Crews of Tu-142MZ long-range anti-submarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet conducted training flights over the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean. The pilots were searching for submarines of a mock enemy, the fleet's press service reported.
During the flights, the crews of the Tu-142MZ carried out search operations using special standard submarine detection equipment.
The pilots practiced flying along a given route without landmarks and the absence of ground-based radio navigation equipment.
Features of Tu-142MZ aircraft:
- radio hydroacoustic buoys of the "Berkut" system
- radio hydroacoustic buoys of the "Korshun" system
- explosive disposable sound sources: single MGAB-OZ, ribbon MGAB-LZ and spiral MGAB-SZ
- AT-1 type torpedoes
- APR-1 and Kh-35 type anti-submarine aircraft missiles
- PLAB-50 Lastochka type anti-submarine bombs
- RM-1 type naval mines
- AM-23 and GSh-23L cannons
- system for firing false thermal targets
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