Russia Offers Silo-Based Bastion Missile System With Yakhont Antiship Missiles for Export - TASS.

The Bastion coastal missile system armed with Yakhont missiles has been developed by the Machine-Building Scientific and Production Association.

"We have developed this project not for the Russian Armed Forces as the territory of our country allows us to accomplish tasks in a different way and mobile systems are more suitable here," the CEO said. "Countries that occupy small areas and need to defend a limited coastal zone may be interested in the Bastion system," he added.

According to Leonov, foreign customers are showing interest in the silo-based version of the Bastion coastal missile system but are choosing mobile complexes.

The Bastion coastal missile system is in service with the Russian Armed Forces. The system has been delivered to Syria and Vietnam.

The K-300P Bastion (NATO reporting name SSC-5) is designed for the destruction of various surface ships from an enemy's landing squadrons, convoys, carrier strike groups, as well as single vessels and land-based radiocontrast targets in conditions of intensive fire and electronic countermeasures. The system uses the P-800 Yakhont (SS-N-26) anti-ship cruise missile and has a maximum range of 300 km.

Each Bastion system is equipped with 36 cruise missiles as well as truck-mounted radar and other equipment.

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