“Missile units of the Northern Fleet have performed 38 launches of cruise sea- and ground-based missiles as well as three launches of sea-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. In total, the servicemen have performed about 150 missile firing exercises and that exceeds results of the previous year by 1.6 times,” the Northern Fleet’s press service said.
According to the Baltic Fleet’s spokesman Roman Martov, the fleet carried out over 200 firing exercises in 2016.
During the exercises the fleets used different types of weapons.
“Cruise missile launches were carried out by crews of nuclear missile submarines, diesel submarines, surface ships, and coastal missile squadrons. Within the training year, missile units of the Northern Fleet carried out launches of Sineva and Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles as well as Granit, Moskit, Malakhit, Progress, Termit, Kalibr and Onyx cruise missiles,” the Northern Fleet’s press service said.
The Baltic Fleet is said to have used cannon artillery, mortars, multiple launch rocket systems and antitank guided missiles.
