Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 3 Disemba, Agha Mgbapụta Bangladesh sochiri ntiwapụ nke
agha n'etiti India, nke Soviet Union kwadoro na Pakistan, nke United States kwadoro. Esemokwu ahụ metụtara ụgbọ mmiri ngwa ngwa, ya na ndị agha mmiri India na-emikpu onye na-ebibi ụgbọ mmiri, onye na-egwu egwu na MV "Venus Challenger" na Disemba 4 na Operation Trident na-eji Soviet wuru P-15 Termit mgbochi ụgbọ mmiri. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị na 9 Disemba, ụgbọ mmiri US nke ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri Pakistan mere ka ụgbọ mmiri India ahụ daa, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ wee pụọ n'anya n'ọnọdụ dị omimi. Ihe iyi egwu nke ọgba aghara na ntinye aka nke United States Navy mere ka Soviet Union zipụ nnukwu ụgbọ mmiri gaa n'Oké Osimiri India. "Vladivostok" sonyeere "Varyag", "Strogiy" na ụgbọ mmiri ndị ọzọ n'okpuru iwu nke eziga na 13 Disemba ma nọrọ na ọdụ ruo mgbe 6 March n'afọ na-esote. Mgbe ihe ịga nke ọma nke ọrụ ahụ gasịrị, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ laghachiri Vladivostok. Emeghere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ maka ọha na eze n'oge Eprel 1972 na Na 30 June, soro Minista Nchebe Andrei Grechko, Admiral nke Fleet Sergey Gorshkov na ndị ọrụ gọọmentị ndị ọzọ.