The Russian Northern Fleet conducted a comprehensive exercise, during which sailors demonstrated their combat capabilities and tactics. The maneuvers involved about fifteen surface vessels, submarines and support ships, as well as aircraft and helicopters from the Air Force and Air Defense Forces. The Russian destroyer Admiral Ushakov of Project 956-A was spotted at the exercises. The first third-generation destroyer of Project 956 was put into operation in 1980, now Russia has 2 ships of this project and 2 are in reserve. The fate of the ships of this project was not easy; the steam boilers on ships of this type required the close attention of the crew, they were demanding of the water supplied and failed if the quality of their service was impaired. Unfortunately, due to problems in the navy in the nineties, some ships of this project actually sailed for only 6 years, with a given service life of more than 20 years. It is worth noting that four Project 956 ships are still part of the Chinese fleet, one of them was built in 1994. The armament of the first ships of this project, 130-mm AK-130 naval artillery mounts, 30-mm AK-630 anti-aircraft artillery systems. Eight P-270 Moskit anti-ship missiles. The Uragan air defense system and two six-barreled RBU-1000 rocket launchers, the ship has two double 533-mm torpedo tubes and a Ka-27 helicopter. The ship at one time was not bad enough, it had its weak points, but its time is running out. The ship's total displacement is 7,904 tons, its cruising range is up to 4,500 miles, and its speed is 33 knots. The vessel's autonomy is 30 days, the crew is 296 people.
