Project 12700 "Alexandrite" ship participated in exercises on mine countermeasures, air defense and anti-sabotage defense
A solemn ceremony of laying the ship was held at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant
The ninth ship of Project 12700 "Alexandrite" is assigned to the Northern Fleet
The maneuvers involved the small anti-submarine ship "Kabardino-Balkaria", the landing ship MDK-94 "Mordovia", and the minesweeper "Alexander Obukhov"
The Project 12700 ship will be transferred to the Northern Fleet and equipped with innovative technologies for mine defense
The Project 12700 ship is equipped with modern systems for detecting and neutralizing all types of naval mines
Project 12700 ships will be built by the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant
The ship became the tenth in the Project 12700 line
The launching ceremony of the new ship with a unique fiberglass hull will take place on Thursday
The crew of the Project 12700 ship also practiced searching for naval mines
Project 12700 minesweeper practiced setting contact and non-contact trawls
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The Alexandrites have the world's largest hull made of solid fiberglass
During the exercises, the crew also used the "Diez" sonar system
The exercises of the Project 12700 ship took place in the Avacha Bay of the Pacific Ocean
The Diez automatic system and the Livadia sonar helped to detect the mines.