Kerch bridge will protect the national scuba divers of the National Guard

A detachment of combat aqualangists will take up the protection of the bridge across the Kerch Strait. According to Izvestia, referring to a source in Russian law enforcement agencies, the Federal Service for the National Guard troops is working on the creation of the detachment.

According to the source, fighters will receive not only the most modern small arms, including unique ADS machines, effectively affecting both surface and underwater targets, but also high -speed boats, as well as observation tools working at a depth.

"At present, the formation of the military unit has already been almost completed. The military personnel will immediately begin to protect the construction projects of the Kerch bridge and continue to fulfill this task after the completion of its construction," the source said.

Currently, FSVngs have several detachments of combat aqualangists protecting strategically important bridges and hydroelectric power plants. The training school of combat divers of the Russian Guard operates in Severobaikalsk.

Currently, the Kerch bridge is guarded by the military personnel of the anti -a -caval detachments of the Black Sea Fleet. In the construction area, an operational group is constantly operating from several anti-cavalry boats of the “grachok”, high-speed landing “raptors”, as well as a combined detachment of combat swimmers-reconnaissance and underwater miners.

According to the technical passport, the length of the Crimean bridge will be 19 kilometers. 595 supports and more than 5 thousand piles will hold the object, clogged vertically or at a certain angle. The design will also include special grooves for cables and technical pipelines.

In July, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev moved the beginning of movement along the railway part of the bridge for December 2019. The representative of Rosavtodor previously explained that the deadlines were shifted because the creation of the railway bridge turned out to be more difficult technically and costly. For trains, it is necessary to withstand greater weight, you also need to put a signal and special communication equipment on the bridge.