Antiship missile battalion to be deployed in Dagestan

14.12.2010 Caspian Flotilla's (CF) coastal defense missile battalion armed with Uran class antiship missiles will be deployed in Dagestan, reports Interfax.

Kaspiysk will be the main basing site of the battalion; additional positions for coastal defense missile system Bal will be engineered near Izerbash. Deployment of antiship missiles is conducted under Caspian Flotilla Re-equipment Program.

It should be noted that the flotilla already has analogous antiship missiles – CF flagship Tatarstan is also armed with Uran missiles.

All missile boats were previously transferred from Astrakhan to Dagestan in order to establish a task force of missile ships.

Caspian Flotilla consists of 106th brigade (based in Makhachkala) and 73rd brigade (based in Astrakhan), and headed by Rear Admiral Sergei Alekminsky.