Russia's Pacific Fleet has ramped up its naval exercises in recent weeks.
The Russian corvette Gremyashchiy, the lead ship of its class, steamed through the Tsugaru Strait on March 19 and was photographed by a Japanese P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft. The anti-submarine turboprop plane had been sent to monitor the ship's movements, the Joint Staff of Japan's Self-Defense Forces said on Thursday.
On Friday, Russia's Defense Ministry released footage showing what it said was a Kalibr cruise missile test in the Sea of Japan.A missile, fired from underwater by the Improved Kilo II-class submarine Volkhov, struck a coastal target over 620 miles away in the Khabarovsk Krai region in Russia's Far East, the ministry's said in a social media post.The Volkhov, a diesel-electric boat assigned to the Pacific Fleet, was commissioned in fall 2020.
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