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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

Search and strike force of Belomorsk Naval Base of Northern Fleet perform tasks in White Sea

19.07.2024

The search and strike force of the Belomorsk Naval Base of the Northern Fleet leaved for the White Sea to perform tasks.

Small anti-submarine ships Onega and Nariyan Mar perform tasks as a part of the search and strike force.

During the mission within the planned test assignment tactical drills on defending base of operations and troops of the Northern Fleet while on the move at sea, the ships crews as a part of the search and strike force undergo exercises according the main purpose, namely, searching for submarines, deploying anti-submarine weaponry as well as countering ships and air attack means of the mock enemy.

Servicemen of anti-submarine units are to perform a set of combat training exercises on eliminating naval and aerial targets.

The anti-submarine ship of the project 1124 Albatros are designed to search, located, identify, and eliminate submarines. These ships are equipped by two twin-tube rotary 533-mm torpedo tubes, 12-barrel RBU-6000 rocket bomb launchers, Osa-MA surface-to-air missile system and AK-176 and AK-630 artillery launchers.

Information Activities Office of the Northern region (Severomorsk)



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