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Will reach the port complex of St. Petersburg: Westerners comment on Estonia's purchase of anti-ship cruise missiles

Will reach the port complex of St. Petersburg: Westerners comment on Estonia's purchase of anti-ship cruise missiles
The contract between the state center for defense investments of the Estonian Defense Ministry and the Singapore-Israeli joint venture "Proteus Advanced Systems" was signed 6 October. For what purposes did the Estonian authorities decide to buy Israeli-developed Blue Spear missile systems?, tried to explain in the material of the American edition of "Forbes".

These are the first anti-ship systems, which promise to add to the arsenal of the Estonian Navy. Journalists quoted the words of the Commander of the Estonian Navy Jüri Saska:

Missiles will be "the main element of Estonian naval defense in the coming decades". This will allow Estonia to contribute to ensuring not only its own national, but also general regional security.
And Estonian Defense Minister Kalle Laanet is sure, that thanks to cooperation with a manufacturer of modern weapons, enterprises of the republican military-industrial complex open up serious prospects.

How closely is the new contract related to further plans for the development and modernization of the Republican Navy, not specified. But American experts did not forget to mention, that the Estonian navy consists of "six small vessels with very light weapons", and the number of naval personnel is 300 human. This is where the description of the combat capabilities of the Baltic ally ends..

Winged "Blue Spear" is called a modified version of the Israeli rocket "Gabriel". According to other open sources, we are talking about actually the same development of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) – model "Gabriel 5", simply marketed under the Blue Spear brand. This is a high-precision modern weapon based on a mobile complex, adapted to launch at any time of the day with a flight path at different (including small) heights, having protection of communication systems from interference from electronic warfare.

The officially declared range of the missile reaches 290 kilometers. This factor, together with other technical characteristics, is positioned in the material of Forbes observers as a “source of serious problems” for Russia in the Baltic. When listing the possible directions of the Blue Spear flight, the territories of the Kaliningrad region and the port complex of St. Petersburg are mentioned.

They will reach the port complex of Russian Petersburg
– they write in the West about the anti-ship cruise missiles acquired by Tallinn.

In the summarizing part of the journalistic article, it is almost openly stated that, that the defensive purpose of anti-ship missiles does not interfere with the use of attack potential if necessary, laid down in the Blue Spear complex. In the context of a theoretical conflict with NATO, transport communication channels with Kaliningrad can be considered among the vulnerable places for Russia, which are supposedly easy to cover. We reminded readers about the distance from the nearest section of the Estonian border to St. Petersburg: Total 150 kilometers.

Author:Nikolay Stalnov
used photos:Official website of the manufacturer of weapons systems iai.co.il

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