Russia’s small missile ship Grad conducts gun practice in Baltic Sea

KALININGRAD, May 13. /TASS/. The crew of the small missile ship Grad of the Russian Navy’s Baltic Base, as part of a scheduled sea sortie, has conducted a series of gun exercises, firing at sea and air targets and repelling air weapons attacks by a simulated enemy, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported. "As part of a scheduled sea sortie, the crew of the small missile ship Grad of the Baltic Naval Base conducted gun practice, firing at a sea target and repelling attacks by airborne attack weapons of a simulated enemy," the statement reads. The sailors conducted practice firing from the A-190 and AK-630M2 naval artillery systems at simulated aerial targets and small naval targets representing unmanned boats of the mock enemy. The crew also destroyed a naval shield simulating a warship, as well as a "floating mine" detected by the ship’s sonar systems.