TASS Russian news agency
“The Vasily Bykov patrol ship detected low-flying adversary targets advancing towards the Novorossiisk naval base,”
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.
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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.