Russian Navy Testing Missile Defense System in Caspian

The coastal missile unit of the Russian Navy's Caspian Flotilla is conducting a series of exercises to practice using the Navy's only Bal coastal missile system, a representative of the Southern Military District said Wednesday.

Participants are learning how to detect and track air- and sea-based targets, organize communications and process and transmit data that would affect decisions about using the system, the representative said.

The exercises are taking place at the Adanak test site in Russia’s republic of Dagestan.

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