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The 187 metre long “Moskva” is a Slava (Glory) class guided missile cruiser. These missile cruisers are powerful units intended for actions against surface fleets. Constructed during the late seventies through to the eighties this class follows the Soviet naval practice of what western naval critics have termed, putting all the ship’s armament “in the shop window”.
Anti-aircraft weapons include eight SA-N-6 surface-to-air missile silos (eight missiles per silo) located between the funnels and the after end of the hangar. Contained in vertical launch tubes, these missiles are intended to provide a Soviet battle group with defence against carrier or land-based aircraft firing contemporary stand-off munitions such as anti-ship missiles.
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