June is getting interesting.................going, going, gone, anyone?
Russia and NATO conducting naval exercises in Baltic Sea at same time.
Russian military exercises involve 40 warships, while NATO’s largest Naval drill - Baltops 23 - involves 50 ships
The RF Baltic Fleet has begun operational exercises at sea and at combat training ranges in the Kaliningrad region. It will last until June 15. The naval tactical groups of the Baltic Fleet left their bases, having deployed naval groupings of the fleet in designated areas of the Baltic Sea to perform training tasks.
The objectives of the exercises are to increase the level of readiness of the military command and control bodies of the Baltic Fleet, the naval training of ship crews, as well as the field training of the personnel of the coastal troops of the fleet. - The Russian Ministry of Defense
In addition to the RF Baltic Fleet, the Pacific Fleet has begun exercises in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk with the participation of more than 60 warships and support vessels, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The Pacific Fleet forces has begun working out practical tasks as part of the exercise in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk
During the exercises, naval tactical groups together with naval aviation will search and track submarines of a conditional enemy, perform combat training exercises, work out the organization of air defense detachments of ships, as well as the organization of MTO forces at sea.
More than 60 warships and support vessels, about 35 naval aircraft, coastal troops and more than 11 thousand military personnel are involved in the exercise of the group of forces of the Pacific Fleet.
In accordance with the training plan of the military administration of the forces (troops) In the period from June 5 to June 20 in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk, under the leadership of the Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Viktor Liina, an operational exercise of heterogeneous fleet forces in the far sea zone is being conducted.
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