... when notification for Arjen Lucassen popped up and I was about to enjoy his latest. I wasn't disappointed. No, Arjen is always top notch. This time too, but then ...
Out of fog and memory a recognizable silhouette emerged, I couldn't believe my eyes, but here it was, URPK-1, AD complex Grom, MR-710 Frigate radar, everything so familiar ...
Project 1143 (Krechet) Kiev was looking at me 44 years later after I was on her in Sevastopol. What a strange feeling to see a ghost in the latest video by Dutch (and world) progressive rock/metal legend. They were beautiful ships, despite the weakness of original VTOL Yak-38. What was coming after 38 was a revolutionary Yak-141. Gorbachev killed that program, and then the country.
And sudden return in such a strange way to my youth in the latest from Arjen was really special. Those were real Sea Control Ships Elmo Zumwalt wanted to see in the US Navy. Well ... you know the story.
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