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“Guarding” carriers of “Caliber” and “Uran” detected a submarine in the waters of the Baltic Sea

The crews of Project 20380 corvettes also had to counter unmanned boats during the exercises

A detachment of ships of the Baltic Fleet, consisting of the corvettes “Boyky” and “Stoyky” of Project 20380, code “Guarding”, conducted a comprehensive exercise in the naval training grounds of the Baltic Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

Corvette “Stoyky” of Project 20380
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At the first stage of the maneuvers, the corvette crews practiced elements of naval combat with ships of a mock enemy, performing artillery fire on a naval shield target with artillery weapons.

The Baltic sailors also had to counter unmanned boats. Their mock-ups were used as targets. They were fired upon from 30-mm AK-630M artillery mounts and large-caliber machine guns.

At the second stage of the exercise, the ship's personnel practiced skills in searching for and destroying a mock enemy submarine, the role of which was played by one of the diesel-electric submarines.

In cooperation with Ka-27PL anti-submarine helicopters of naval aviation, the combat crews of the corvettes “Boyky” and “Stoyky” searched for a mock enemy submarine and destroyed it with torpedo weapons.

The armament of Project 20380 ships includes launchers for anti-ship missiles “Uran” or “Kalibr-NK”, an anti-aircraft missile system, artillery mounts, machine gun mounts and grenade launchers. They have anti-torpedo and anti-submarine protection.

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