NATO Surface Ships: Sitting Ducks for Russian Coastal Defense Systems

Russian Bastion and Bal-E coastal missile defense systems went through an exercise on July 13 to check their combat readiness. The training event took place against the background of NATO Sea Breeze-2017 naval drills (July 10-23) being held in the Black Sea and the comments by experts expressing concern over the vulnerability of the alliance’s surface ships to Russian precision strike systems destined to counter them. USS Carney, USS Hue City and HMS Duncan - the surface assets the US and UK navies are proud of - are among the 30 vessels participating in the Sea Breeze event.

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