The fleet forces are returning to the points of permanent deployment
Moscow. June 20. INTERFAX - Operational exercises with groups of Baltic Fleet forces have been completed, the fleet said on Monday.
"The maneuvers were conducted in the Baltic Sea and at combat training grounds in the Kaliningrad region," the report says.
The exercises were held in the period from 9 to 19 June.
"Up to 60 surface warships, boats and support vessels were involved, including patrol ships and corvettes, small missile ships and missile boats, small anti-submarine ships, base and raid minesweepers, as well as small amphibious hovercraft and high-speed boats, logistics vessels," he said. fleet.
"In addition, about 10,000 military personnel, about 45 aircraft and helicopters, as well as up to 2,000 units of combat and special equipment were involved in the maneuvers," the information says.
It notes that currently the forces involved in the exercises "have begun to return to the points of permanent deployment."
As part of the exercises, the tasks of protecting and defending sea communications and fleet bases were worked out. The objectives of the maneuvers are "to increase the level of readiness and ability of the Baltic Fleet's military command bodies, to improve the interaction, naval and field training of ship crews and personnel of the fleet's coastal troops, as well as to gain practice by the command and headquarters in the management of forces," the report says.
The maneuvers were conducted under the leadership of the commander of the Baltic Fleet Viktor Liina.
In particular, combat training tasks were worked out to repel attacks by means of an air attack of a conditional enemy.
"Also, while going to sea, the crews of the fleet ships conducted a complex of artillery firing on large and small sea shields simulating a detachment of warships of a conditional enemy. In addition, the firing was carried out on buoy fields located outside the line of sight, which imitated the coastal artillery of a conditional enemy," the report says.
As part of the exercises, the fleet ships, in cooperation with Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft and Ka-27 helicopters, searched, tracked and destroyed a simulated enemy submarine using radar and sonar equipment, as well as anti-submarine weapons. "Special attention was paid to the actions of anti-submarine calculations during the search, detection and tracking of the submarine, interaction with anti-submarine aircraft in the area of the alleged location of the submarine, as well as the use of anti-submarine weapons," the report said.
The crews of the anti-submarine ships also carried out a complex of firings with RBU-6000 rocket launchers and worked out the practical use of torpedo weapons. Naval minesweeping groups (CTG) of the fleet, consisting of base and raid minesweepers, neutralized mines placed by a conditional enemy with the practical use of weapons.
At the final stage of the exercises in the Baltic Sea, the crews of the patrol ship "Yaroslav the Wise", the corvettes "Stoyky", "Savvy" performed anti-aircraft missile and artillery firing at air targets. The crew of the TFR carried out practical rocket and artillery firing from the sea-based anti-aircraft missile system "Dagger" and the anti-aircraft missile and artillery complex "Dirk", and the corvettes hit air targets from artillery installations A-190 and AK-630. Firing was carried out on cruise missiles fired from the small rocket ship "Passat". "As a result of the shooting, all targets were hit. In addition, the crew of the Baltic Fleet corvette "Savvy" conducted a tactical exercise with the combat launch of an anti-ship missile in the ranges of the Baltic Sea," the fleet informs.
It is also reported that the crew of the corvette "Savvy" completed the task of launching a missile attack on a naval target simulating a simulated enemy warship. The missile firing was carried out using the corvette's main strike weapon, the Uran anti-ship missile system.
