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A major fire broke out on August 16 in China on the Soviet heavy aircraft carrier Minsk of Project 1143.2. The Minsk cruiser was sold to South Korea for scrap in 1995, and was bought by a Chinese company in 1998 and towed to Shenzhen. In 2000, the Minsk cruiser was placed in the Minsk World amusement park, and in 2017, it was towed to Nantong for a new amusement park. During the dismantling of the ship's structure, a fire broke out on it, which intensified on the night of August 17. Perhaps these are the last shots of the Minsk cruiser and its story will end here.

 

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Marines and sailors of the Northern Fleet of Russia conducted exercises to liberate the seaport of Dudinka, captured by a simulated enemy. According to the scenario of the exercises, the enemy mined the port. The video shows the landing of troops from the large landing ship "Alexander Otrakovsky" of Project 775. From the tween deck of the large landing ship, the floating two-link tracked transporter "Vityaz" and the mine clearing vehicles UR-77 "Meteorite" landed. During the exercises, a deck helicopter Ka-27, high-speed boats, and artillery of the large anti-submarine ship "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" were used. A unit for combating underwater sabotage forces and means covertly landed on the territory of the facility, demined it and liberated the captured administrative building.

 

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In Russia, tests of the small-sized torpedo UMT have begun. It is designed for use from all types of aircraft carriers. The new universal small-sized torpedo UMT was developed by the concern "Sea Underwater Weapons - Gidropribor", its tests are underway on Lake Ladoga. The Russian torpedo UMT can be used from helicopters, airplanes and heavy drones. The torpedo UMT is equipped with multiprocessor analog-digital equipment for detecting surface and underwater targets and issuing commands for their destruction. The torpedo provides active hydroacoustic homing on the target and has a non-contact warhead weighing 35 kg, the torpedo weighs 100-140 kg. The torpedo UMT is capable of hitting targets at a range of up to seven kilometers, the depth of target destruction is up to 450 meters. The torpedo UMT has an electric motor that accelerates it to 50 kilometers per hour.

 

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The Russian Navy has begun conducting a large-scale strategic command and staff exercise, Okean-2024, which will last until September 16. The military exercises will be held in the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Baltic Sea. All Russian fleets, including the Caspian Flotilla, will take part in the exercises. Ships of the Chinese Navy will also participate in the exercises with the Russian fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Four warships and a supply vessel are participating from the People's Liberation Army Navy of China. Ships of the Russian and Chinese Navy met in the waters of the northern part of Peter the Great Bay. The exercise will be conducted in a bilateral format, and Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, will lead the exercise. Task forces of military command bodies and military contingents from foreign partner states of the Russian Federation have also been invited to participate in the exercise. All weapons will be used, including hypersonic missiles. The exercises involve more than 400 warships, submarines and auxiliary fleet support vessels. More than 120 naval aircraft and helicopters, about 7,000 units of weapons, military and special equipment, as well as more than 90,000 personnel. The tasks of the Ocean-2024 exercises include checking the readiness of the commanders of the Navy formations and units to lead units, solve non-standard tasks, and comprehensively use high-precision weapons and modern equipment. In addition, the command will have to expand interaction with the fleets of partner countries for joint work.

 

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As part of the military exercises "Ocean-2024", footage of the launch of Russian cruise missiles "Kalibr" by the frigate "Admiral Golovko" of Project 22350 of the Northern Fleet of Russia was published. The flight range of the missiles "Kalibr", depending on the modification, is from 300 to 2500 km, it is worth noting that the data on them varies. Work is currently underway on the missiles "Kalibr-M", which will have a flight range of 4500 km and will be able to overcome missile defense and electronic warfare zones. The ship complex of the frigate "Admiral Golovko" can have up to 16 missiles "Kalibr".

 

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As part of the military exercises "Ocean-2024", the Russian Ministry of Defense, for the first time showed the interception of the Russian anti-ship missile P-270 "Moskit", which was used as a target. Fire was conducted on the missile Kh-41/P-270 from the SAM "Redut", installed on the Russian corvette of Project 20380. The anti-ship missile P-270 "Moskit" was shot down by the anti-aircraft missile 9M96D at an altitude of about 20 meters. The anti-ship missile Kh-41/P-270 is quite a difficult target, its speed can reach 3460 km/h, which is 2.5 times faster than all currently used NATO anti-ship missiles, in addition, it can perform anti-aircraft maneuvers.

 

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As part of the Russian exercise "Ocean-2024", sailors of the Caspian flotilla repelled an attack by a simulated enemy on an oil rig in the Caspian Sea. Russian combat swimmers and reconnaissance divers, from the detachment of underwater sabotage forces and means (PDSS), conducted reconnaissance near the strategic facility and ensured safe approach to it for the assault group to take control of the facility

 

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As part of the recent Ocean-2024 exercises, a target hit by a Russian Kh-35 anti-ship missile was demonstrated. The firing was carried out by the upgraded frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov of the Russian Pacific Fleet. During the upgrade, the large anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov of Project 1155M was reclassified as a frigate. In terms of displacement and armament, it can be considered a destroyer. The firing was carried out by a Kh-35 missile from the Uran-E ship-based missile system. The Kh-35 missile flies at an altitude of 4 to 15 meters and is capable of hitting a target, depending on the modification, at a range of up to 300 kilometers. The mass of the missile's warhead is 145 kg. According to the cost-effectiveness criterion, the Uran-E missile system is one of the best in the world.

 

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The multipurpose Russian frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Golovko", the third ship of Project 22350, has set off on its first long-range sea voyage. A detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet of Russia left the roadstead of the city of Severomorsk and went on a long-range voyage. Russian frigates of Project 22350 are designed to combat surface, air and underwater targets, the ships are capable of striking land and coastal targets at a distance of over 1.5 thousand km. Frigates of Project 22350 are armed with hypersonic missiles "Tsirkon", missiles "Onyx" and missiles "Kalibr-NK".