Войти

About 15 ships of the Caspian Flotilla took up combat duty during the exercises

2412
0
0
Image source: Фото с сайта Минобороны России

Moscow. January 5th. INTERFAX - Special exercises to check the readiness of the crews of the ships of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) for combat duty were held in Dagestan, the Southern Military District (SE) reported on Wednesday.

"On the ships that have taken up combat duty, the crews have been transferred to the round-the-clock mode of combat service, the personnel have taken their places at combat posts, radar stations monitor the air situation, artillery installations have been deployed in responsible firing sectors," the report says.

It is reported that in total more than 200 servicemen took part in the special exercise, about 15 surface ships and CFl boats were involved.

"With the receipt of the "Combat Alert" signal, the crews of the ships worked out actions to prepare the ship for combat and campaign, at combat posts and command posts of the ships, weapons, technical and energy means were transferred to readiness for immediate use, the ships were prepared to leave the home base," the Southern Military District reported.

The Caspian Flotilla, along with the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, is the naval component of the Southern Military District. The flotilla ensures the national and state interests of Russia in the Caspian Sea region: it conducts anti-terrorist activities, is engaged in the protection of trade, the protection of state interests in the area of oil fields.

The flotilla consists of several brigades and divisions of ships, parts of coastal troops. The flagship of the Caspian Flotilla is the rocket ship "Tatarstan". The flotilla includes ships equipped with Kalibr long-range cruise missiles (OKB Novator, Almaz-Antey Concern).

In April 2018, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the decision to transfer the Caspian Flotilla from Astrakhan to Kaspiysk (Dagestan). Then work began on the arrangement of the main base in Kaspiysk and the reconstruction of the base of the brigade of surface ships in Makhachkala.

The rights to this material belong to
The material is placed by the copyright holder in the public domain
  • The news mentions
Do you want to leave a comment? Register and/or Log in
ПОДПИСКА НА НОВОСТИ
Ежедневная рассылка новостей ВПК на электронный почтовый ящик
  • Discussion
    Update
  • 20.06 06:56
  • 40
Глава Ростеха анонсировал возобновление выпуска самолётов радиолокационного обнаружения и управления А-50У
  • 20.06 06:51
  • 329
Израиль усиливает меры безопасности в связи с опасениями ударов со стороны Ирана
  • 20.06 05:40
  • 1
Крупные американские компании хотят вернуться в РФ, есть контакты, надеюсь, будут приниматься решения - Путин
  • 20.06 04:57
  • 1
Putin: Russia can help conclude an agreement between Iran and Israel (The Associated Press, USA)
  • 20.06 04:52
  • 1
Раскрыт гигантский арсенал США для удара по Ирану
  • 20.06 04:44
  • 1
О ключевых отличиях новой Ядерной Доктрины РФ от старой (и от советской тоже).
  • 20.06 02:43
  • 1
Китай создал портативную нейтронную пушку, работающую на водородно-литиевой ядерной реакции
  • 20.06 01:04
  • 992
Израиль "готовился не к той войне" — и оказался уязвим перед ХАМАС
  • 19.06 23:46
  • 9467
Without carrot and stick. Russia has deprived America of its usual levers of influence
  • 19.06 17:57
  • 25
Усталость металла: в районе Соледара разбился российский Су-25
  • 19.06 17:55
  • 0
Ответ на "Давид против Голиафа. Всего 1000 элитных британских солдат могут полностью отразить российское нападение, заявляет глава армии. Великобритания учится на опыте Украины (The Sun, Великобритания)"
  • 19.06 17:26
  • 0
Ответ на "Военный высказался о разнице российской и израильской систем ПВО"
  • 19.06 15:32
  • 13
Мир с Ираном невозможен, если у Тегерана будет ядерное оружие - Трамп
  • 19.06 08:57
  • 1
КСИР: Использование ракет семейства Fattah - начало конца легендарной израильской системы ПВО-ПРО
  • 19.06 04:02
  • 0
Ответ на "Европейские милитаристские тенденции"