The Baltic Fleet forces will monitor the actions of NATO ships that entered the Baltic Sea to participate in the exercises. The former commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Valuev, told RIA Novosti about the reaction of the Russian fleet.
"The purpose of the NATO exercises is to show the power and cohesion of the allies. However, the Baltic Fleet has enough coastal complexes and ship personnel to counter the emergence of a threat. Exploration is conducted by all means. In case of aggressive plans, we will have all the targets at gunpoint," the former fleet commander said.
Admiral Valuev also noted that earlier NATO ships together with the Baltic Fleet conducted exercises BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) to practice interaction at sea and on land. "However, now the scenario is more like a rehearsal for landing troops on the coast in order to move east. But we are ready for this," he added.
Earlier it became known that the ships of the first permanent naval mine action group of NATO SNMG1 entered the Baltic Sea. The ships will take part in exercises with neighboring allies and partners.
In April, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported that the ships of the fleet conducted a naval battle on exercises. Small rocket ships carried out electronic missile launches on the boats of a conditional enemy.
In March, the military personnel of the Baltic Fleet Air Defense Unit conducted exercises using the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS).
