SEVEROMORSK (Murmansk region), 9 Sep-RIA Novosti. The Northern Fleet has begun large-scale exercises in the Arctic zone, its press service told reporters.
"Up to eight thousand servicemen, about 800 units of combat and special equipment, including about 40 tanks, 460 armored combat vehicles, up to 240 guns, mortars and multiple launch rocket systems, about 120 aircraft and up to 50 ships and support vessels have been involved," the report said.
The maneuvers will take place in the waters of the Barents and Kara Seas, the Laptev Sea, in the area of the Novosibirsk Islands and the Franz Josef Land archipelago.
"Forces (troops) The Northern Fleet will conduct practical actions to protect the communications of the Northern Sea Route, protect and defend the garrisons of the fleet, study possible areas of combat operations and conditions for the use of diverse fleet forces in the western and eastern Arctic sea zones, " the press service said.
Units of the land and coastal troops, as well as the air defense forces of the Northern Fleet, moved to the training grounds in the Murmansk Region to conduct joint exercises with the Arctic expeditionary group.
To participate in the maneuvers, air defense units — combat crews of the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems, and the Pantsir S-1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems-left the points of permanent deployment.
The planned exercises are held under the leadership of the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev.
