Moscow. April 3. INTERFAX-Russian warships conducted live-fire exercises in the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Fleet said on Saturday.
"The newest minesweeper of the Pacific Fleet "Yakov Balyaev", which was accepted into the fleet in December last year, and the corvette" Perfect" as part of the exercise on the organization of air defense, used artillery installations to defeat air targets dropped by parachute, " the fleet said in a statement.
According to the military, the actions of the corvette and the minesweeper were provided by the Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft. "Another task that the minesweeper successfully solved was the destruction of a mock-up of a sea floating mine by artillery fire," the navy said.
