The K-300P ''Bastion-P'' ( NATO reporting name SS-C-5 Stooge) is a Russian mobile

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missile system. The system was developed together with the

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ian company '' Tekhnosoyuzproekt''.

Design

The main role of the Bastion-P is to engage surface ships including carrier battle groups, convoys, and landing craft. A typical battery is composed of 1-2

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vehicles based on the Kamaz 43101 6×6 truck, one support vehicle, four launcher vehicles based on the MZKT-7930 8×8 chassis each operated by a 3-man crew and holding two missiles, and four loader vehicles; launcher vehicles can be located up to away from the C2 vehicles. Upon halting, missiles can be readied for firing within five minutes, and both fired in 2-5 second intervals. The mobile launcher can remain on active standby over a period of 3–5 days, or up to 30 days when accompanied by a combat duty support vehicle.Bastion-P Coastal defense missile system
- Military-Today.com
- Weaponsystems.net The missile used by the Bastion-P is the P-800 Oniks, a supersonic

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with a warhead. They are fired vertically from the launchers using a solid-fuel

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for initial acceleration, then use a liquid-fuel

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for sustained cruising at Mach 2.5. The Oniks/Yakhont's maximum range varies at using a low-low or hi-low flight trajectory respectively. Using

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at the initial flight stage and active radar guidance when approaching a target, the missile can fly to an altitude of before descending to sea-skimming altitude of 5 m at the final stage, useful up to

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7. "These complexes are able to destroy both sea and ground targets at a distance of 350 kilometers at sea and almost 450 kilometers over land," Defense Minister Shoigu said at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with representatives of the Defense Ministry.

Operational history

On 2 March 2011, it was reported that Russia would be deploying the system on the

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in the

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. The deployment was finally conducted in 2016. On 15 March 2015, it was reported that Russia had deployed the system in

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. Silo-based missile complex was deployed on Object 100 in 2020. In 2015, Russian Northern Fleet Commander Adm. Vladimir Korolev said that Russia's Northern Fleet's Coastal Forces would receive new Bastion anti-ship missile complexes to support already existing S-400 deployments. On 15 November 2016, Russia announced it had deployed K-300P Bastion-P systems to Syria, where it fired Oniks missiles at land targets as part of the Russian military intervention in Syria, demonstrating a previously undisclosed land attack capability for the coastal defense system; the P-800 uses a combination of autopilot, INS, and a radio altimeter for mid-course guidance and a monopulse dual-mode active/passive seeker for terminal guidance. Modified software in the Bastion's guidance system enables the missiles to dive onto stationary land targets, striking programmed coordinates. In 2021, Matua island in the

now hosts a battery. The Bastion is the primary launch platform of the Onyx missile during the

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in particular has seen a number of recorded Onyx launches, distinguished by the missile's distinctive "one-turn" launch sequence. These are primarily used to strike cities in the south of Ukraine. In 2022, Paramushir island in the Kuril Islands now hosts an additional battery.

Variants

* K-300P - TEL variant, LACM or AShM, used mainly in coastal missile forces. * K-300S - silo based version, probably one of the roles will be in coastal missile forces. * Bastion E - another coastal variant.

Operators

* ** and coastal missile forces have 40 such systems * **

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- bought at least two systems in early 2011. Commissioned by the coastal missile & artillery forces * - bought four systems in 2011

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