A group of the Russian Northern Fleet’s combat ships and support vessels practiced anti-submarine warfare missions during drills in the Norwegian Sea, the Fleet’s press office reported on Monday.
The naval sailors hunted down a notional enemy’s submarine using sonars and data from military pilots, it said.
“As part of the drills with the Arctic expeditionary task force, a group of the Northern Fleet’s combat ships and support vessels practiced anti-submarine assignments in the Norwegian Sea. The crews of the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the frigate Fleet Admiral Kasatonov hunted down the notional enemy’s submarines with the help of an anti-submarine warfare helicopter,” the press office said in a statement.
After taking off from the deck of the frigate Fleet Admiral Kasatonov, the pilots of the upgraded Ka-27M helicopter accomplished a set of measures to search for adversary submarines using radio-technical equipment and an onboard sonar, the press office said.
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