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Pilots destroy 'enemy' submarines in military exercise off Kamchatka's coast

"In accordance with the military exercise plan, two Il-38 aircraft were send to the area where a submarine was allegedly located," spokesman for the Russian Pacific Fleet Nikolay Voskresensky said
Ilyushin Il-38 anti-submarine warfare aircraft Peter Kovalev/TASS
Ilyushin Il-38 anti-submarine warfare aircraft
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MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. /TASS/. Anti-submarine pilots have located and destroyed a submarine of an 'enemy' off Russian Far Eastern Kamchatka's coast, official spokesman of the Russian Pacific Fleet Captain 2nd Rank Nikolay Voskresensky said on Tuesday.

"In accordance with the military exercise plan, two Il-38 aircraft were send to the area where a submarine was allegedly located to perform tasks on anti-submarine combat. They set up radio buoys in the area," Voskresensky said.

To complicate the tasks for pilots, the submarine was instructed to attempt to flee if located. However, when one buoy located it, the Il-38 pilots calculated the exact coordinates and started following the submarine. After establishing the submarine's route and speed, aircraft dropped anti-submarine bombs on it.