Combat crews of coastal missile systems "Bastion" of the Baltic Fleet during an exercise in the Kaliningrad region discovered and destroyed a ship strike group of a conditional enemy.
As reported in the information support department of the press service of the Baltic Fleet, the exercise was planned. His task was to work out the change of position and deployment of complexes in a new area with a missile strike on a conditional enemy. More than 50 servicemen and about ten pieces of equipment were involved in the exercise.
According to the plan of the exercise, the fleet control center received data on the "enemy" naval strike group, which is preparing to open fire on coastal infrastructure facilities and fleet ships.
The Bastions' calculations detected a simulated enemy, put the complexes on alert as soon as possible and destroyed the simulated targets in the sea with volleys of cruise missiles, performing electronic launches. The exercise also tested the operability of missile systems and loading and unloading of weapons complexes.
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The Bastion coastal missile system provides protection of the sea coast with a length of more than 600 kilometers, while it can be located 200 kilometers from the coastline. The DBK is capable of hitting surface ships of various types and classes in conditions of intense fire and electronic countermeasures. Its ammunition can include up to 36 Onyx missiles. "Bastion" is highly mobile, the time from the moment of receiving the order on the march to full deployment in combat positions is five minutes, after which the complex is fully ready for firing.
Svetlana Pesotskaya (Kaliningrad region)
