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December 25, 2020 (Google Translation) – On December 25, the flag of the Russian Navy was raised on the third serial corvette, built at the three-time-awarded Amur Shipyard (part of the USC). Having successfully completed the program of factory running and state tests, during which all the systems and weapons of the ship were checked, after the State Acceptance Commission…
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December 12, 2020 (Google Translation) – By the end of 2020, auxiliary vessels of the Pacific Fleet were recognized as one of the most running at the Pacific Fleet. The total duration of their work at sea exceeded 10 thousand days. Ships of the auxiliary fleet in Primorye and Kamchatka this year took part in three long-distance cruises, icebreakers “Sadko”…
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November 27, 2020 (Google Translation) – In Kamchatka, the crews of the Il-38 anti-submarine squadron of the Troops and Forces in the North-East of Russia completed missions in the near zone of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet. In the course of the flight mission, a group of aircraft consisting of three Il-38s over the Pacific Ocean improved tactics of group…
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November 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – The joint exercise “Bridge of Friendship – 2020” between the Russian Navy and the Naval Forces (Navy) of the Arab Republic of Egypt has ended at the Black Sea Fleet. The objectives of the exercise, which took place for the first time in the Black Sea, were to strengthen and develop military cooperation between…
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November 18, 2020 (Google Translation) – As part of scheduled training flights, the crews of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation completed the tasks of night refueling of aircraft with fuel in the air over the Kaliningrad region. In the course of combat training, the crews of the Su-30SM multipurpose fighters and the Su-24M front-line bombers performed in-air refueling from the…
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November 6, 2020 (Google Translation) – “Otaka” belonging to the 3rd Missile Boat Corps of the Maritime Self-Defense Force around 9 am on Friday, November 6 (Sasebo) and “P-1” (Atsugi) belonging to the 4th Air Group are about 50km northeast of Kamitsushima. One Russian Navy Slava-class cruiser, Udaloy-class destroyer, traveling southwest in the waters. One ship and one Dubna-class supply…
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October 11, 2020 (TASS) – The navies of Egypt and Russia are preparing to hold joint exercises in the Black Sea in the near future, the Al Arabiya TV channel reported on Saturday. An Egyptian military expert, Maj. Gen. Gamal Mazlum told TASS that it would be the first-ever Russian-Egyptian naval exercise. “Egyptian forces will arrive to the Black Sea…
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September 15, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 of the naval aviation of the Russian Navy have performed scheduled flights over the neutral waters of the Bering and Black Seas. The duration of the flights was about 6 and 10 hours, respectively. At some stages of the route over the Bering Sea, Tu-142 aircraft were accompanied by…
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September 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – Pacific Fleet sailors performed more than 50 combat exercises, many of which were conducted for the first time In the Bering Sea, the exercises of the Pacific Fleet with a grouping of forces in the far sea zone ended. Also, the Pacific was involved in the Ocean Shield 2020 naval exercise. The active part…
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August 20, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crews of the large landing ships (BDK) of the Pacific Fleet “Nikolay Vilkov”, “Oslyabya”, “Peresvet”, and “Admiral Nevelskoy”, together with the Pacific Fleet marines, conducted an exercise in Vladivostok on loading military equipment and personnel onto the BDK from the unequipped coastal area way on emphasis. The loading of the marines was carried…
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