Streit um die Arktis

[Erich]

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20 September

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RUSSIA (PETR VELIKIY Arctic deployment)

Missile cruiser PETR VELIKIY, during her current Arctic deployment, has conducted missile defence drills … MoD official: “Part of the sea-based segment of the national missile defence shield”
(rmks: probably employing SA-N-20 Gargoyle, ship borne variant of S-300 air defence missiles).
One of PETR VELIKIY’s two ship borne Ka-27 helicopters made a “hard landing” when deploying troops to an island in the Kara Sea / Laptev Sea … emergency landing following engine/gear trouble … no injuries to personnel, who were picked up by rescue team … no word on condition of helicopter (rmks: wording suggests it has not been recovered yet) … PETR VELIKIY for the time being has suspended further helicopter flights … official: incident will not affect the ship’s schedule.
(rmks: Ka-27 regularly had been deployed for ice reconnaissance ahead of the missile cruiser)
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