Russia's Northern
and Baltic Fleets are beefing up their operational strength in the Barents and
Baltic Seas as part of a surprise operability test that was announced in
Russia's armed forces on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry reported in a
statement on Thursday.
"About 80
surface vessels, submarines and support ships of the Russian Navy have left
their permanent bases and started the deployment phase in the designated areas
of the sea ranges in the Barents and Baltic Seas. Several groups of all-arms
naval forces have been put together at the moment," it said.
While proceeding
toward the deployment areas, the ships are training the organization of air
defense and short-range anti-submarine defenses and the arrangement of
communications.
"In the
course of anti-submarine defense training, in cooperation with naval aviation,
the participants are training to look for, detect, and track submarines using
bottom, towed, and dunking sonar stations. The ship crews have conducted
onboard damage control exercises, practicing the norms stipulated by the Surface
Ship Damage Control Manual and the Submarine Damage Control Manual," it
said.
As concerns the
Navy, special significance during the operability test will be attached to
efficiency of operational control of the naval forces and the practicing of
interoperability of coastal forces, naval groups, the all-arms naval forces,
and the naval aviation, the Defense Ministry said.
"The Navy's
coastal forces will perform a set of duties as part of an anti-amphibious
operation, during which the countering of a simulated enemy's amphibious
assault landing and anti-amphibious coastal defense measures will be
practiced," it said.
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