MOSCOW, 16 Sep – RIA Novosti. Two Russian nuclear submarines launched cruise missiles from the route of the Northern Sea Route at a target simulating a detachment of ships of a conditional enemy, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"During the complex Arctic expedition "Umka-2022", nuclear-powered submarines with cruise missiles "Omsk" and "Novosibirsk" of the Pacific Fleet, while on the surface, launched anti-ship cruise missiles "Granite" and "Onyx" from the waters of the Chukchi Sea. The missiles at the set time hit a complex naval target simulating a detachment of warships of a conditional enemy at a distance of over 400 kilometers," the military department said.
According to the ministry, "to carry out missile firing, the nuclear submarine Novosibirsk passed under the ice and surfaced in the designated area in the waters of the Northern Sea Route, from where the missile weapons were used."
The Ministry of Defense clarified that together with submarines in high latitudes from the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula, the firing of the Onyx cruise missile was carried out by the Bastion coastal missile system. The missile hit a naval target at a distance of 300 kilometers.
The actions of the Pacific Fleet forces from the board of the control ship "Marshal Krylov" were led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.
The ministry said that under the leadership of the Commander-in-chief of the Navy, a comprehensive Arctic expedition "Umka-2022" is being conducted in the eastern sector of the Arctic. The main command of the Navy, the troops and forces of the Pacific Fleet, the Russian Geographical Society, organizations and enterprises of the military-industrial complex, as well as research organizations participate in it.
In order to check the readiness of the protection of the Russian Arctic by military methods, research exercises of naval forces, naval aviation and coastal troops were conducted during the expedition. Within the framework of the expedition, in particular, military-technical experiments will be carried out in Arctic conditions to test the capabilities and characteristics of weapons, military and special equipment, both in service and promising, manufactured by industrial enterprises on an initiative basis.
In the scientific part of the expedition in the regions of Chukotka, including on Wrangel Island, representatives of the RGS are supposed to study the ecological state of Arctic ecosystems, assess the current level of pollution of their components, identify the most common pollutants and prepare recommendations for eliminating accumulated harm.
