The division of coastal missile systems Bal of the Baltic Fleet destroyed a detachment of landing ships of a mock enemy during the JSE Zapad-2021

11.09.2021 (15:31)

Within the framework of the joint strategic exercise Zapad-2021, the crews of the coastal missile complex Bal of the Baltic Fleet worked out strikes against a detachment of surface ships of a mock enemy.

Combat vehicles with security carried out a march from the point of permanent deployment to the specified positional areas, where the crews worked out the deployment of launchers, the camouflage of vehicles, the organization of the protection of positions using, among other things, unmanned aerial vehicles.

In accordance with the received target designations, the rocket scientists conducted electronic launches of anti-ship cruise missiles Uran at conditional sea targets, and then secretly, in the shortest possible time, they changed positions. The servicemen also worked out the standards for loading and unloading cruise missiles on launchers in the field.

More than 200 servicemen and about 30 units of military and special equipment were involved in the episode of the exercise.

The joint strategic exercise (JSE) of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus takes place every two years in accordance with the decision taken by the heads of the two states.

The Zapad-2021 exercise is the final stage of joint training of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation this year.

Practical actions of the troops (forces) will take place in the period from 10 to 16 September 2021 at nine training grounds located on the territory of the Russian Federation, in the Baltic Sea, as well as at five training grounds of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus.

In total, up to 200 thousand personnel, about 80 aircraft and helicopters, up to 760 units of military equipment, including 290 tanks, 240 guns, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, as well as up to 15 ships take part in the JSE Zapad-2021 on the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

The maximum number of personnel involved in the exercise of military units subject to the Vienna Document of 2011 in the territory of the Russian Federation will not exceed 6,400 military personnel.

The return of the military authorities and troops to the points of permanent deployment after participating in the exercise is planned until mid-October of this year.

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