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Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

Crews of corvettes Rezkiy and Gromkiy of Pacific Fleet undergo anti-submarine drills in East China Sea

10.07.2024

Crews of the corvettes Rezkiy and Gromkiy of the Pacific Fleet have conducted a training exercise on search, detection and destruction of a submarine of a mock enemy while crossing the East China Sea.

According to the plans of the exercise, based on intelligence information acquired by the corvettes of the Pacific Fleet, a mock enemy submarine was operating in the area of the crossing route monitoring the activities of Russian ships.

By the decision of the commander of the detachment of ships, helicopter Ka-27PS, which carried out an additional search for the mock enemy submarine, took off.

As a result of anti-submarine operations, the crews of the corvettes detected the submarine and by giving a special signal attempted to force the submarine to surface. After refusal to comply, The corvettes' combat crews wiped out the mock enemy's submarine using torpedo weaponry and RBU-6000 rocket-propelled depth-charge launchers.

The exercise was conducted in accordance with the plan of activities of the Pacific Fleet's corvette detachment in the Asia-Pacific region.

Press Service of the Eastern Military District



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