Russia to deploy shore-based anti-ship missiles and UAVs to disputed Kuril islands

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said Moscow will be deploying the Bal and Bastion shore-based anti-ship missile systems plus Eleron 3 unmanned aerial vehicles to the disputed Kuril Islands.

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Pliskin [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

The Soviet Union occupied four islands in the chain during the final days of World War Two.

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