The American congressman decided to congratulate the US Navy on the anniversary of the founding with a picture, which depicts the Russian nuclear cruiser "Peter the Great".
He posted his congratulatory post on Twitter. It is impossible to distinguish the side number of the ship in the picture. However, the St. Andrew's flag is clearly visible on its stern.. Later, Politico journalist Dave Brown pointed out the error to the congressman.. Then the post was corrected, and instead of a picture with a Russian “aircraft carrier killer”, an official promo video of the US Air Force was attached to the post.
But users of the social network were already difficult to reassure. They began to actively comment and joke about the politician.
Russian ship was very cute. Why did you take it away? — writes one of the commentators.
note, that the heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great" was nicknamed the "killer of aircraft carriers". It was commissioned in 1998 year. The ship has a missile system "Granit", which is designed to deal with powerful enemy groups, as well as the S-300F anti-aircraft missile system.