Russian Navy to Exercise in Barents Sea

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Russia’s Northern Fleet will hold large-scale drills in the Barents Sea in August, a fleet spokesman said on Friday.

Russia’s Northern Fleet will hold large-scale drills in the Barents Sea in August, a fleet spokesman said on Friday.

The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, nuclear powered and diesel electric submarines, naval aviation and coastline forces will participate, Capt. 1st Rank Vadim Serga said.

The drills will include missile launches and live artillery fire, he added.

The Kuznetsov, currently Russia’s only aging aircraft carrier, was built in 1985 and has been scheduled to undergo a major overhaul.

 

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