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Amphibious Drills On Baltic Coast Include Strike Operation

August 17 2015

Russia

The Russian Baltic Fleet has concluded an amphibious landing exercise on the coast of the Kaliningrad exclave, reports Interfax-AVN.

About 500 marines and more than 10 ships, surface craft and aircraft took part in the training, according to a Baltic Fleet release on Friday.

The drills kicked off with Su-24 strike operations against a simulated enemy at the Khmelevka range.

Russian marines landed from the landing ship Alexander Shabalin, amphibious assault ship Yevgeny...

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