K-300P Bastion-P Coastal Defense System

K-300P Bastion-P Coastal Defense System

Type: Coastal Defense Anti-Ship Missile System

Domain: land

Country of Origin: Russia

Manufacturer: NPO Mashinostroyeniya (Russia)

First Deployed: 2010

Overview

The K-300P Bastion-P (NATO: SS-C-5 Stooge) is Russia's premier mobile coastal defense missile system, equipping Vietnam's coastal defense forces with a credible long-range anti-access capability in the South China Sea. The system fires the P-800 Oniks supersonic cruise missile at Mach 2.0–2.5 out to 300–450 km, placing virtually the entire South China Sea within range of Vietnamese coastal batteries. Vietnam operates two batteries — each with 4 transporter-erector-launchers (TELs). The Oniks flies a sea-skimming terminal approach of just 5–15 meters, severely stressing shipborne air defenses.

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