The drills also
involved Kamov Ka-27PL and Ka-27PS helicopters.
SEVASTOPOL, November
16. /TASS/. The crews of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s frigates Admiral Makarov
and Admiral Essen held drills jointly with deck-based rotorcraft in the
Mediterranean Sea to practice searching for a notional enemy’s submarines, the
Fleet’s press office reported on Friday.
The crews of the
Russian frigates are accomplishing their assignments as part of the Russian
Navy’s permanent Mediterranean task force.
"Drills were
held to practice searching for and tracking a submarine, searching for,
rescuing and providing medical assistance to persons in distress at sea,"
the press office said in a statement.
The drills involved
Kamov Ka-27PL and Ka-27PS helicopters that made about 30 takeoffs and landings
onto the decks of the frigates.
The Admiral Makarov
and the Admiral Essen are warships of a new series of Project 11356R/M (11357)
frigates. These are multipurpose blue-water frigates (guard ships) designated
to destroy surface combatants, submarines and enemy ground facilities, carry
out patrols and protect sea communications.
The frigates are
armed with eight launchers of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles that are capable of
striking surface, coastal and underwater targets at a distance of up to 2,600
km. The warships of this Project are also armed with Shtil-1, Palash and
AK-630M air defense missile and artillery systems, A-190 100mm universal
artillery guns, torpedo tubes and RBU-6000 rocket launchers. The frigates also
have a take-off and landing strip and a hangar for an anti-submarine warfare
helicopter (Ka-27 or Ka-31).
Source: ITAR-TASS
19-11-2018
