The Russian Ministry of Defense recently stated that the “Ocean Shield-2023” naval exercise kicked off in the Baltic Sea on the 2nd local time.
According to sources, more than 30 warships and speedboats, 20 support ships, 30 naval aviation units, Russian Air Force aircraft and about 6,000 soldiers participated in the exercise.
The Russian Ministry of Defense further stated that the exercise included measures to protect maritime traffic, transport troops and military cargo, and defend the coast. In total, more than 200 combat exercises are planned, including the actual use of weapons.
Screenshot of Türkiye’s Anadolu News Agency report
Wei Dongxu, a military commentator of Global Information Broadcasting of China Central Radio and Television, explained that the Russian military organized this exercise mainly to achieve three goals.
Demonstrate the ability of the Russian fleet to break through the NATO naval blockade.
Rehearses capabilities for naval support against Kaliningrad.
The joint combat capability of the exercise and the Russian Aerospace Forces constitutes a more powerful naval and air combat system.
Screenshot of Agence France-Presse report
Wei Dongxu further analyzed that in the Baltic region, new changes have emerged in the game between Russia and NATO.
Now that Finland has officially become a member of NATO, once Sweden joins the NATO military alliance, the security situation around the Baltic Sea may become more severe.
In the direction of the Baltic Sea, Russia does not compete with the NATO military bloc for its overall military power, but adopts innovative combat concepts and focuses on deploying new killer weapons and equipment to check and balance NATO.
For example, installing “Dagger” hypersonic missiles on MiG-31 fighter jets and “Zircon” hypersonic missiles on small combat ships can achieve the effect of fighting big with small things.
Material source丨Global Information Broadcasting “Live World”
Main station reporter丨Wei Dongxu
Editor丨Wang Yuqian and Lin Wei
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2023-08-04 12:15:00
