Apart from the maneuvers of the Tu-95MC Bear bomber with the Chinese Xian H-6K strategic bomber which recently crossed the Sea of Japan and South Korea's ADIZ, basically there is classic tension between Russia and Japan, namely regarding the dispute over the ownership of the Kuril Islands which are claimed by Russia and Japan. The Kuril Islands connect the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia with the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan.
Quoted from eurasiantimes.com (5/12/2022), the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Bastion mobile coastal defense systems of the Pacific Fleet have been deployed to Paramushir Island, which is part of the Kuril Islands.
“The Pacific Fleet's Bastion coastal missile system combat unit has been deployed and has been on duty in the northern Kurils on Paramushir Island. Coastal missile personnel of the Pacific Fleet will keep watch around the clock to control the water area and adjacent strait zone," the Russian ministry said in a statement.
Previously, the K-300P Bastion-P system was deployed on Matua Island, which is also in the Kuril Islands in December 2021. The main role of the Bastion coastal defense missile system is to attack surface ships, such as aircraft carrier battle groups and landing craft.
According to the statement, operation and maintenance, technical post equipment, material storage facilities, and the entrance to the launch zone have all been prepared. Meanwhile military personnel take up duties and conduct scheduled combat drills.
Bastion-P Mobile Shore Based Missile Complex (MSMC) is a mobile shore defense system capable of attacking high-value warships. In terms of Russian maritime policy, this is seen as the last line of defense. In recent years, Moscow has implemented this system in some of the most critical maritime zones.
A Military Brigade equipped with the Bastion missile system was deployed in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula in 2014. Russia has also installed the Bastion system in the Arctic to protect its vast Arctic coastline, mineral and energy resources, and territorial waters.
The K-300P Bastion-P, also known as SSC-5 Stooge, is based on the P-800 Oniks supersonic anti-ship cruise missile. This missile is also used on warships and submarines and is designated SS-N-26 Strobile in the West.
The export variant of the missile is known as 'Yakhont' - which incidentally is also operated by the Indonesian Navy, namely on the Van Speijk Class frigate, KRI Oswald Siahaan 354.
Bastion is a system, while the missile used is the Yakhont type. Because the Yakhont's weight is relatively large, that is, one missile unit weighs 3 tons, the rations (special vehicles) used cannot be arbitrary. The heavy duty truck MZKT-7970 8x8 made in Belarus is used as the carrying platform. The launcher unit in one truck can carry two Yakhont missiles.
Yakhont itself is a type of cruise missile with a fire and forget mechanism. In the early stages of launch, the missile is guided by satellite, while when it approaches the target, the guidance system will switch to active radar. Sophisticated missiles that have been tested by the Indonesian Navy can fly from an altitude of 5 to 14,000 meters above sea level.
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| Yakhont firing pattern from land to sea |
With supersonic speed when approaching the target (Mach 2.5), it is very difficult to bring down this missile which has a range of 280 km, not to mention that Yakhont is equipped with electronic countermeasures.
The Yakhont is powered by a solid fuel rocket booster which propels the missile before being accelerated to maximum speed by a liquid fuel ramjet motor. Because it has a strategic role, Yakhont's target was chosen, such as being targeted to destroy aircraft carriers and important installations with a 250 kg warhead.
One Bastion battery consists of four launcher vehicles, 1 command and control vehicle, 1 support vehicle, and 4 transloader units. In combat deployments, in Russia the Bastion system is operated by the navy, precisely with deployment in coastal areas.
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