The Guided Missile Cruiser “Moskva”, the flagship of the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet, made a port visit to Civitavecchia (some 30 miles to the NW of Rome) with the Italian Frigate Maestrale before departing for a joint naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.
As advertised by the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) website, the ship arrived on Feb. 5 and could be visited on Feb. 7 the day before sailing away to take part in the exercise.
Giovanni Maduli went there and took the following pictures of the two ships. Noteworthy the Ka-27 helicopter (with a small rearing horse zap on the nose).
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GOOD SHOTS
The Mockba is very interesting and the KA-27 is strange….
The Maestrale is a smart vessel as usual.
Bravi
Ma ai Russi non è venuto un attacco di bile nel vedere che qualcuno stava scattando delle (belle) foto?
GOOD SHOTS
The Mockba is very interesting and the KA-27 is strange….
The Maestrale is a smart vessel as usual.
Bravi
Ma ai Russi non è venuto un attacco di bile nel vedere che qualcuno stava scattando delle (belle) foto?
Complimenti.
Non credo, dal momento che le foto sono state fatte nell’ambito di una visita guidata autorizzata che era “pubblicizzata” anche dal sito della Marina (http://www.marina.difesa.it/diario/2008/moskva/index.asp).