Details Emerge on Russian Navy Artic Expedition
Contact Our Team
For more information about how Halldale can add value to your marketing and promotional campaigns or to discuss event exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities, contact our team to find out more
The Americas -
holly.foster@halldale.com
Rest of World -
jeremy@halldale.com
Additional details have been revealed by Russia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the ongoing Umka-21 integrated Arctic expedition. The details were provided by Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, Chief of the Russian Navy during his report to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Umka-21 Arctic expedition is a massive undertaking involving more than 200 military platforms, weapons and special equipment and more than 600 military and civilian personnel.
The artic expedition has resulted in numerous firsts for the Russian Navy with three nuclear submarines surfacing from under the ice within a radius of 300 meters, a nuclear submarine firing a torpedo from under the ice, a pair of MiG-31 fighters completing passage to the geographic point of the North Pole supported by air-to-air refuelling and a unit from an Arctic motorized rifle brigade completing a tactical exercise under adverse weather conditions.
Admiral Evmenov said, "Based on the results of the measures taken, the samples of weapons, military and special equipment participating in military-technical experiments have generally confirmed their tactical and technical characteristics in conditions of high latitudes and low temperatures."
The Russian Navy has been present in the Artic in the area around Franz Josef Land archipelago, Alexandra Land island and the adjacent water area covered with continuous ice since March 20. The expedition area features average temperatures of minus 25-30 degrees Celsius, ice cover thickness of up to 1.5 meters and wind gusts reaching 32 meters per second.
The Russian Navy has already completed 35 of the 43 events planned during the expedition and will continue with future Arctic expeditions with the main goal being dentification of new and previously unexplored areas.
