Moscow. November 4th. INTERFAX - The Black Sea Fleet is monitoring the actions of the American ship Mount Whitney in the Black Sea, the National Defense Control Center (NCMS) of the Russian Federation reported.
"The forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet have begun monitoring the actions of the US Navy's Mount Whitney staff ship, which entered the Black Sea waters on November 4, 2021," the NCSO said.
On October 30, the US Navy destroyer USS Porter, equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, entered the Black Sea, the US 6th Operational Fleet reported. According to the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, the Russian military immediately began tracking him.
The USS Mount Whitney is the flagship of the 6th Operational Fleet. It is designed to control and coordinate the actions of the Navy, has numerous devices for conducting radio intelligence, monitoring the air, surface, underwater situation in the interests of warships. The ship can transmit and receive large amounts of data to any point of the Earth in real time via secure communication channels. All this allows the American command to receive the most timely intelligence and operational support available in the US Navy.
