TASS:
MOSCOW, May 17. /TASS/. The cruiser Marshal Ustinov has fired its main missile system to hit sea targets at the Northern Fleet’s practice ranges in the Barents Sea, Fleet spokesman Captain 1st Rank Vadim Serga said on Thursday.
“During the combat exercise, the combat team of the missile and artillery unit of the cruiser Marshal Ustinov was assigned the task to deliver a missile strike against a grouping of a notional enemy’s warships. The fire was delivered against a complex target position installed in the designated area of the Barents Sea,” the spokesman said.
The missile firing area was closed for shipping and aviation in advance. The firing exercise was held successfully, he noted.
