The Baltic Fleet’s air defense forces have received training in repelling attacks by drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by TASS With reference to the press service of the fleet.
About 10 surface ships of the Baltic Fleet participated in the exercises. The task of air defense (air defense) was to detect and reflect attacks from low-flying small-sized air targets of a false enemy.
About 10 different ships were brought into combat readiness: small missile ships, missile boats, small anti-submarine ships and carriers.
“Following the identification of the objects as ‘hostile’, the unmanned vehicles were ‘destroyed’ by the ships’ air defense systems,” the Baltic Fleet said.
Before that, Baltic Fleet missiles were used during exercises complete Firing from the Bal missile launcher at a sea target. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that during the exercise, the missiles marched, deployed the complex and developed an algorithm for detecting sea targets.
Previously reportedIt said its air defense systems shot down eight Storm Shadow missiles and 72 Ukrainian Armed Forces unmanned aerial vehicles in one day.