He said that "the scheduled tactical exercise of a surface ship division of the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian Navy's permanent force in the remote zone wrapped up in Mediterranean."
"The ships practiced destroying an imaginary enemy submarine with rocket-propelled depth charges," Trukhachev asdded.
He also said that after a simulated escort operation as well as drills to conduct anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and anti-sabotage defense, the Smetlivy guided missile destroyer performed rocket firing on an air target from with the Volna system.
VDS aft: #ВМФ #ЧФ BSF destroyer Smetlivy is modernized & fitted for SS-N-25. 870 has several sonars: WolfPaw,hull mounted,Vega,VDS… pic.twitter.com/5GRGw562xV
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) 22 мая 2017 г.
Shortly after, the Smetlivy along with the Russian frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen successfully destroyed a sea target, Trukhachev said.
76,2mm gun mount, forward OWL Screech radar, RBU6000 and RBU1000 ASW rocket launchers and Big Net radar on #ВМФ #ЧФ BSF destroyer Smetlivy pic.twitter.com/FzfJ8SJfWn
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) 22 мая 2017 г.
In March 2016, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Smetlivy destroyer of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet departed from the country's southwestern port city of Sevastopol to join Russia's naval force in the Mediterranean later that month.
In late April 2017, the Admiral Grigorovich detected a naval "mine", evaded and destroyed it during drills in the Mediterranean, according to the Black Sea Fleet's press service.
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