Russia’s Project 22160 Patrol Vessel in Air Defense Training with S-400

Russia's Project 22160 Patrol Vessel Vasily Bykov
Russia's Project 22160 Patrol Vessel Vasily Bykov. Russian MoD picture.
The Novorossiisk naval base of the Black Sea fleet held a joint exercise involving a S-400 Triumf air defense system of the Southern Military District and a Project 22160 patrol vessel under the supervision of formation Commander Rear Admiral Viktor Kochemazov, the Defense Ministry said.
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TASS Russian news agency

โ€œThe Vasily Bykov patrol ship detected low-flying adversary targets advancing towards the Novorossiisk naval base,โ€

The patrol ship tracked the targets and automatically transmitted their data to the air defense command post.

The patrol ship and S-400 distributed the targets and jointly conducted simulated missile launches at the virtual targets.

S-400 Triumf launch vehicle (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler). Picture: Vitaly Kuzmin

The exercise tested the interaction algorithm and data-link between warships and the S-400 air defense system in joint repulsion of cruise missiles and drones.

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