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Thursday, September 09, 2010

Northern Fleet shows muscles in Barents Sea

Slava-class cruiserA large-scale military exercise involving several submarines, surface vessels, aviation and more than four thousand men is currently unfolding in the Barents Sea.

Also test shooting with the S-300 missile system is part of the training.

Of the surface vessels involved are the missile cruiser “Marshal Ustinov”, the destroyer “Admiral Ushakov”, the anti-submarine vessel “Admiral Chabanenko”, as well as the “Severomorsk”.

In addition, several submarines are engaged, a press release from the Russian Defence Ministry confirms.

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