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Over 15 vessels and aircraft from Primorye’s formation of the Pacific Fleet are involved in the naval drills which started in the Sea of Japan Monday, a press statement from the Fleet reported.

The scheduled exercises are aimed at completing the unit’s winter combat drills, the statement said.

The exercises include missile and gun firing and a simulated search for and elimination of enemy submarines, with surface ships and the Fleet’s anti-submarine aircraft involved.

During the exercises, the aircraft crews will also practice take-offs and landings on large anti-submarine ships both in the daytime and at night, while the vessel crews perform torpedo attacks.

The drills are supervised by the formation Commander Vice-Admiral Viktor Chirkov, the statement reported.