Antiship coastal missile system “ball” entered service departments of the coastal defense of the Caspian flotilla. This was told by the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Sergey Pinchuk in an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry newspaper “a red star”.
According to the commander, anti-ship complex “ball” should enter the arsenal of the flotilla and take up combat duty before the end of this year. This will be the second such complex, the first entered service with the Caspian flotilla in 2011 year.
Are planning, before the end 2019 years, the coastal missile complex will take up combat duty “ball”
– said pinchuk.
note, that the coastal defense missile system “ball” adopted in 2008 year. Included in coastal defense forces, designed to protect territorial waters, naval bases, coastal infrastructure and coastal defense.
The structure of one complex includes two cars – command and control post, as well as up to four vehicles with launchers, equipped with anti-ship missile X-35 with a range of destruction in 120 km, with the Kh-35E missile and the Kh-35U missile – 260 km. On each machine 8 missiles in special containers. Besides, The complex includes four transport and handling machines, designed to form a repeated full salvo.
