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October 20, 2020 – USS Ross (DDG 71) returned to operate in the Barents Sea Oct. 19. Ross’ return to the Arctic marks the third time this year that U.S. Navy destroyers have operated in the Barents Sea. In Sept., beginning its tenth Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe deployment, Ross and a P-8A Poseidon from Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 joined Royal…
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October 20, 2020 (TASS) – The crew of the Northern Fleet’s frigate Admiral Kasatonov deployed to the Barents Sea for anti-submarine warfare drills, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday. “Today the crew of the Northern Fleet’s frigate Fleet Admiral Kasatonov started practicing assignments of anti-submarine warfare drills in the Barents Sea in compliance with the Fleet’s combat training plans…
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October 13, 2020 (Google Translation) – On October 13, 2020, as part of the planned combat training tasks for the summer training period, the crew of the Northern Fleet’s nuclear-powered missile submarine “Orel” fired an anti-ship cruise missile “Granit” at a surface target in the combat training grounds of the fleet in the Barents Sea. The shooting was carried out…
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September 8, 2020 (TASS) – Russia’s Northern Fleet keeps track of the USS Ross destroyer-led NATO group in the Barents Sea, the National Defense Control Center told the media on Tuesday. “The Northern Fleet is monitoring NATO’s group led by the USS Ross destroyer of the US Navy, which entered the Barents Sea on September 7, 2020,” the Defense Control…
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May 5, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser left the main base of the Northern Fleet – Severomorsk in the Barents Sea to work out planned combat training tasks. The ship’s crew will carry out a series of artillery firing at sea and air targets at naval training ranges of the fleet during naval exercises on…
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