On Wednesday afternoon, 3 Russian naval ships docked at Da Nang’s Tien Sa Port at the beginning of a 4-day visit to the city.  They are the destroyer Bystry, the oil tanker Boris Butoma, and the rescue vessel Altai, all commanded by Rear Admiral Yuldashev Aleksandr Yurevich.

Here are some photos of the Sovremenny-class destroyer Bystry, which is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy.

The 156m-long and 17.3m-wide destroyer.

The ship is equipped with …

… modern weapons systems.

Included are 4 139mm AK-130-MR-184 double-barreled guns,

8 Moskit SSM P-270 anti-ship and 48 Shtil SAM air defence missile launch tubes,

8 torpedoes and 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers.