The Russian Federation Defence Ministry has announced that crew of the Baltic Fleet Steregushchy-class corvette ‘Stoiky’ performed air strikes in the Mediterranean Sea.
The air strikes included conditional artillery and rocket fire. The ‘on-board target designation systems’ were used to help hit the mimic air and sea targets.
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According to Press Service of the Western Military District, combat crews of batteries of artillery systems A-190, AK-630 and Redut anti-aircraft missile system carried out the artillery shooting.
The ship crew also trained on how to defend the vessel from a mock enemy’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) threat.
A statement issued by the Press Service read: “The soldiers of the anti-terror units practiced in organising the protection and defence of the corvette when parked on an unprotected roadstead and stopping an attack on a squad of high-speed small-sized targets.”
The detachment of ships that went to sea to perform the scheduled tasks also included the medium sea tanker ‘Kola’ and the sea tug ‘Yakov Grebelsky’.
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By GlobalDataDesigned by Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, Stoiky is a vessel of the Russian Navy’s Project 20380.
The other ships include Steregushchy, Soobrazitelny and Boyky.
Project 20380 Steregushchy-class corvettes are multirole vessels built by the JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard and Amur Shipbuilding Plant. They are intended to replace the Grisha-class corvettes.
