His passage was awaited and closely watched by the French Navy. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the Russian frigate Admiral Gorchkov passed a short distance from Boulogne sur Mer in the Strait of Pas de Calais. Special feature of this ship: it is armed with Zircon, a hypersonic stealth missile capable of crossing the planet at Mach 9.
The ship was first seen by a Norwegian Navy surveillance plane. While traveling, she came under surveillance by the Royal Navy, the Belgian Navy, and the Marine Nationale.
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Leaving from the port of Murmansk, the frigate is also identified thanks to the AIS transponder of the oil tanker that escorts it. This mandatory beacon on commercial ships of more than 15 meters makes it possible to identify the movements of the vessels.
But the route had been officially announced by the Russian military command, which announced a few days ago that it would go to the Atlantic Ocean, then to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.
His departure with the Zircon cruise missiles is a threat that Western countries take very seriously. After Vladimir Putin’s announcement of his departure, Dmitry Medvedev, vice president of the Russian Security Council, proposed positioning him “185 kilometers from the” American coast “, he recalls. the voice of the north.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told him his mission is to prevent possible threats against Russia and maintain “regional peace and stability together with friendly countries.”
Source: BFM TV
