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Caspian Flotilla's (CF) coastal defense missile battalion armed with Uran class antiship missiles will be deployed in Dagestan, reports Interfax.
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Antiship missile battalion to be deployed in Dagestan
12/14/2010 |
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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.