The flagship of Russia’s Northern Fleet, the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky
made a simulated detection of a foreign submarine in the Barents Sea
during a recent exercise and guided other assets to track it, Fleet
spokesman Vadim Serga said on Monday.
The simulated submarine contact was located in international waters
north of Kildin Island, and an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship and two
ASW aircraft, an Il-38 and Tu-142, were sent to the area to track and
“engage” it, he said.
Serga did not say when the exercise began.
On Monday, the Pyotr Veliky will continue practising ASW missions in
conjunction with other Northern Fleet warships, including a live fire
exercise.
The war games are being conducted to test the combat readiness of the Northern Fleet’s ASW assets on alert duty.
The Pyotr Veliky's armament includes 20 P-700 Granit anti-ship
missiles, 48 S-300F Fort and 46 S-300FM Fort-M (SA-N-20 Gargoyle)
medium-range surface-to-air missiles, with an effective range of up to
200 kilometers(120 miles), 128 3K95 Kinzhal (SA-N-9 Gauntlet)
short-range SAMs, and six CADS-N-1 Kashtan gun/missile systems. The
cruiser also has its own anti-submarine component of three Ka-27 Helix
helicopters.
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