TASS:
KALININGRAD, February 22. /TASS/. Russia’s Baltic Fleet will be beefed up with advanced S-400 long-range air defense missile systems, upgraded Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter jets and Kamov Ka-27M shipborne helicopters in 2018, Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Nosatov said on Thursday.
“The Baltic Fleet’s inventory will also continue to be renewed [in 2018]: it will get small missile ships of a new project, S-400 complexes and upgraded Su-30SM aircraft and Ka-27M helicopters,” the Fleet’s press office quoted the vice-admiral as saying on the eve of Russia’s Defender’s Day.
As the press office told TASS, the Baltic Fleet currently operates six advanced Su-30SM multirole fighter jets. These super-maneuverable aircraft are capable of employing modern and up-and-coming air-to-air and air-to-surface precision weapons. The fighter jets can cover a distance of 3,000 km without refueling and external fuel tanks.
