Anti-ship system Bastion conducts drills in Crimea as U.S. Destroyers visit Black Sea

A mobile coastal defense anti-ship system Bastion has carried out a march to a deployment site in Crimea within the framework of an exercise being held against the backdrop of the U.S. destroyer Donald Cook’s visit to the Black Sea. Combat crews arrived in the designated area, readied the systems for combat and carried out preparations for virtual fire. The Bastion battalion performed a set of standard tasks and drills in field conditions, the news release says. In the next phase of the battalion’s drills the Donald Cook Bastion battalion will practice cooperation with a Black Sea frigate. Fifteen vehicles…