In the Black sea under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, a joint exercise of the Black Sea and Northern Fleets was conducted with the implementation of missile firing. The exercise involved more than 30 ships, a submarine of the Black Sea Fleet and more than 40 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
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In the course of practical actions of aviation, a pair of MiG-31K fighters performed combat shooting with a hypersonic aeroballistic missile “Kinzhal” at a target on one of the training grounds. From the Northern Fleet in the exercise were involved: missile cruiser “Marshal Ustinov”, on Board of which was deployed marching headquarters and carried out the management of forces, as well as a large anti-submarine ship “Vice Admiral Kulakov”.
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Also, the combat crews of the coastal missile system “Utes” of the Black Sea Fleet, made two missile launches at targets that simulate the ships of the mock enemy. Utes (Object-100) missiles are situated right on a cliff, with the sea beneath, 50–100 m from sea level, stationed at two firing positions (bunker TEL) alongside the rest of the base facilities. The missile has a range of 300 km and a 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) high-explosive warhead.
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The joint ship group in cooperation with the coastal troops and Aerospace Forces worked out training and combat tasks for defeating the ship group of a mock enemy with the use of missile weapons. The exercise was attended by crews of multi-purpose Su-30SM fighters, Su-24m front-line bombers and Tu-95 strategic missile bombers. Unmanned aerial vehicles of the Black Sea Fleet provided continuous visual observation of the exercise.