VILYUCHINSK (Kamchatka), October 27 - RIA Novosti. Combat crews of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) conducted tactical exercises in Kamchatka to cover the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet from an air attack by a conditional enemy, and a detachment to combat underwater sabotage forces and means also conducted exercises.
According to the exercise plan, the personnel of the S-400 air defense system division relocated from the positional area to an unequipped area in the coastal zone of the Pacific Ocean. During the march, the column of equipment was covered by calculations of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes "Pantsir-S1". In the new positional area, the military deployed launchers, smoke screens were installed to mask the disposition.
A detachment to combat underwater sabotage forces and means (PDSS) conducted special exercises in Kamchatka to repel an attack by a sabotage group of a conditional enemy on a permanent deployment point of submarines of the Pacific Fleet.
"According to the legend of the exercises, an unknown group of people on a speedboat attempted to break through to the point of permanent deployment of submarines of the Pacific Fleet. Having received the signal, the unit of the PDSS detachment moved to the specified area on an anti-sabotage boat of the Grachonok type," the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet told reporters about the scenario of maneuvers.
Having cut off the direct path to the fleet submarines, the detachment's capture group on the fast boats Bl-680 and Bl-860 advanced to the offending vessel, where during the detention they destroyed part of the conditional saboteurs. The remaining violators in diving equipment managed to go under water. To search for them and destroy them on a boat of the Grachonok type, a search station with the Kalmar sonar complex was used. The saboteurs who got out in the area of the pier zone of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet were blocked and destroyed by the soldiers of the PDSS detachment. According to the press service, about 50 military personnel, the anti-sabotage boat of the Grachonok project and high-speed boats of the PDSS detachment were involved in the training.
The press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet stressed that the exercises were conducted as part of the final check for the summer training period and are a stage of preparation for the strategic command and staff exercises "Vostok-2022", which next year will be the main event of combat training of troops (forces) Eastern Military District.