The crews of the Rostov-on-Don and Veliky Novgorod submarines practiced striking with Kalibr-PL missiles during the exercise
SEVASTOPOL, November 3. /tass/. The crews of submarines of the Black Sea Fleet during the exercises worked out a missile strike on a detachment of ships of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Wednesday.
"The crews of the submarines of the Black Sea Fleet "Rostov-on-Don" and "Veliky Novgorod" during the exercise worked out a strike with Kalibr-PL missiles on a detachment of ships of a conditional enemy. The exercise took place in the Black Sea," the navy said.
According to the plan of the exercises, submarines performing planned combat training tasks at sea received an order to destroy detected and classified naval targets. Having performed an urgent dive, the submariners electronically launched missiles to simulate a strike from an underwater position on the ships of a conditional enemy, the role of which was performed by a tactical group of missile ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
On October 30, the US Navy destroyer Porter headed to the Black Sea for joint operations with NATO allies and partners in the region. In addition, according to the statement of the 6th Fleet of the US Navy, the command ship Mount Whitney is being sent to the Black Sea for joint operations with NATO forces.