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Northern Fleet shows muscles in Barents Sea

Northern Fleet vessels (Photo: mil.ru)

A large-scale military exercise involving several submarines, surface vessels, aviation and more than four thousand men is currently unfolding in the Barents Sea. Also test shooting with the S-300 missile system is part of the training.

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Of the surface vessels involved are the missile cruiser “Marshal Ustinov”, the destroyer “Admiral Ushakov”, the anti-submarine vessel “Admiral Chabanenko”, as well as the “Severomorsk”. In addition, several submarines are engaged, a press release from the Russian Defence Ministry confirms.

Part of the training is torpedo and missile launches, as well as artillery shooting, operations on submarine search and destruction, fighting enemy aviation. More than 60 various training operations are to be conducted as part of the exercise, the ministry informs.

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Before the rehearsal, the Navy vessel “Aleksandr Otrakovsky” shipped a S-300 missile complex to the island of Kildin.

According to RIA Novosti, the S-300 complex on Tuesday successfully destructed four cruise missiles fired by Northern Fleet vessels.

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The climax of the training will be the firing of more than ten cruise missiles on several targets, the Ministry informs. Among the missiles involved are “Granit”, “Vulkan”, “Moskit”, “Termit” and “Progress”