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The ship, part of a squadron of NATO, met the boats of the marine guard and the naval forces of Ukraine.
The main armament of the destroyer – 90 missile launchers / c6f.navy.milРакетный destroyer USS Porter, the U.S. Navy entered the port of Odessa with a friendly visit.
As UNIAN correspondent, to RAID the ship, part of a squadron of NATO, met the boats of the marine guard and the naval forces of Ukraine.
With the help of two seagoing tugs destroyer moored to the dock Quarantine pier.
Read cachefilename Navy blamed one of the oldest martial karabacak the press service of the US Navy, citing Vice Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the length of the destroyer in the port of Odessa is planned.
“It’s an elective procedure – seventh the length of our destroyers in the Black sea this year – demonstrates our commitment to freedom of navigation and our NATO allies and black sea partners,” said Vice-Admiral.
At the same time, the movements of the NATO ship have been closely watching the Russian military. This was officially announced at the Russian National defense control center, stating that “the actions of the “porter” control frigate “Admiral Essen”, as well as small missile ships “Vishny Volochek” and “Orehovo-Zuevo”.
A specific program of stay of the crew of a Porter in Odessa have not yet been reported.
Guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) – class ship “Arleigh Burke” (Arleigh Burke) of the US Navy. The main armament of the destroyer – 90 missile launchers, which can be anti-aircraft and anti-submarine missiles and cruise missiles “Tomahawk”.
Control arms ship carries the system “aegis”. In 2013, the ship was modernized, now he is able to carry missiles SM-3 is designed to counter ballistic missiles and satellites in earth orbit.
Earlier UNIAN reported that in the Black sea missile destroyer USS Porter came in on Saturday, October 12.