The Group of Forces of the Russian Navy and Russian Aerospace Forces in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea executed a series of live fire drills with some of Russia’s most advanced missiles, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced yesterday. “As a part of the Russian Navy action group, frigates Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Gorshkov and Admiral Golovko fired Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, and the diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk launched a Kalibr cruise missile at a naval target. At the same time, a Bastion coastal missile system launched an Oniks cruise missile from a designated area on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea,” the statement said. “All of the assigned targets were eliminated by direct hits.”
The statement further reported that “More than 1,000 troops, 10 ships and support vessels, 24 aircraft, including the Russian Aerospace Forces MiG-31 fighter jets equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, and Bastion coastal missile systems are involved in the drills.”
The exercise ran from Dec. 1 to Dec. 3 and was overseen by Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev.
