The Ministry of Defense worked out the transfer of RTOs of the Karakurt project from the Baltic Sea to the White Sea through inland waters
The Ministry of Defense continues to work out the transfer of warships from the Baltic to the Northern Fleet via inland waterways. This time the RTO "Mytishchi" of project 22800 "Karakurt" from the Baltic Sea visited the White Sea. fleet.
Last year, the Ministry of Defense was quite actively working out the transfer of ships from one fleet to another precisely along inland waterways. The military 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, etc. Project 22160 patrol ships, RTOs "Buyan-M" and RTOs "Karakurt" took part in the experiments, i.e. warships of small displacement, capable of passing through the locks of the White Sea-Baltic Canal and the river.
The last to be transferred to the Northern Fleet was the Sovetsk RTO, which is the second Karakurt after the Mytishchi, which replenished the combat strength of the Baltic Fleet in 2019. This year, there were no reports of conducting exercises with the transfer of ships, apparently the Mytishchi RTO was the first to visit the White Sea. Reportedly "News", referring to the military department, the ship crossed the Neva, Lake Ladoga and the White Sea-Baltic Canal, after which it arrived in the White Sea. There, the RTO crew conducted rocket firing, and then went back.
The Ministry of Defense emphasized that exercises of this kind confirm the possibility of transferring project 22800 Karakurt RTOs by inland waterways, if necessary, to deliver a missile strike or perform any other tasks. This excludes options for inter-fleet crossings through the Danish Straits and the North Sea in full view of the intelligence services of all NATO countries. In Soviet times, the command of the USSR Navy repeatedly practiced the transfer of ships from fleet to fleet across the country, even submarines were involved.
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