ADRIATIC SEA: ON BOARD USS ROOSEVELT

Описание: (11 Apr 1999) Natural Sound

The United States claims the U-S-S Roosevelt, which is continuing its mission in the Adriatic, is being shadowed by a Russian intelligence vessel.

Russia says it will not intervene militarily in the Kosovo conflict.

But it opposes the NATO action, and has sent the "Liman" trawler to monitor the airstrikes.

The U-S now says the vessel is following its own warship, but the crew of the Roosevelt do not seem particularly bothered by it.

As long as both ships are careful not to collide, the Roosevelt's commanding officer, Captain David Bryant, says there is no problem at all.

As part of the NATO offensive against Yugoslavia, the Roosevelt was diverted from her original mission to the Persian Gulf when the airstrikes began three weeks ago.

She arrived in position on Tuesday and her jets immediately began flying missions.

The carrier is more than 3-hundred meters long, with a crew of about 5-thousand tending to more than seventy jets.

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