A video posted on the social media channels of the armed forces shows several missile systems firing parallel salvos.
Launch of Onyx missiles from coastal missile system Bastion in Franz Josef Land.
Video by Russian armed forces.
Also the coastal missile system Bal has been engaged, according to the Russian armed forces on Telegram.
Video by Russian armed forces.
The cruise missiles struck targets over 200 kilometers away, according to the Northern Fleet.
Part of the ongoing Zapad-2025 exercise, the missile launch took place.
The exercise reportedly included an imaginary enemy flotilla in the Barents Sea as a major target. Destroying fictitious enemy saboteurs who had infiltrated the archipelago was another aspect of the scenario.
A video that was shared on the military’s social media accounts shows multiple missile systems firing salvos in parallel.
Onyx missiles are launched from Franz Josef Land’s coastal missile system, Bastion. footage taken by the Russian military.
The exercises came after soldiers, weapons, and armored vehicles were dropped off the landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky earlier this week.
Russia’s most northern archipelago is called the Franz Josef Land. It is roughly 400 kilometers away from the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.
Russia’s military presence in the archipelago has grown considerably in recent years. These days, the Nagurskoye base has a sizable complex of buildings, an airfield, and strong weapons like the Bastion system, a Monolit-B coastal radar, and anti-drone gear.
In an attempt to scare Norway and its NATO allies, the Russian military highlights that the onyx missiles can “demolish naval vessels of any size at distances of up to several hundred kilometers” and are “almost undetectable” for modern air defense systems. “,”.
Russia has used missiles in its aggressive war against Ukraine.
Additionally, Russia launched simulated attacks over the Barents Sea this week using its Kinzhal missile as part of Zapad-2025. The Russian military has also claimed on Telegram that the coastal missile system Bal has been activated.
The coastal missile complex Bal launches the Uran missile. footage taken by the Russian military.
The training has involved the closure of large portions of the Barents Sea. The exclusive economic zone of Norway includes a number of the regions. An assault on Svalbard and subsequent occupation of the archipelago is one of the exercise scenarios for Zapad-2025, according to Northern Sentry, a Norwegian account on X that focuses on the High North.
At least 13,000 troops are said to be part of the Zapad-2025. Russia has lost several hundred thousand Russian soldiers in its war of aggression against Ukraine, which coincides with the exercise.
Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this is the first Zapad exercise. An estimated 200,000 soldiers participated in the Zapad-2021, a prior exercise of this type.
