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Russia Sends Missiles Near Pacific Islands Claimed by Japan
By: Vladmir Isachenkov - Miliatary.com News 12-02-21
Re: https://www.military.com/daily-news/...med-japan.html

Photo link: https://images05.military.com/sites/...?itok=EFR5LYRN
A Bastion missile launcher is positioned on the Matua Island, part of the Kurils Islands chain, in Russia, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

MOSCOW — The Russian military has deployed coastal defense missile systems near the Kuril Islands, a Pacific chain also claimed by Japan. The move appeared intended to underline Moscow's firm stance in the dispute.

The Bastion systems were moved to Matua, a deserted volcanic island in the middle of the chain. Japan claims the four southernmost islands.

Russia's Defense Ministry posted a video Thursday showing massive missile carriers moving ashore from amphibious landing vessels and driving along the coast of the volcanic island to take firing positions as part of drills.

The ministry said the deployment involved setting up living quarters for personnel, hangars for the vehicles and other infrastructure.

Russian video link on site: Re: https://www.military.com/daily-news/...med-japan.html

The Bastion is capable of hitting sea targets at a range of up to 500 kilometers (270 nautical miles)

The deployment followed a series of moves by Russia to beef up its military presence on the Kuril Islands,

In 2016, it stationed the Bal and the Bastion coastal defense missile systems on two of the four southernmost Kuril Islands. In the following years, it followed up by sending top-of-the-line air defense missiles systems there and setting up an air base on the Iturup Island where fighter jets were deployed.

Japan asserts territorial rights to the four southernmost islands of the Kuril chain and calls them Northern Territories. The Soviet Union took the islands in the final days of World War II, and the dispute has kept the countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending their hostilities.

The oval-shaped, 11-kilometer-long (6.8-mile) island where the Russian missiles were deployed hosted a Japanese military base during WWII. After the Soviet takeover of the Kuril Islands, Matua was home to a Soviet military base that was closed amid funding shortages in the wake of the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

Asked about the missile deployment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has a sovereign right to deploy its military forces wherever it deems necessary on its territory.

At the same time, he noted that Russia values relations with Japan and remains committed to efforts to negotiate a settlement of the dispute.

“We maintain a political will to pursue a comprehensive dialogue with our Japanese partners in order to find ways of settlement,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.

Related Topics: Military Headlines Global Hot Spots Pacific Militarization Russia Japan

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Personal note: Russia is playing the same game as China and North Korea.
They will push us as far as they can - knowing the US isn't ready for another
round of troop commitments. NATO isn't doing much better (either) to offset
these aggressors. Island hopping putting pressure on South Korea and Japan.
Hell even Philippine's & Australia are feeling the pinch. What's next?
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