MOSCOW, March 19 (UPI) -- Russia mobilized its Navy in the Arctic Ocean this week with a drill that included a practice attack on a nuclear submarine Thursday.
The exercise in the Barents Sea, between Russia and Norway, involved a designated submarine and was designed to test the capability of what the Russian Ministry of Defense calls a "strike and search group" to locate a submarine and compel it to the surface. The ministry announced Thursday the test was a success.