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Utjos (Utes, Sotka, Object 100) | |
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Утёс (объект 100, Сотка) | |
Sevastopol Balaklava, Russia (de facto) | |
Coordinates | 44°27′5″N 33°39′9″E / 44.45139°N 33.65250°E |
Type | coastal bunker AShM missile launchers |
Site information | |
Owner | Russia |
Operator | VMF , Black Sea Fleet |
Controlled by | VMF VKS BRaV CmF (Black Sea Fleet Coastal Missile Forces), Southern Military District |
Open to the public | no |
Condition | operational (mid 2015-2016) |
Site history | |
Built | 1954,[1] 60' - 80' |
Built by | Soviet Union, Russia |
Object-100 Utes (Utyos) or Sotka is a Russian Navy anti-ship missile coastal defense division built in Soviet times, using bunker TEL (similar to Nike Hercules SAM ABM) with a pair of SS-N-3 Shaddock P-35B 4K44B (same used operated on Redut complex) SS-N-3b Shaddock 3M44 Progress, can also launch different ones like P-6 P-35B S-35.
In 2020 a Tsirkon missile system was deployed to this base,[2] which may have been used for the 25 March 2024 attack on Kyiv.[3]
In October 2024, the complex was used against military targets in Odessa.[4]