MOSCOW, January 31 - RIA Novosti. A detachment of warships and support vessels of the Northern Fleet, including the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the frigate Admiral Kasatonov, as part of exercises with the Arctic Expeditionary Group, worked out the search for a submarine in the Norwegian Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.
"The crews of the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the frigate Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov, using an anti-submarine helicopter, searched for submarines of a conditional enemy," the report says.
It is noted that the sailors practiced the tactics of searching for a submarine in various ways using on-board sonar systems, as well as according to information from the pilots of the upgraded Ka-27M anti-submarine helicopter. The helicopter took off from the Frigate and conducted a visual, radar and magnetometric search for submarines.
A series of naval exercises under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov takes place in January-February 2022 in all areas of responsibility of fleets. The military seamen are working out joint actions with the VKS to protect Russian national interests in the World Ocean, as well as to counter military threats to the Russian Federation from sea and ocean directions.
The exercises cover the waters of the seas adjacent to the Russian territory, as well as operationally important areas of the World Ocean. In total, more than 140 warships and support vessels, more than 60 aircraft, 1,000 units of military equipment, and about 10,000 military personnel participate in the maneuvers.
