Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 3 ga Disamba, an bi yakin 'yanci na Bangladesh da barkewar
yaki tsakanin India, da goyan bayan Tarayyar Soviet da kuma Pakistan, da goyan bayan Amurka. Rikicin da sauri ya shafi jiragen ruwa, tare da Sojojin Ruwa na Indiya sun nutsar da jirgin ruwa, mai binciken ma'adinai da MV "Venus Challenger" a ranar 4 ga Disamba a cikin Operation Trident ta amfani da makamai masu linzami na Soviet P-15 Termit. Jim kaɗan bayan haka a ranar 9 ga Disamba, jirgin ruwa na Amurka da aka gina na Pakistan Navy ya nutsar da jirgin ruwa na Indiya, jirgin ruwan ya ɓace a cikin yanayi mai ban mamaki. Barazanar kara hauhawa da kuma shiga tsakani na Sojojin Amurka sun sa Soviet Union ta aika da babbar rundunar jiragen ruwa zuwa Tekun Indiya. "Vladivostok" ya haɗu da "Varyag", "Strogiy" da sauran jiragen ruwa a ƙarƙashin umurnin da aka aika a ranar 13 ga Disamba kuma ya kasance a tashar har zuwa 6 ga Maris na shekara mai zuwa. Bayan nasarar aikin, jirgin ya koma Vladivostok. An bude jirgin ga jama'a a watan Afrilu na shekarar 1972 kuma a ranar 30 ga Yuni, ya yi rangadi tare da Ministan Tsaro Andrei Grechko, Admiral of the Fleet Sergey Gorshkov da sauran jami'ai.