The Russian frigates "Admiral Grigorovich" and "Admiral Essen" worked out in the Black Sea the destruction of a detachment of ships of a conditional enemy according to the scenario with the British destroyer HMS Defender, which previously invaded the territorial waters of Russia off the coast of Crimea.
According to the press service of the Black Sea Fleet, according to the plan of the exercise, an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) moving in the airspace along the line of the state border of Russia was detected by Russian coastal surveillance and reconnaissance means.
It was possible to record his landing on the helipad of a ship located in neutral waters as part of a previously detected ship strike group of a conditional enemy.
The frigate commanders were tasked with following the maximum speed to the area where the ships of the conditional enemy were located in order to determine their further actions. According to the scenario of the exercises, the ships of the conditional enemy did not respond to the requests of the Russian sailors.
"When approaching the designated area, the crews of the frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen were attacked," the military department said. - The combat crews of the frigates have entered into a training naval battle with the enemy.
Air defense systems repelled a missile attack with the setting of active and passive interference of electronic warfare. Then the calculations of the missile and artillery combat units of the ships worked out an algorithm of joint actions to destroy surface targets by launching missile strikes with high-precision weapons and artillery."
