Russian Pacific Fleet Fire Bastion Coastal Defense Missile System in Drill

: Posted On Thursday, 06 July 2017 17:37

Naval Forces News - Russia

Russian Pacific Fleet Fire Bastion Coastal Defense Missile System in Drill

A missile large unit of the Pacific Fleet’s coastal defense forces has fired the Bastion (NATO reporting name: SSC-5 Stooge) mobile coastal defense missile system against a seaborne target at a distance of more than 150 kilometers (93 miles), the Defense Ministry’s press office said.

Russia Pacific Fleet Fires First Bastion Missile System 1

3K55 Bastion coastal defense mobile anti-ship missile systems (NATO reporting name: SSC-5 Stooge) of the Russian Pacific Fleet’s missile and artillery brigade. File Picture: Russian Pacific Fleet press service

"The missile live-firing exercise involved more than 200 servicemen and about 20 items of fighting and auxiliary hardware," the press office said in a press release obtained by TASS.

The area of the exercise was cordoned off by more than 20 Pacific Fleet ships to prevent incidents with merchant vessels.

Russia Pacific Fleet Fires First Bastion Missile System 2

The Bastion mobile coastal defense missile system with the standardized Yakhont (Oniks) (NATO reporting name: SS-N-26 Strobile) supersonic homing anti-ship cruise missile is designed to eliminate surface ships of various types and classes making up enemy amphibious assault forces, convoys, naval task forces and aircraft battle groups as well as single ships and radio-contrast land targets in heavy electronic countermeasures environment. -

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