TASS Russian News Agency:

The Northern Fleet’s heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky and also planes and helicopters of the Air Force and Air Defense Army started drills in the Barents Sea, the Fleet’s press office reported on Friday.

“The Northern Fleet’s heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky has begun practicing combat training tasks at naval ranges in the Barents Sea in interaction with aircraft and helicopters of the Air Force and Air Defense Army,” the press office said in a statement.

At the first stage of the drills, the warship’s crew checked the operation of the cruiser’s radio-technical systems in various modes for detecting and tracking aerial targets. An Il-38 anti-submarine warfare plane simulated an aerial target in the drills. Following this, the seamen practiced interoperability with Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters in searching for a notional enemy’s submarines, the statement says…



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