The crews of the mine defense ships "Alexander Obukhov" and "Lev Chernavin" (Project 12700 "Alexandrite") in the Baltic Sea neutralized mines planted by a mock enemy. This was reported by the press service of the Baltic Fleet.
During the sea passage, the ship crews successfully practiced tasks on setting contact and non-contact trawls, conducted an exercise on guiding a detachment of ships behind the trawls and forcing a mine barrier.
The Baltic sailors discovered and destroyed moored mines (having a floating body that is held in the water column by a metal cable with an anchor at the end).
The crews of the minesweepers "Alexander Obukhov" and "Lev Chernavin" also practiced air defense actions. With the help of standard artillery weapons, the sailors hit targets that simulated mock enemy drones.
Project 12700 "Alexandrite" ships are equipped with effective sonar equipment for mine detection. In particular, the minesweepers "Alexander Obukhov" and "Lev Chernavin" are equipped with the "Livadia-M" mine detection station, developed by specialists from the Taganrog Research Institute of Communications. The ship system is capable of detecting moored, bottom and near-bottom mines.
