VIDEO: Russian Navy conducts anti-submarine exercises in Norwegian Sea

As part of the exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group, the warships and support vessels of the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet conducted anti-submarine drills in the Norwegian Sea.

The main focus of the exercises was to practice the operations of the navy and the aerospace forces to protect Russian national interests, as well as to counter possible military threats from the sea.

 The crews of Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov and Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate Admiral Kasatonov aided by a specially equipped anti-submarine helicopter Kamov Ka-27practiced operations to locate potential enemy submarines.

They performed a set of measures for visual, radar, and magnetometric search for submarines using standard radio equipment and an onboard sonar station.

The Russian Navy is currently carrying out drills involving more than 140 vessels from all of its fleets in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the North, Okhotsk, and Mediterranean seas.

Recently, the crew of the Russian Navy’s frigate Admiral Gorshkov performed practical firing with an artillery complex at conventional sea and air targets. The artillery firing was also conducted as part of the exercise in the Northern Fleet with the Arctic expeditionary group and the training of forces and troops.

Project 22350 frigates displace 5,000 tons, measure 135 meters in length and have a cruising range of 4,500 miles. Admiral Gorshkov, the lead ship of Project 22350, was commissioned in 2018. The second Project 22350 frigate, Admiral Kasatonov, joined the Russian Navy’s fleet in June 2020. All vessels are planned to be completed by 2025.