Istanbul. March 30. INTERFAX-The reconnaissance ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Ivan Khurs" on Tuesday, after passing the Bosphorus, entered the Mediterranean Sea, Istanbul observers reported in social networks, publishing photos of its passage through the Strait.
According to open sources, the ship's tasks include providing communications and fleet management, conducting radio intelligence and electronic warfare, tracking components of the American missile defense system and SAM.
According to the 6th operational fleet of the United States, on the eve of the base in the Spanish port of Rota, two American missile destroyers Ross and Roosevelt, equipped with the Aegis missile defense system ("Aegis"), went to sea. They are an integral part of the missile defense system in Europe. According to reports, the destroyers, having passed Gibraltar, entered the Mediterranean Sea.