The crew of the Alexander Obukhov minesweeper, Project 12700, code "Alexandrite," conducted artillery firing drills in the Baltic Sea, according to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
During the sea sortie, the crew of the Baltic Fleet's mine countermeasures ship conducted a series of artillery firings at surface and sea targets.
The targets included a buoy at anchor and mock unmanned boats, simulating high-speed craft and drones of a hypothetical enemy.
The Alexander Obukhov also practiced additional skills, including deploying trawls, searching for naval mines, and trawling a specific area of the sea.
The Alexander Obukhov is the lead ship of Project 12700, designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, part of the USC, and built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant, also part of the USC. The minesweeper is designed to combat naval mines both in the water column and on the seabed.
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