“Missiles On Ice”! Russia Deploys Bastion Launchers On The Coast Of Barents Sea In A Direct Message To NATO, eurasiantimes.com

Russia has rolled its Bastion coastal defence missile launchers onto the bleak shoreline of the Barents Sea, a dramatic opening move in the navy‑wide exercise codenamed “July Storm.”

Overseen by Admiral Alexander Moiseyev—elevated last year to Commander‑in‑Chief of the Russian Navy — the drill brings one of the Northern Fleet’s missile battalions from the Kola Flotilla into firing positions to “maintain the operational regime” along this Arctic frontier, according to the Northern Fleet’s press office.

Running 23–27 July, ‘July Storm’ spans four maritime regions—the Pacific, Arctic, Baltic and Caspian Seas—making it the year’s most expansive Russian naval workout. Moscow says the exercise involves 150 warships and auxiliaries, 120 aircraft, 10 coastal missile batteries, and around 15,000 personnel. Läs artikel