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Russia's Northern Fleet starts large-scale military training exercise

Xinhua, September 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

The all-arms forces training exercise of Russia's Northern Fleet has begun on Tuesday.

The fleet press service reports that the exercise involves 12 warships, several nuclear and diesel submarines, ten support vessels, and five different types of aircraft. It will lass till the end of the week.

This exercise is the main combat training event of the Northern Fleet of Russia during the summer training period. Endit