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| British Frigate HMS Portland Armed with Sophisticated Torpedoes Follows Russian Admiral Kasatonov |
London - A British military frigate armed with advanced torpedoes Follows tankers and missile-armed Russian warships in waters close to Britain. Britain's Royal Navy on Monday said the two Moscow ships crossed the English Channel on Sunday.
The Royal Navy deployed the frigate HMS Portland to track the missile-armed warship Admiral Kasatonov and tanker Akademik Pashin. Admiral Kasatonov is a Russian Gorshkov class warship.
The British frigate stalked the two Moscow ships crossing the English Channel as they headed for the North Sea. The frigate HMS Portland with specialist Merlin helicopters are both equipped with advanced sonar, sensors and torpedoes for specialist operations to report the movements of the two Russian ships.
"The [British] Royal Navy routinely responds to escort warships in our territorial waters and adjacent sea areas to ensure compliance with maritime laws and to deter malicious activity," the Royal Navy said in a statement, as quoted from its official website. , Royal Navy.
"Escorting the Russian task group alongside allied partners demonstrates the commitment of the Royal Navy and the NATO alliance to maintaining maritime security which is of paramount importance to our national interests."
The frigate HMS Portland is a Type 23 frigate. It is armed with machine guns for surface and air targets, long-range anti-ship missiles capable of engaging targets more than 80 miles away, and a 4.5-inch main gun that can fire up to two dozen high-explosive shells. high per minute, and guided missiles that protect the fleet from air attack such as incoming missiles and aircraft.
According to a report by the TASS news agency, the Gorshkov-class warships are multipurpose warships capable of effectively engaging enemy surface ships, aircraft and submarines as well as delivering attacks on land and coastal installations from a distance of more than 1,500 km.
The ships also carry the Kalibr-NK cruise missile system as their basic strike weapon. Earlier in January, another Russian missile-armed warship, the Admiral Gorshkov, and its support tanker were monitored as they sailed in international waters of the North Sea near Britain.