A task force from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, led by the Udaloy class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov, has departed on an new anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast, the fleet’s spokesman Capt. 1st Rank Roman Martov said.The task force, which also includes the Irkut tanker and the Alatau rescue tug boat, will make an official visit to the port of Mumbai in India and conduct joint drills with the Indian navy on the way to the Gulf of Aden.
“The Marshal Shaposhnikov destroyer has two Ka-27 naval helicopters and a unit of naval infantry on board,” Martov said on Friday.
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