The Slava-class (Project 1164 Atlant) cruiser Varyag, now participating
in Russo-Indian naval exercises Indra, will leave for Syria on completion
of the drills, a source within the Russian delegation, involved in the
exercises, has told TASS. |
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"The guards missile cruiser Varyag will leave
for Syria where it will replace Project 1164 /code name Atlant/ missile
cruiser Moskva," he noted, adding that the ship will stay there
for a long time.
The exercise Indra started on December 7 and will last till December
12. At present, the preparations for the exercise are close to completion.
The active stage is scheduled for 10-12 December in the Bay of Bengal
with drilling of the antisubmarine defense. In addition, it is planned
to liberate the ship captured by simulated terrorists with embarkation
of assault groups supported by helicopters.
The Project 1164 Atlant-class cruisers are designed for dealing with
enemy surface combatants and providing combat stability of Russian task
forces in remote corners of the ocean. The development of the class
began in the later 1970s. Four cruisers were built, of which three are
in the Russian Navy’s inventory. The cruisers in the class displace
a total of 11,500 tons and measure 186 m in length. They have a full
speed of 32 knots, a range of 7,500 nm at 18 knots, a 130-mm AK-130
gun, antiship and air defense missile systems, 30-mm AK-630M antiaircraft
guns and torpedoes. They can carry a Kamov Ka-27 (Helix) helicopter
or derivatives thereof.
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