In course of the combined-arms exercise of the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea the Northern Fleet warship battle group, including the Pyotr Velikiy heavy atomic missile cruiser and the Admiral Ushakov destroyer supported by fighters repelled a massive air attack, says press center of RF Defence Ministry.
All the targets were successfully eliminated by combat crews of AK-130 and AK-630 artillery complexes of the missile cruiser and the destroyer.
In total, more than 20 warships, about 10 nuclear and diesel submarines, 20 auxiliary ships and 30 aircrafts were involved in the control training. More than 5,000 servicemen of the Northern Fleet and 300 vehicles and hardware are involved in different parts of the exercise.