MOSCOW. Oct 28 (Interfax) - The crew of the Marshall Ustinov missile cruiser, which performed tasks of a long-distance voyage in the Atlantic Ocean, not far from Africa's western coast, has carried out an exercise involving the control over air defense systems and electronic warfare to repel a mock aerial enemy attack while anchored in the unprotected harbor.
"During the training standard requirements of placing the radar stations and the weapons control systems on full alert were drilled. The readiness to hit aerial targets by rapid-fire, small-caliber artillery weapons and the Fort air defense missile system, which is an equivalent of the ground-based S-300 air defense system, was inspected," the Northern Fleet said in a statement received by Interfax on Monday.
The personnel of inspecting groups additionally has drilled the detention and the search on a violating mock ship during the anchorage, anti-submarine and anti-sabotage defensive actions were carried out by a squadron of ships, the propeller-rudder system and the underwater part of the cruiser hull and support ships, namely, the SB-406 rescue tugboat and the Vyazma tanker, underwent an anti-sabotage check.
"After ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet replenished their stocks, they unanchored and set sails southwards. The squadron is continuing its voyage along the African coast in neutral waters of the Atlantic Ocean," the Northern Fleet headquarters said.
The Marshall Ustinov missile cruiser set off from Severomorsk, the Northern Fleet's main base, to join the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg on July 3. Following the parade, the cruiser crew participated in the Russian Navy's Oceanic Shield 2019 drills. The ship has operated in the Mediterranean for two months, where she held a number of exercises, and visited Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus, while support vessels paid several visits to Cyprus, and Greece.
"The naval ship sailed about 20,500 nautical miles since she left Severomorsk," according to the statement.