According to information published by Tass on February 7, 2022, a Northern Fleet detachment has practiced repelling the attacks of a simulated enemy’s air-launched weapons during an exercise in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Russian Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov (Picture source: Tass)
The exercise involved the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser and the Admiral Kasatonov frigate. Crews of air defense command posts practiced providing and getting target designation data and notionally employing shipborne weapons.
The maneuvers were conducted in gusty wind and a very rough sea. The detachment is being controlled by Commander of the Northern Fleet Missile Ship Division Captain 1st Rank Igor Nikitin.
The Russian cruiser Marshal Ustinov, is a Slava-class cruiser (Project 1164) of the Russian Navy.
The cruiser measures 186.4 metres (611 ft 7 in) long with a beam of 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) and a draught of 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in).
The vessel is powered by a combined gas or gas (COGOG) system comprising four 23,300 kilowatts (31,250 shp) boost gas turbines and two 8,900 kW (12,000 shp) cruise gas turbines driving two shafts for a combined 93,000 kW (125,000 shp).
This gives the cruiser a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) and a range of 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).
