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Russian ships conducted an air defense exercise in the northeast Atlantic

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Moscow. February 4. INTERFAX-AVN - A detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet conducted an exercise to repel the attacks of a simulated enemy aircraft in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the fleet said on Friday.

"The crews of the cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the frigate Admiral Kasatonov took part in the exercise. The exercise on repelling air strikes and anti-ship missiles was conducted using computer simulation of the tactical situation with conditional defeat of air targets by anti-aircraft fire means of ships," the press service reported.

They noted that the exercise was conducted in difficult hydrometeorological conditions with gusty winds and sea waves up to six points.

"The personnel of the combat posts of detection, radio-electronic and anti-aircraft fire destruction have worked out the issuance and reception of target designation, as well as the conditional use of ships' weapons," the report says.

As the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Thursday, British fighters took to the air because of two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers, which flew over the Barents, Norwegian Seas and the northeast Atlantic.

On February 2, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Norwegian and British Air Force fighters were taking to the air due to the flight of two Russian Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft for exercises in the northeast Atlantic.

On January 20, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the beginning of a series of maneuvers of the Russian Navy with the participation of more than 140 ships and vessels, over 10 thousand military. The exercises under the general leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov will cover the waters of the seas adjacent to the Russian territory, as well as operationally important areas of the World Ocean, the military said. Separate exercises will be held in the waters of the Mediterranean, Northern, Okhotsk Seas, in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean, the Defense Ministry reported.

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