Pacific Fleet Deployments - Wk 35/2021

 Daily Events

August 31
Steregushchy class corvettes RFS Sovershenny and RFS Gromky held an air defense missile exercise at an unidentified training range of the Pacific Fleet. Both corvettes took turn in launching their missiles from the Redut air defense system against a Malachite target missile. The role of the attacking force was played by the Nanuchka class corvette RFS Iney. A unmanned aerial vehicle of the Naval Aviation regiment was involved as well. [1]
The Russian MoD reports that air defense systems operated as usual on both Steregushchy class corvettes [2].

September 01
Grisha class anti-submarine corvettes RFS Kholmsk and RFS Ust-Limsk are operating as a group in the Sea of Okhotsk. Both vessels held artillery exercises against simulated sea and air targets. The exercise was done with the use of the AK 630 close-in weapon systems guided by visual observation. A second exercise involved the use of the Osa air-defense missile systems under conditions with enemy jamming.
Both vessels are reported to be already at sea for three weeks [3].

Slava class cruiser RFS Varyag and Udaloy class destroyer RFS Admiral Tributs and RFS Admiral Panteleev put to sea as part of a training exercise which involves what is reported as emergency preparation for a battle or campaign [4].

September 02
Slava class cruiser RFS Varyag and Udaloy class destroyer RFS Admiral Tributs and RFS Admiral Panteleev held an air defense exercise in the Peter the Great Gulf near Vladivostok. One anti-submarine aircraft of the Naval Aviation regiment played the role of a hostile aircraft attacking the task force [4].

September 03
A small Russian task force comprising the Grisha class anti-submarine corvettes RFS Kholmsk and RFS Ust-Limsk, Aleksandrit class minehunter RFS Yakov Balyaev and the hydrographic vessel GS-44 arrived at the port of Okhotsk. The port visit coincides with the 290th anniversary of the Pacific Fleet [5].

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