Finval 2023 exercise: MiG-31 fighter jets trained to intercept a cruise missile over Chukotka

Finval 2023 exercise: MiG-31 fighter jets trained to intercept a cruise missile over Chukotka

▫️The Pacific Fleet's forces (troops) are involved in the Finval 2023 tactical exercise in the Chukchi and Bering seas as well as on the Chukotka Peninsula aimed at protecting the Northern Sea Route.

▫️The exercise is supervised by Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.

▫️ Air defence drills on the Chukotka Peninsula against was one of the exercise's most significant stages. Two MiG-31 fighter jets on duty took off from the Anadyr airfield to intercept the target cruise missiles. Their crews intercepted aerial targets using air-to-air missiles.

▫️ The planes returned to their home airport after completing their missions.

About 10,000 troops and more than 50 pieces of military hardware, including: surface ships and support vessels, submarines, naval planes and helicopters, Bal and Bastion coastal missile systems, as well as wheeled and tracked armoured vehicles of high cross-country ability are involved in the Finval 2023 tactical exercise.

All episodes of the exercise are defensive in nature and are intended to improve the training of forces for operations on Russia's north-eastern borders.