The large anti-submarine ship "Severomorsk" in the Barents Sea performed combat training tasks,including artillery firing.
As reported on Saturday in the press service of the Northern Fleet, the crew fired from the AK-100 artillery complex from the waters of the Motovsky Bay. The targets were both closed and open on the shore of the Rybachy Peninsula. In addition, the sailors learned minesweeping and destruction of floating mines.
Prior to the artillery firing, the calculations of the AK-100 batteries and the Dagger anti-aircraft missile systems "protected" their ship from a simulated enemy air raid. In the near future, the exercise "Severomorsk" - interaction with the ship's Ka-27 helicopters.
Severomorsk is a large anti-submarine ship of project 1155. It carries anti-submarine missile systems, rocket launchers, torpedo tubes and other types of weapons. The crew consists of 275 servicemen. Autonomous navigation - 30 days. Performs the tasks of the Northern Fleet in long-distance campaigns in the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic.
Svetlana Tsygankova
