The Navy (Navy) of Russia for the first time during the exercise conducted a secretly deployment of ships in the Pacific Ocean. This was announced by the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, RIA Novosti reports.
“For the first time in the latest history, an operational teaching with the grouping forces of the Pacific fleet in the far sea zone was held,” said Shoigu, clarifying that the secretive deployment of ships was carried out in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean.
At the same time, an integrated Arctic expedition “UMKA”, which has no analogues in the world, was carried out at the Earth’s archipelago. As a result, all samples of weapons confirmed their technical specifications.
Earlier, on December 21, Shoigu declared the historical record of the Russian Nuclear Triad: The share of modern weapons in it reached 89.1 percent. According to him, simultaneously with the supply of the Russian army of new weapons in the country, a modern infrastructure is created, which will be used by strategic nuclear forces.