An aerial starboard beam view of the Soviet Kresta II-class guided missile cruiser taken from a P-3 Orion patrol aircraft approximately 750 miles west of Midway Island. The cruiser is operating with nine other Soviet ships and is moving in a northeasterly direction. This is the largest Soviet task force to enter Central Pacific waters. VasiliyChapaev1983b

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Photo credit: © PJF Military Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: armed, conflict, forces, military, states, united, war