Friendship Bridge 2025 bilateral naval exercise is held in Mediterranean Sea
14.04.2025 (08:30)
Friendship Bridge 2025 bilateral naval exercise was held in the Mediterranean Sea. The manoeuvres involved the Navy of the Russian Federation and the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
From 6 to 10 April, the forces of both states trained a number of phases comprising coastal and naval parts.
A briefing was held during the first phase in the Alexandria Port (Arab Republic of Egypt). The command post exercise were organised during the briefing as well as practical manoeuvres in sea, an instruction, and a test on tactics. The participants discussed the order and the sequence of drills, formation of international ship battle force, joint manoeuvring, artillery fire practice, and a number of other cooperating elements.
In the course of the maritime phase in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the seamen practised elements of defending ships from maritime high-speed means and underwent air defence training. They also repelled mock air attacks simulated by the F-16 aircraft of the Egyptian Air Force. When inspecting a ship of interest, Russian and Egyptian naval personnel practised the joint actions of the boarding teams.
In several episodes of the exercise, a Ka-27 helicopter of the Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Golovko was engaged to touch down on the deck of the Egyptian Navy's frigate Al-Galala.
The first Russian-Egyptian naval exercise Friendship Bridge was held in 2015, and Northern Fleet forces took part in this exercise for the first time.
Russia was represented by a detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet as the frigate Admiral Golovko and the medium sea tanker Vyazma. The missile frigate Al-Galala, missile crafts Fuad Zerki and Makhmud Fahmy, and F-16 aircraft were involved from the Egyptian Navy.
Information Activities Office of the Northern region (Severomorsk)
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