The ships also worked out actions to protect against weapons of mass destruction at sea crossing, including carrying out special treatment in case of conditional exposure to radiation contamination
KALININGRAD, June 7. /tass/. The crews of the small amphibious hovercraft "Mordovia" and "Evgeny Kocheshkov" conducted mine laying in the sea ranges of the Baltic Fleet during planned tactical exercises, the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.
"The crews of the MDKVP "Mordovia" and "Evgeny Kocheshkov" carried out the installation of a defensive anti-submarine mine barrier in the specified areas of the sea and placed training bottom mines," the press service said. The day before, the crews successfully carried out firing with the AK-630 artillery complex.
In addition to mining the waters of the Baltic Sea, the crews of the ships within the framework of the exercises worked out actions to protect against weapons of mass destruction at sea crossing. The main attention was paid to the implementation of standards for sealing the hulls of ships and carrying out special treatment of MDKVP in case of conditional exposure to radiation contamination.
"Mordovia" and "Evgeny Kocheshkov" (project 12322 "Zubr") are the world's largest amphibious hovercraft. They are designed to receive amphibious assault units with military equipment from an equipped or unequipped shore, transportation by sea, landing on the enemy coast and fire support of the troops being landed. Due to the design features of the air cushion for ships of this project, up to 70% of the total length of the coastline of the seas and oceans of the world is available for landing.
About the exercises
Earlier it was reported that as part of the planned exercises in the sea ranges of the Baltic Fleet there are more than 20 warships and boats of the fleet performing combat training tasks both singly and as part of ship search and strike groups and ship strike groups. These are corvettes, patrol ships, small missile ships and missile boats, small anti-submarine ships, base and raid minesweepers, as well as small amphibious hovercraft and speedboats.
Exercises of Russian Baltic sailors are conducted against the background of maneuvers of the naval forces of NATO countries. From June 5 to June 16, military exercises Baltops 2022 (Baltic Operations) are being held in the central and southern parts of the Baltic Sea, as well as on coastal ranges in Germany, Sweden, Poland and the Baltic States. They are attended by 14 NATO countries, 44 ships and about 100 aircraft.
