The Ministry of Defense has worked out the inter-fleet transfer of MRK of the "Karakurt" project along inland waterways
The Russian Ministry of Defense has worked out the transfer of attack ships between the Baltic and the North fleets through Russian territory. As part of the Zapad-2021 exercise, the Project 22800 Karakurt small missile ship from the Baltic Fleet conducted rocket firing in the White Sea.
The Russian military has recently been practicing the transfer of strike ships along inland waterways from one sea to another in order to strengthen one or another fleet. Today it is known for certain that, if necessary, the Northern Fleet can receive reinforcement not only from the Baltic Sea, but also from the Caspian or Black and Azov Sea.
As they say "News" With reference to sources in the Ministry of Defense, the military has already worked out the transfer of small missile ships from the Caspian Sea to the Baltic, from the Baltic to the White Sea, from the Black Sea to the White Sea, etc. The patrol ships of Project 22160, MRK Buyan-M, took part in the experiments, and now it is the turn of the Karakurt.
As part of the Zapad-2021 exercise, the Sovetsk MRK of the Baltic Fleet made a transition to the White Sea by inland waterways, where he conducted rocket firing, hitting a ground target with a Caliber cruise missile at a distance of over 1 km and a sea target with an Onyx anti-ship missile ...
The Ministry of Defense stressed that the assigned tasks were completed in full, the possibility of transferring the project 22800 "Karakurt" MRK, if necessary, was confirmed to deliver a missile strike or perform any other tasks.
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