The submarine forces of the Northern Fleet will continue to make underwater voyages in the waters of the Arctic Ocean. This was announced on Monday, January 4, by the commander of the Northern Fleet, Hero of Russia Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the press service of the SF of the Russian Federation reports.
He also noted that submariners will continue to perform tasks of combat patrol and combat duty in other areas of the World Ocean
The Admiral stressed that the main task for the fleet will remain to maintain the combat readiness of the naval strategic nuclear forces.
"Based on its purpose, the group is kept in constant readiness to perform tasks of deterrence from unleashing aggression against the Russian Federation," the report says.
As the press service of the Northern Fleet reminded, now the basis of the naval strategic nuclear forces of Russia is made up of ships of the 667BDRM "Dolphin" project, armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles "Sineva", together with the new" Boreas", which are armed with the Bulava ICBM.
Earlier, on January 2, it was reported that the Northern Fleet plans to conduct an expedition in the area of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago during the summer navigation period of 2021. It was noted that the Arctic research will continue in cooperation with the Russian Geographical Society.
On December 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree, according to which, from January 1, the Northern Fleet became an interspecific strategic association that performs the tasks of the military district.