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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Strike group of Russian naval ships begins Atlantic exercises

A strike group of ships of the Russian Navy has begun exercises in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday with the participation of long-range aviation.

During three-day exercises conducted by ships of the Russian Northern and Black Sea Fleets, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet - Moskva, will make missile launchings by means of its main strike complex Basalt and air defense complex S-300F equipped with "Fort" missiles that are capable to destroy high-speed ballistic targets at high altitudes, a source from the headquarters of the Russian Navy told Tass.

Carrier-based planes Su-33 and Su-25 will make flights from the aircraft carrier Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov.

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