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Naval armada syria2/23/2024 ![]() This appears to be permanently positioned on the to northern harbor wall. The most visible air defense unit is a single Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 GREYHOUND) missile/gun system. The Monolit-B is placed on the end of the pier, while the rest are in a protected area on the north-east shore line. And a multitude of communications systems. P-18 SPOON REST-D, Kasta 2E FLAT FACE-E, Podlet K1 and Monolit-B radars are all present. To protect the naval and logistics assets Russia has deployed an array of radar and local air defenses directly to the port area. The submarines are equipped with the Kalibr land-attack cruise missile. This is controversial as it stretches interpretations of the Montreux Convention which is intended to prevent submarines from passing between the Black Sea and Mediterranean. Two Pr.636.3 Improved-KILO Class submarines from the Black Sea fleet are routinely deployed there. This article is about the base's defenses. The squadron includes two submarines, which are stationed in Tartus. In the future it may have a base in Libya, but for the moment its only base is in Tartus in Syria. However, since Russia's intervention in the war in Syria the naval squadron has been reestablished. With the collapse of the USSR and subsequent low-point of the Russian Navy this was abandoned. Russia's Defended Submarine Base In The Med: Tartus, Syriaĭuring the Cold War the Russian Navy (then Soviet Navy) maintained a permanent squadron of warships in the Mediterranean.
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