Baltic Fleet Deployments - Wk 30/2020
July 20
Baltic Fleet Naval Infantry stages a training amphibious landing at the Khmelevka training grounds in Kaliningrad. The troops were loaded up to various transport ships during July 19 and were met by several smaller warships before setting of the Khmelevka training grounds.
The amphibious landing followed the an earlier patters that is withnessed in the latest exercises. Engineer units arrive by shipborne Ka-27PS helicopters and start making safe routes through the minefields on the beach. Air assault units of the Naval Infantry meanwhile arrive in Mi-8 helicopters and start engaging the enemy forces defending the beach. Once the engineers clear the routes, the landing ships then arrive and land the main force.
for this exercise, over 500 troops were involved with over 42 pieces of military equipment, including 20 BTR-82A IFVs. [1] [2] [3]
The Severnaya shipyard at Saint Petersburg started the construction of two new Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov class frigates. The keel laying ceremony took place during the morning. The two new frigates will be named RFS Admiral Yumashev and RFS Admiral Spiridonov. [1] [2]
July 21
Russian sources made several reports about amphibious exercises in the Kaliningrad Region. Upon closer inspection, these news articles reported the exercises that took place over the weekend as well as those upon Monday July 20.
July 22
A new training camp has been set up in the Kaliningrad Region. Around 100 soldiers will train and specialize their skills in the field of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear warfare. For the next month, the participating troops will learn the degassing and decontamination of equipment, how to overcome contaminated areas of the terrain as well as setting up mobile and stationary smoke screens. Radiation and chemical reconnaissance vehicles, automotive laboratories and other specialized equipment will reportedly also be present at the military training. [1]
July 23
Su-27 fighters of the Baltic Fleet Naval Aviation trained intercepting and engaging enemy aircraft at Kaliningrad. The pilots trained their offensive and defensive maneuvers at different altitudes in order to evade air-to-air missiles. The pilots also trained on how to force intruding aircraft to land on Russian airfield. [1]
Alexei Rakhmanov, head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, announced that the latest two Gorshkov class frigates, the Admiral Yumashev and Admiral Spiridonov, will enter service by 2025-2026. Both ships will be equipped with hypersonic missiles such as Kalibr and Tsirkon missiles. [1]
July 25
Su-27 fighter aircraft of the naval aviation regiment held an air defense exercise which practiced intercepting and destroying hostile aerial targets. The Su-27 fighters engaged practice targets. These targets are reported to be SAB-250 luminous bombs which were dropped from Su-24 bomber aircraft. The exercise was held over the Baltic Sea in order to minimize collateral damage. [1]
Russian air defense units at Kaliningrad held an defensive exercise in which a group of hostile unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed. The UAVs were heading towards a military facility but according to Russian sources, the group was first targeted by electronic warfare systems before being shot down by Pantsir S1 air defense systems. There is a high probability that lessons learned from units in Syria were employed in this exercise. [1]
The amphibious landing followed the an earlier patters that is withnessed in the latest exercises. Engineer units arrive by shipborne Ka-27PS helicopters and start making safe routes through the minefields on the beach. Air assault units of the Naval Infantry meanwhile arrive in Mi-8 helicopters and start engaging the enemy forces defending the beach. Once the engineers clear the routes, the landing ships then arrive and land the main force.
for this exercise, over 500 troops were involved with over 42 pieces of military equipment, including 20 BTR-82A IFVs. [1] [2] [3]
The Severnaya shipyard at Saint Petersburg started the construction of two new Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov class frigates. The keel laying ceremony took place during the morning. The two new frigates will be named RFS Admiral Yumashev and RFS Admiral Spiridonov. [1] [2]
July 21
Russian sources made several reports about amphibious exercises in the Kaliningrad Region. Upon closer inspection, these news articles reported the exercises that took place over the weekend as well as those upon Monday July 20.
July 22
A new training camp has been set up in the Kaliningrad Region. Around 100 soldiers will train and specialize their skills in the field of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear warfare. For the next month, the participating troops will learn the degassing and decontamination of equipment, how to overcome contaminated areas of the terrain as well as setting up mobile and stationary smoke screens. Radiation and chemical reconnaissance vehicles, automotive laboratories and other specialized equipment will reportedly also be present at the military training. [1]
July 23
Su-27 fighters of the Baltic Fleet Naval Aviation trained intercepting and engaging enemy aircraft at Kaliningrad. The pilots trained their offensive and defensive maneuvers at different altitudes in order to evade air-to-air missiles. The pilots also trained on how to force intruding aircraft to land on Russian airfield. [1]
Alexei Rakhmanov, head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, announced that the latest two Gorshkov class frigates, the Admiral Yumashev and Admiral Spiridonov, will enter service by 2025-2026. Both ships will be equipped with hypersonic missiles such as Kalibr and Tsirkon missiles. [1]
July 25
Su-27 fighter aircraft of the naval aviation regiment held an air defense exercise which practiced intercepting and destroying hostile aerial targets. The Su-27 fighters engaged practice targets. These targets are reported to be SAB-250 luminous bombs which were dropped from Su-24 bomber aircraft. The exercise was held over the Baltic Sea in order to minimize collateral damage. [1]
Russian air defense units at Kaliningrad held an defensive exercise in which a group of hostile unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed. The UAVs were heading towards a military facility but according to Russian sources, the group was first targeted by electronic warfare systems before being shot down by Pantsir S1 air defense systems. There is a high probability that lessons learned from units in Syria were employed in this exercise. [1]
