THE RUSSIAN HELICOPTER CARRIER MOSKVA (15,000 tons), photographed from the air 200 miles south-west of Land’s End, England, by a Royal Air Force maritime reconnaissance Nimrod aircraft, making its first operational sortie. The missile-armed Moskva, one of two Soviet helicopter carriers, had entered the Atlantic from the Mediterranean for the first time. At the entrance to the English Channel the Moskva and two escort destroyers abruptly turned back into the Atlantic.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32213, 4 February 1970, Page 19
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71THE RUSSIAN HELICOPTER CARRIER MOSKVA (15,000 tons), photographed from the air 200 miles south-west of Land’s End, England, by a Royal Air Force maritime reconnaissance Nimrod aircraft, making its first operational sortie. The missile-armed Moskva, one of two Soviet helicopter carriers, had entered the Atlantic from the Mediterranean for the first time. At the entrance to the English Channel the Moskva and two escort destroyers abruptly turned back into the Atlantic. Press, Volume CX, Issue 32213, 4 February 1970, Page 19
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