MOSCOW. April 15 (Interfax) - The Russian Northern Fleet has held an electronic warfare exercise in the Arctic, the fleet press service said on Thursday.
"Electronic warfare specialists have practiced detection and blocking of radio emission sources, data interception, and disruption of the mock enemy's command network in the Arctic," the press service said.
The exercise was held by units from the Northern Fleet's Electronic Warfare Center, which was put on alert in the Murmansk region. It was part of the ongoing preparedness check of the Russian Armed Forces.
"Electronic warfare units practiced a red alert, performed a 100-kilometer off-road march in service-issue vehicles, and trained deterrence of an attack of the mock enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance group. Servicemen from the Electronic Warfare Center reached the designated area, deployed the Murmansk-BN system, and ensured its protection and defense," the press service said.
Murmansk-BN is a short-wave coastal electronic warfare system capable of radio reconnaissance, interception and jamming of hostile communications over the entire short-wave band at ranges of up to 5,000 kilometers. The system detects and takes a bearing of standard short-wave radio systems and creates disturbances for short-wave radio communication lines in strategic and tactical links of the enemy command.