The training, which includes Northern Fleet infantry units and more than 150 pieces of military hardware, unfolds at the training fields of the Pechenga garrison, as well as at the Sredny Peninsula, the Northern Fleet press department informs.
The active phase of the exercise started on August 22 and includes combat battalions, infrantry and tank units and artillery divisions. A part of the training scenario includes also combat against an enemy which possesses weapons of mass destruction, a press release reads.
A parallel exercise of the Northern Fleet`s aircraft units is taking place further east in the peninsula, Mil.ru reports.
The Kola Peninsula has a major number of Northern Fleet units, including in the Pechenga district. As previously reported, the 200 infantry unity based in Pechenga was recently transferred from the Northwest Russian military district to the Northern Fleet. In addition, the Pechenga Rayon houses the elite forces of the Navy Infantry, based in Sputnik.
After decades of Cold War chilly relations, Russia and Norway have in the post-Soviet period cooperated successfully in military affairs. Close cross-border contacts have been developed and interaction takes place on several levels. In September, football teams from the two countries` border guard units will engage in combat in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes. On the local pitch.
