The Russian military has completed tests of weapons of submarines in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, they were monitored daily by NATO ships. This was announced on July 16 by the press service of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation.
"The submariners of the Northern Fleet have successfully completed a special exercise to test the systems and weapons of submarines in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas. The crews of nuclear submarines took part in the exercise," the report says.
It is noted that the servicemen worked out the tasks at the maximum depths for most modern submarines. The rescue squad of the Northern Fleet-the rescue vessel "Georgy Titov" and the rescue tug "Nikolai Chiker"took part in the tests.
The Russian Federation also reported that the presence of ships of the naval forces of NATO countries was recorded in the area of deep-sea fleet tests in the Norwegian Sea. In addition, up to 10 aircraft of the alliance's basic patrol aviation were in the air every day, the press service added.
Earlier, on May 13, the commander of the Russian Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, said that NATO military exercises are shifting to the Russian borders, the intensity of US strategic aviation flights is increasing, which is provocative.
On July 8, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov pointed out that the statements of the European partners of the Russian Federation, as well as the United States and NATO, contain statements about the containment of the Russian Federation.
On July 14, commenting on the incident with the violation of the Russian state border by the British destroyer Defender on June 23, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov said that NATO uses its fleet for provocative pressure against Russia. Then the British ship crossed the state border of the Russian Federation and entered the territorial sea near Cape Fiolent for 3 km. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stressed that the incident is a classic provocation.
