"Bastion" and "Yakhont" - not only Syria / / In addition to Russia, they are from Vietnam and Indonesia
09/20/2010
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As predicted A.2, Russia confirmed the existence of a contract for the supply of PBRK K-300P "Bastion-P" in Syria. At first the intention to prevent the supply, said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who, to this end he came to Moscow in early September. A week later, already Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov during his visit to the United States said Russia's intention to still make delivery. A.2 summarizes available information on supply and missile complex "Yakhont".
Syrian deal exists and will be executed
On Friday, September 17, 2010, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told reporters during his visit to Washington: "This is a contract in 2007, the question of supplying these systems to Syria was raised in talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, to this He was not raised. Of course, it will be executed by the Russian side "(quoted according to RIA" News ").
On Sunday, Interfax, citing an unnamed source in the defense industry, said: "Damascus expects to receive at least two sets of" Bastion "one set of ammunition may include up to 36 missiles," Yakhont ". The contract amount is estimated source of $ 300 million this way, the existence of a contract is recognized officially named the year of the signing, announced the amount officially stated its intention to perform the contract.
The first information about the contract appeared in the Israeli press in October 2009, then reported that Russia had "agreed to sell" Party of Syria missile "Yakhont" under the agreement on expansion of the Russian military presence in Tartus. The Russian side has so far kept silent on this issue. A.2 in June this year suggested that the delivery of "Bastion" Syria "very likely".
The objections of Israel and the "balance of power in the region"
A recent visit to Russia, Ehud Barak was accompanied by a commentary in the Israeli press, which indicated that Israel has opened the Syrian contract and intends to ask Russia to abandon its implementation. For the media sources in the ruling circles of Israel is motivated by the fact that the "Ramparts" may be in the hands of Islamic extremists of Hezbollah operating in southern Lebanon and have experience using PCR on an Israeli ship.
However, as reasonably Minister Serdyukov said, Syria already has anti-complexes - put the USSR in 1983 PBRK "Redoubt-E." So far they have to any rebels did not fall. "Russia is quite specific about the conditions of supply and use of weapons, including as appropriate, prepares end-user certificate, and they (the Syrians) assume such liabilities" - quoted Minister of Interfax-AVN.
"Bastion" is, of course, to get into the hands of insurgents and guerrillas is not. The missile "Yakhont" for it is delivered in a transport-launch canister, which weighed with it is nearly four tons. Self-propelled launcher carries two or three containers with rockets and weighs about 40 tons. Depending on the customer set may also include a transport-charging machines, command and control (or two), information technology hardware interface means of combat with the command post of the customer, automated command and control, complex maintenance facilities, vehicle security alert , training aids.
Theoretically, to organize an attack using PCR "Yakhont" on behalf of Hezbollah, probably, maybe. The manufacturer indicates that the launchers could operate autonomously, receiving a combat mission and the targeting of short-wave radio or satellite. The Syrians, in principle, could teach some basics of the Mujahideen control SPM and secretly delivered to the right spot one or two STC. As the rocket operate on a "fire and forget", the chance for successful defeat nemanevrennoy enough defenseless target is. However, this requires a successful confluence of too many circumstances - machines have been successfully overcome, and secretly planned route, not zaglohnuv on the way, the Mujahideen have no right to confuse and press the button, the goal should behave quite victimization to launch confidently found it and was struck by . All this is difficult for Hezbollah and not just typical - unless, of course, not in disguise Syrian fighters human missile and not to develop more special operations.
Thus, claims of Tel Aviv on the possibility of getting "bastion" in the hands of Hezbollah give the correct reason for great concern to the Israeli press and the public. Because, in fact, it is then that the Israeli security services have recently been able to track down the flea grandfather in a wheelchair and aiming to destroy it one rocket from a helicopter suddenly appeared, and now admit that they can not see dozens of tons of not very compact and turning the iron literally under his nose. "Bastion" do not MANPADS and antitank missile systems, its in the boxes on the truck did not provezesh.
In full it reveals its potential as a complex, rather than individual guerrilla missile launchers. To be most effective when a flock of missiles successfully distributes itself within the goals and hit them even in the face of strong opposition and anti-aircraft radar, it is desirable to have independent source of targeting (for example, the-horizon radar detection of air and surface targets and target "Monolith-B", or helicopter targeting complex 1K130E with radar-801 and "Eye"). So far, neither Hezbollah nor Hamas, nor in any other insurgents in the region was nothing like this. The use of appropriate means to combat targeting Israeli warships is only possible if the fighting will enter the armed forces of Syria, and this, with all the exaggeration is not the same thing as "missiles could fall into terrorist hands."
It is unlikely that these complexes are needed Syria to something other than defense. To avoid becoming a victim of the pack "Yakhontov" Israeli ships enough to stay away from the Syrian coast - why would they close? The characteristics of the same "Yakhont" suggest that they need to Damascus to protect not only on the Navy neighbor, but from the U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the case of attempts at aggression.
Execution of the contract and the Syrian protests by the Israeli authorities give rise to stress that the Tel-Aviv, in truth, has an enviable appetite: the pressure of Israel (and U.S.), Russia has refused to supply tactical missile systems "Iskander-E" Syria and anti-aircraft S-300 systems to Iran . Note, no official word of thanks we have not heard, but as a real step was revealed to actively promote the training of Georgian troops in South Ossetia issue a final decision - apparently massacre in Russia's southern border from Tel Aviv, something threatening to "balance of power in the region" it is not. Today, local politicians did not hesitate to threaten "the resumption of military cooperation with Tbilisi."
Meanwhile, prepare contracts for United States tens of billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia - not the most friendly to Israel country in the region. The question that was Russia in exchange for a tarnished for the sake of Israel and the U.S. reputation arms supplier in the Middle East - the richest of the world arms market?
Vietnam has prepared at least one base for its "Bastion"
This year was the obvious first export PBRK "Bastion" - presumably, one set was Vietnam. Delivery of vehicles took place in late May in Ho Chi Minh City port, after which the machine immediately left the port and the city limits (A.2 wrote about this earlier.)
By tracking the fate of the shipment, A.2 found information on the cars were allegedly photographed on the way to the base near the coastal city of Phan Thiet in the couple of hundred kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. Recently, one of the cartographic resources on the Internet appeared markup , indirectly confirming this version:
Retrospective photo of the same place from outer space in April 2009 and May 2006 show that something like a military base, actually appeared recently and as of April 2010 even, perhaps, was not quite ready.
Another indirect confirmation of delivery has information on social networks in the presence of a small Phanthiet some Russian and Belarusian specialists.
"Bastion" in Vietnam: a retraction and clarification
A.2 previously reported that based on the photo below has reason to believe that Vietnam has two sets. Efforts to refine this information can now say that set is likely still a complex, even though the contract details are still unknown.
In the photo shows the same "Bastion" is not for Vietnam, and for Russian Black Sea Fleet. The picture was taken in spring 2010 at the site "Raevskaya." The complex entered service 11 separate coastal missile and artillery brigades (§ Utash Krasnodar Krai, near Anapa). At all the same cartographic resource is present Russian-language markings base team.
The main armament of the brigade - SCRC "Frontier" and "redoubt." In the background the previous picture is recognized by 130-mm self-propelled coastal defense artileriysky complex A-222 "Beach". At the end of hostilities in the Black Sea coast in August 2008, presumably it was decided to urgently re-equip Bravo Black Sea Fleet to "Bastion." In October 2009 it was known that their calculations are trained in the "Bastion" in the Military Training of the Navy Research Center in St. Petersburg (Vietnamese training began in February 2009, but pro fighters Hezbollah posts were not).
Indonesia - another recipient of "Yakhont"?
The third recipient of the export of missiles "Yakhont", most likely, is Indonesia - but not in version PBRK "Bastion", and the ship modifications. The fact that Indonesia can get these missiles from Russia, reported, in particular, the Indian press in July 2008 in the context of an emergency visit of the Indian DRDO in Moscow. India was concerned about Russia's plans to put Indonesia unnamed RCC, which, according to DRDO, would affect the market missiles BrahMos. Negotiations with Indonesia, according to press reports, were at that time for three years. In October 2008, Commander of Naval Forces of Indonesia declared that "the Indonesian navy would like to buy the currency with payment (no credit) anti-ship missiles" Yakhont ". A year later it was reported that Indonesia has received an unspecified number of anti-ship missiles "Yakhont".
The latter thesis is likely wrong. Most likely that Indonesia, whose policies in MTC does not seem logical and consistent, to the most recently moved to this ("sapphire") is extremely slow, and no missiles had not received. However, in recent months, some background information has changed.
In February, the Indonesian press is referring to the military reported that work began on the installation of four alleged "Yakhont" the frigate Oswald Siahaan (acquired by Indonesia in the Netherlands in the mid-1980s. And nominally equipped RGM-84 Harpoon). Delivery of the actual launch is expected in April, ending work - in June, but during the summer about the success stories were not. Work, according to press reports, is an Indonesian PT PAL, however, as in the case of the BrahMos, a leading producer role - NGOs Machinery.
In May 2010, there was sketchy information the sensational nature. Allegedly six Indonesian frigates and corvettes equipped with 10 "Yakhont", eight and four missiles each, respectively. The total number of missiles purchased must be at least 120. In early August 2010 it was reported that the ship rearmed with 32 out of 56 scheduled to be re-in 2010, 6 of them frigates and 14 corvettes were "Yahonty." Given that the armed Indonesian navy has about a dozen frigates, two corvettes and a half dozen and four or five dozen missile boats, those numbers sound plausible - if we ignore the question of price.
PT PAL has some experience with weapons of their ships with new missiles procured abroad. Armed with Indonesian navy has Chinese C-802 anti-ship missiles, mounted on five missile launches FPB-57 fifth series. These boats are built under license in Indonesia based on the German project Albatros, organic weapons which were anti-ship missiles Exocet. "Yakhont" engaged in the same unit of PT PAL, which puts the Chinese missiles at FPB-57.
In Indonesia and without "Yakhont" are armed with three types of CDP: Exocet, Harpoon and C-802. A.2 is no logic in this is looking. However, if bulk purchase "Yakhont" for the Navy proves true, it would mean a certain unification of the arms.
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Author: Ruslan Aliyev
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