A US guided missile destroyer is heading to the Black Sea under the pretext of exercises with Romania and Bulgaria
Kyiv, March 06 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – The US missile destroyer Truxtun is heading to the Black Sea from the coast of Greece for exercises with Romania and Bulgaria, the official portal of the United States Navy reports.
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The American side emphasizes that the exercises in the Black Sea with NATO partners were planned in advance, even when the ship left the shores of the United States.
Truxtun, with a crew of about 300 sailors, was part of the carrier strike group supporting maritime operations of the US 6th Fleet.
The destroyer belongs to the Arleigh Burke series and is armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles. Ships of this series are intended, among other things, for striking coastal targets and conducting reconnaissance.
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