Russian, French warships to hold exercises Sept. 3-6

Russian, French warships to hold exercises Sept. 3-6
Russia's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser will take part in a joint exercise with French warships on September 3-6, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Wednesday.

Pyotr Veliky is a Russian Battlecruiser laid down in 1986, commissioned in 1998 and entered active service in 2010.

On October 22, 2008 the Pyotr Velikiy made a port visit to Aksaz Karagac, Turkey. and on November 6-9, 2008 the nuclear cruiser and the Admiral Chabanenko made a port visit to Toulon, France. before departing the Mediterranean on November 10, 2008 passing through the Strait of Gibraltar.

This Kirov class guided missile cruiser is one of the largest ships in the Russian fleet displacing 26,396 tons fully loaded at a speed of 32 knots. Powered by dual nuclear reactors and 5 blade props on two shafts producing upwards of 12000kW.

Important Performance Information:

Missiles:	ASM : 20 Granit (SS-N-19), range 300 miles SAM : 12 S-300F (SA-N-6) launchers (96 missiles), range 30-100 miles SAM : 2 x 2 OSA-MA (SA-N-4) (40 missiles), range about 5 miles SAM : Kashtan (SA-N-19) (24,000 cartridges, 192 missiles), range about 8 miles ASW : 10 Vodopad-NK (SS-N-16) (20 missiles) short range
Guns:	2 AK-130 DP (130 mm; R: 28'800 m, 840 rounds) 8 x 6 AK-630 gattl. AA (6x30 mm; 6'000 rds/m/mount, 48000 rounds)
Electronics:	Combat information centre  Radio communications system Satellite communications system Anti-ship missile firing control RBU-1000 and Udav fire control system  Surveillance radar system Low flying and surface target acquisition radar 2 Air defence missile system fire-control radar  4 Fire control radar for 30 mm air defence gun  2 Navigation radars  Active and passive sonar system Electronic countermeasures system  Decoy dispensers 2 x PK-2 with 400 rockets source: globalsecurity.org , en.wikipedia.com