end of the 2020s. Another vessel of the same class, the Marshal Ustinov has just been refitted.