News Story: Russian cruiser Varyag conducts training shootings at Far East

Varyag (Image: Wiki Commons)

VLADIVOSTOK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Guided missile cruiser Varyag has conducted training shootings near Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok, the fleet press service reported on Monday.

According to the fleet's combat training plan, the ship successfully performed a set of shootings on land targets and a towed navy shield, and simulated enemy ship and air attack systems using the automatic weapon system AK-130 and AK-630, the spokesman of the Pacific Fleet Vladimir Matveev said.

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