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| Upgraded 'Admiral Nakhimov' will be tested by the end of the year |
| 2023-06-14 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Tests of the modernized heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov are expected to take place in September 2023. This was announced on Tuesday, June 13, by the TASS agency, citing its own source in the Russian Navy. “The cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, after repair and modernization at the plant, will go on sea trials in September,” the source said, noting that the cruiser would return to the combat structure of the Russian Navy by the end of 2024. The nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, which was called Kalinin until 1992 and was launched in April 1986, has been under repair and modernization since 1999, but the actual modernization began only in 2013. As reported by IA Regnum , at the end of May, the head of the Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu , also announced that the cruiser would enter sea trials by the end of 2023, and the completion of the modernization is planned for another year. According to him, after commissioning, the Admiral Nakhimov will perform tasks as part of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Link corrected. Thanks. |
| Posted by: badanov 2023-06-14 09:12 |
| #1 Link goes to Putin's "parquet generals" article. |
| Posted by: MW 2023-06-14 09:00 |