TSAMTO, May 14. The Northern Fleet will receive 345 units of weapons this year, the share of modern equipment will be more than 62 percent, the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, said at a briefing for Russian and foreign journalists on the nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great".
"The Northern Fleet continues to be re-equipped with new types of weapons. This year, 245 units of modern weapons should be delivered, as a result, by the end of the year, its share will reach 62.3 percent," Admiral Alexander Moiseev said at a briefing.
"The Northern Fleet provides for testing 79 samples of military equipment, including 13 ships and vessels," the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation quotes A. Moiseev.