Russian Navy exercises in Arctic to counter unmanned threat
The Russian Northern Fleet, which operates in the Arctic, has conducted exercises to counter fictitious enemy unmanned vessels, Interfax and Reuters reported on Monday, quoted by Agerpres.
Citing the fleet's press service, Interfax reported that some of the country's largest destroyers and landing ships took part in the Arctic exercises.
"During the exercise in the East Siberian Sea, the crews of the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov and the large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovski practised actions to protect a detachment of ships in the event of a threat from the enemy using unmanned boats," the agency reported, citing the press office statement.
It is not clear at the moment when the exercises took place, Reuters notes.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
