RTFri, 20 Jan 2017 16:06 UTC
© SputnikThe nuclear-powered heavy cruiser Peter the Great
An agreement signed by Russia and Syria stipulates that up to eleven Russian warships will be able to dock in the Syrian port of Tartus at any one time. The move is designed to boost defense capabilities, the document states.
"The maximum number of the Russian warships allowed at the Russian naval facility at one time is 11, including nuclear-powered warships, providing that nuclear and ecological security rules are observed," the agreement says.
The agreement has been signed for 49 years and could be prolonged by 25 more years if both sides agree.
"The Syrian Arab Republic gives consent to the Russian Federation to expand the territory of its naval facility and upgrade its infrastructure to conduct repair works, restock supplies and give crews time for rest," the document says, adding that the use of the naval facility will be free of charge.
Under the agreement, signed on Wednesday and made public on Friday, Russian warships will be allowed to enter the port after an appropriate Syrian body has been notified, not later than 12 hours before the planned entry.
However, "in case of operational need Russian warships may enter the port after an appropriate Syrian body has been notified, not later than six hours before the entry."
Russia is allowed to bring in and out any kind of "weaponry, ammunition, devices and materials" to provide security for the facility staff, crew, and their families throughout the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic "without any duties or levies."According to a protocol signed on Wednesday and released on Friday, Russia has also been given the right to use the Syrian Khmeimim Air Base in the Latakia province free of charge.
"The Syrian side gives the Russian side a part of the Khmeimim airbase territory to locate the Russian air group there for the duration of the agreement and the protocol, according to attachment documents 1 and 2," the agreement says.
Comment: Time for the West to pack its bags and get rid of their terrorist proxies in Syria. There's no regime change coming any time soon for Syria.
No US Missouri Twin 16" Turrets, etc. (Of course this could sink the equivalent before the Mo knew she had left port.)
(Below are UNclassified; Classified stuff - well, you know about that:)
Sensors and processing systems:
Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar on foremast
Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar on main mast
2 ร Palm Frond navigation radar on foremast
1 aft ร Top Dome for SA-N-6 fire control
1 forward x Tomb Stone (Passive electronically scanned array)
4 ร Bass Tilt for AK-630 CIWS System fire control
2 ร Eye Bowl for SA-N-4 fire control
Horse Jaw LF hull sonar
Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
Armament:
20 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) anti-ship missiles
16 ร 8 (128) 3K95 "Kinzhal" (SA-N-9) surface-to-air missiles
6 ร 8 (48) S-300FM Fort-M surface-to-air missiles
6 ร 8 (48) S-300 (missile) Fort surface-to-air missiles
44 OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM
2 ร RBU-1000 (Smerch-3) 305 mm ASW rocket launchers
2 ร RBU-12000 (Udav-1) 254 mm ASW rocket launchers
1 twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual purpose gun
10 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo or SS-N-15 ASW missile
6 ร Kashtan (CADS-N-1) point defense gun/missile system
Two videos re the ship in the above picture:
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Plus:
Wee wee Pee pee Ahh
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Naval Tech Now
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R.C.