Pacific Fleet ship detachment held counter-submarine exercise in the Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Fleet ship detachment including Guards missile cruiser Varyag, destroyer Bystry, tanker Boris Butoma, and rescue tug vessel Alatau, held counter-submarine exercise in the Pacific Ocean.

Crews also performed training AA defence and damage control tasks. Counter-terrorist units carried out several trainings.

The ship detachment left Vladivostok on November 2 for Visakhapatnam port in order to participate in the joint naval exercise Indra Navy – 2015.

Source: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

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