Coastal missile complex “Ball”
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The Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation deployed in the Kuril Islands of Iturup and Kunashir anti-ship missile complexes “Ball” and “Bastion”. According to the official newspaper of the Pacific fleet (PF) of the Russian Federation “Military watch”, now the coastal division “Balls” relocated to the island of Kunashir, a division of the “Bastions” to intercede on combat duty on the island of Iturup.
These units are formed in 2014, the 72nd coastal missile brigade of the Pacific fleet. It is expected that by the end of 2016 divisions will conduct training shooting combat missiles.