Military and Commercial Technology: The Northern Fleet will receive a detachment of "flying boats"

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The Northern Fleet will receive a detachment of "flying boats" | News | Izvestia | 08/19/2020:

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The Northern Fleet of Russia will receive a detachment of "flying boats" - the most modern amphibious aircraft Be-200 "Altair". They will be delivered in search and rescue and anti-submarine modifications, Izvestia sources in the military department told.

Altair will be able to take off both from the sea and from land in any weather. The new aircraft will strengthen the defense of the positional area for the deployment of Russian missile submarines.

To base the Altairov, a unique facility will be restored and modernized - the only hydro-aerodrome in the Arctic Circle in the village of Safonovo near Murmansk, Izvestia's interlocutors in the military department said. It was built in 1936 for the naval aviation of the Northern Fleet (SF) and in recent decades it houses the Museum of the Northern Fleet Air Force.

The timing of the acquisition of the Arctic amphibian detachment will depend on the fulfillment of the state defense order by the industry, the sources specified.

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