"If theHigh Command should it order, the Mediterranean War Fleet will carry out missile attacks on the positions of the Islamic State in Syria. Our ships stationed in the Mediterranean are playing a purely logistic role, but they have the power to target enemy positions. Our presence in the Region also guarantees the air defense of our advanced outposts ". This is what he told the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, General Andrei Kartapolov, a member of the Russian General Staff.
La Mediterranean war fleet
Since the 1 May of the 2013, all Russian warships in the Mediterranean have been grouped into one task force operational. Before the annexation of Crimea, the Mediterranean war fleet was composed of eleven ships. The flagship of the Fleet is the missile cruiser 'Slava', the carrier-killer 'Moskva'. The battle group is formed by the 'Udaloy' class destroyer, the 'Admiral Panteleyev', and the missile destroyers 'Kashin-Mod', the 'Neustrashimy' and the 'Smetlivy'.
The amphibious assault force is composed of the large 'Alligator' class landing ships, the 'Alexander Shabalin', the 'Novocherkassk', the 'Nikolai Filchenkov' and the 'Minsk'. The amphibious assault ship 'Ropucha', the 'Yamal', also joined from the Black Sea Fleet. The Russian Navy has annexed from the Ukrainian Navy two corvettes, a command ship, several missile cruisers, minesweepers and the Zaporizhia submarine for a total of 54 boats, many of which are in poor condition. Discounted the presence of four nuclear-powered 'Akula' class attack submarines.
Russia has increased its naval presence in the Mediterranean after announcing 2012 in December, the creation of a permanent war fleet to protect its interests in the region.
(photo: Sputnik)
