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    RUSSIAN NAVY TESTING MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM IN CASPIAN

    MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - The coastal missile unit of the
    Russian Navy's Caspian Flotilla is conducting a series of exercises
    to practice using the Navy's only Bal coastal missile system, a
    representative of the Southern Military District said Wednesday.

    Participants are learning how to detect and track air- and sea-based
    targets, organize communications and process and transmit data that
    would affect decisions about using the system, the representative
    said. The exercises are taking place at the Adanak test site in
    Russia's republic of Dagestan.

    Combat crews are practicing elements of deployment, electronic launches
    against imitation targets and quick changes of position after launch,
    according to the representative.

    The crews have already practiced neutralizing enemy airstrikes and
    surveillance teams, as well as conducting reconnaissance of possible
    routes - in terms of engineering, radiation, chemical and biological
    factors - and putting out fires, the representative said. It was not
    immediately clear how long the exercises had been going on.

    The Bal mobile coastal missile system with Kh-35 type antiship
    missiles can engage targets at up to 120 kilometers under any weather
    conditions, according to VPK.name, a respected Russian military
    news website. Armstrade.org, another Russian arms-related website,
    reports that the system entered service in the Caspian Flotilla at
    the end of 2011.

    The system is designed to control territorial waters, protect naval
    bases and other coastal installations.

    It can carry out both single and salvo launches with up to 32 missiles.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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