TAAS:

TASS, February 11. The teams of Bastion coastal defense missile troops practiced eliminating a hypothetical enemy’s warships during drills on the Crimean Peninsula, the press office of the Russian Black Sea Fleet reported on Friday.

Under the scenario of the drills, battalions of Bastion road-mobile coastal defense missile launchers of the Black Sea Fleet stationed in Crimea and the Krasnodar Region conducted marches to the designated area for accomplishing combat training tasks, the press office said in a statement.

“The troops deployed the launchers, prepared them for combat employment and conducted training (electronic launches) of missiles against naval targets. Apart from searching for and eliminating the hypothetical enemy’s warships, the teams also practiced replenishing ammunition and relocating the launchers to avoid an enemy strike and camouflaging new launch sites,” the statement says.

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