Russia conducted military exercises in the Black Sea to launch missile and bomb attacks on ships of a simulated enemy in the presence of a US destroyer in the water area.
As noted in the press service of the fleet, Su-24M naval aviation aircraft and the Kolpino submarine took part in the exercises.
"During the exercise, the calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles "Forpost" and "Orlan" reconnoitered and found in the sea a detachment of ships of the simulated enemy, which imitated the frigate "Admiral Essen" and the small rocket ship "Orekhovo-Zuyevo". The data received from the unmanned aerial vehicles were transmitted to the crew of the Kolpino submarine, which received a signal during the communication session to use the missile system on sea targets," the press release reads, in particular.
Submariners struck the "enemy" with a conditional missile strike, front-line Su-24M bombers-a conditional bomb attack.
The US Navy destroyer "Porter" entered the Black Sea, it became known on April 13.
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