Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy conducts troop landing on Arctic island
The Russian Navy carried out a tactical landing exercise on Alexandra Island, part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic.<br />The training involved artillery fire from the ship Severomorsk, Ka-27 helicopters, the landing ship Alexander Otrakovsky, UR-77 vehicles, and marine infantry troops.<br /><br />π Watch how the operation simulated the recapture of a beachhead under extreme Arctic conditions.<br /><br />π Source: Russian Ministry of Defence