Moscow. September 15. INTERFAX-The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser (TARKR) "Peter the Great" and the missile cruiser (RKR) "Marshal Ustinov" worked out the destruction of a landing party of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Barents Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) reported on Wednesday.
"As part of the exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group for the protection of the Arctic island zone and the sea coast of the Russian Federation, the ship strike group of the Northern Fleet consisting of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Peter the Great and the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov worked out the destruction of a naval amphibious detachment of a conditional enemy in the Barents Sea, "the message says.
It is noted that the combat crews of the cruisers fired at the sea target position with their main missile systems "Granit "(TARKR" Peter the Great") and" Vulkan "(RKR"Marshal Ustinov"). According to the objective control data, the target simulating a marine amphibious detachment of a conditional enemy was successfully hit.
"The area of the missile firing was previously closed to civilian shipping and aviation flights by the forces of the Kola Flotilla of diverse forces," the fleet headquarters reported.
According to the fleet, the missile firing was the final episode of the exercise of the cruisers of the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea. After its implementation, the fleet forces operating at sea began to curtail and headed for permanent bases on the Kola Peninsula.
On September 9, the Russian Northern Fleet announced the start of major maneuvers in the Arctic. They involve about 50 ships, 120 aircraft and helicopters, about 8 thousand military personnel. Practical actions of the forces of the Northern Fleet will be held in the waters of the Barents, Kara, Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, the Laptev Sea, in the area of the Novosibirsk Islands, the archipelago of France-Joseph Land, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.
