China News Agency, Moscow, July 9th (Reporter Wang Xiujun) The main ship of the Russian Northern Fleet exercises a missile attack on the Barents Sea on the 9th.
According to the news of the Northern Fleet Information Office, on the same day, the Northern Fleet's main ship "Peter the Great" heavy nuclear-powered cruiser and the "Marshal Ustinov" missile cruiser formed an attack cluster and launched "Granite" to the imaginary enemy at the maximum range of the missile. "Anti-ship cruise missiles and "volcano" anti-ship cruise missiles. In addition, the two battleships also practiced artillery suppression on land targets.
On the same day, the Russian Air and Space Army Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber launched a long-range cruise missile attack on a hypothetical enemy group 400 kilometers away in designated waters.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Northern Fleet anti-submarine ships and helicopters also practiced subjects such as submarine search and torpedo launch.
The force of the exercise mainly includes more than 30 surface ships, submarines, auxiliary ships, etc. of the Russian Northern Fleet, as well as more than 20 combat aircraft, about 40 pieces of weapons and equipment for coastal defense and air defense forces. According to the Russian "Red Star", the participating troops began to gather from July 7.
According to RIA Novosti, the exercise was carried out in accordance with the Russian military exercise plan for 2020, and the main exercise subject was multi-arms coordination to complete combat missions. The entire exercise process will last for several days, during which the waters and airspace involved in the exercise are closed. (Finish)