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Feb 22 (Reuters) – Russia’s flagship frigate equipped with a new generation of hypersonic cruise missiles has arrived in South Africa’s Richards Bay port for exercises that will include China, Russia’s RIA news agency said. news agency said on Wednesday.
South Africa was due to start the joint exercises on Friday. He calls the exercises routine, but they have raised domestic criticism and fears that they could jeopardize relations with Western partners.
The start of the exercises coincides with the first anniversary of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine Russia President Vladimir Putin USAIt follows the decision to suspend the last major nuclear arms control treaty with
Admiral Gorshkov of the Soviet Union arrived in Richards Bay “on a long-range voyage”, RIA Russia Citing a statement from the Northern Fleet news gives
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“Gorshkov” which left Russia on January 4 military Its ship carries Zircon missiles, which have a range of 900 km (560 miles) and can travel at several times the speed of sound, making it difficult to defend against them.
In late January, the ship tested its strike capabilities in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Reporting by Lydia Kelly in Melbourne; Edited by Robert Birsel
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2023-02-22 08:33:51
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