Russian Navy frigate holds successful air defense firings in Arctic drills
The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov is among the Northern Fleetâs most advanced warships
MURMANSK, April 1. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s frigate Admiral Gorshkov held successful firings from the shipborne Poliment-Redut surface-to-air missile system in the Barents Sea, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday.
The warship hit two target missiles launched by the missile corvette Aisberg, the press office said in a statement.
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The small missile ship Rassvet exercised control of the air defense firings. Four other ships of the Kola Flotilla of All-Arms Forces - the small anti-submarine warfare ships Brest and Snezhnogorsk and the coastal minesweepers Kolomna and Yadrin closed the sea area for shipping and flights during the firings, the statement says.
Snezhnogorsk
Murmanskaya-oblast
Russia
Yadrin
Amurskaya-oblast
Rassvet
Kaliningradskaya-oblast
Kolomna
Moskovskaya-oblast
Severnaya
Kurganskaya-oblast
Petersburg