Missile units of the Northern Fleet have performed 38 launches of cruise sea- and ground-based missiles as well as 3 launches of sea-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, says press center of RF Defence Ministry. In total, the servicemen have performed about 150 missile firing exercises and that exceeds results of the previous year by 1.6 times.
The missile launches have been carried out in course of the scheduled activities of the combat training as well as trials of newest warships, which the Russian Navy had been equipped with.
According to the Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov, intensity and quality of missile firing, which was performed in 2016, confirms the high level of personnel training of the missile and artillery units of the Northern Fleet.
Cruise missile launches were carried out by crews of nuclear missile submarines, diesel submarines, surface ships, and coastal missile squadrons.
Within the training year, missile units of the Northern Fleet carried out launches of Sineva and Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles as well as Granit, Moskit, Malakhit, Progress, Termit, Kalibr and Onyx cruise missiles.