In Murmansk Oblast over 5000 military personnel, 16 naval vessels including 5 nuclear submarines participated in the exercise, where the scenario was to land personnel on the shores of the Sredniy peninsula, which is located close to the Norwegian border and some 200 kilometers West of Murmansk, Vesti reports.
The drill was supervised by the Russian Commander of the Army General of the Army Boldyrev and Head of the Northern Fleet Admiral Maksimov.
One of the goals for the exercise Ladoga-2009 is to test the new concept of command, where forces from army, navy and air force are being led under joint command. General Boldyrev watched parts of the exercise from on board the anti-submarine destroyer “Admiral Chabanenko”, thus being the first time the Commander of the Army led an exercise from a command bridge.
I Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, two large landing ships from the Northern Fleet are taking part in the strategic-tactical exercise “Zapad-2009”, RIA Novosti reports. The exercise is planned to run until September 29 and involve about 12.500 service personnel, including 5.000-6.000 troops from Russia and 7.000-8.000 from Belarus.
Watch video from “Ladoga-2009” on Pervyy Kanal
