"Kaliningrad will be surrounded": the Polish press on the possible "destruction" of part of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation
Polish and Estonian coastal missile batteries are able to practically lock up the Russian fleet in ports. The Kaliningrad exclave, deprived of supplies by sea, will thus be surrounded, in a kind of "cauldron", which only ground forces can break through through the Baltic and the Suwalk Isthmus.
How to lock up the Russian fleet
This opinion is expressed by Maksymilian Dura on the pages of the Polish edition of Defense24:
In his words, the possibility of effective use of anti-ship missiles against the Russian fleet comes down to the following conditions: maximum flight range (over 220 km); an impressive array of launchers in Estonia; powerful target detection system (involving ships and sea aviation); cover and camouflage PU; parallel artillery strike against military targets in the Kaliningrad region.
However, these requirements are clearly not working in favor of NATO. Polish coastal missile launchers are guided by the TRS-15C radar at a distance of 40 km. The Russians have reason to believe that the same situation will repeat itself in Estonia. But it is quite possible to close this gap, for example, through the active use of drones at a low altitude, which will allow them to “snuggle up” to the water and evade detection by Russian radars. Moreover, the air defense systems of the most modern ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy have a range of 150 km.
Normal shells to help
According to the author, the approach distance of conventional shells will make it possible to cope with the task of destroying a part of the fleet located in Baltiysk without resorting to the use of anti-ship missiles in this sector.
According to him, in the event of a switch to new means of detection in Poland and Estonia, the Russians will not be able to defend even the route from Kronstadt to Baltiysk. Due to the lack of specialized vessels, they will not be able to conduct large landing operations. Apparently, saboteurs are being deployed instead.
Summing up, the author hopes that reason will prevail in relations between Russia and NATO countries.
- concludes the Polish expert, relying on the "conscientiousness" of ordinary citizens of the Russian Federation, who "can personally be convinced of the high standard of living characteristic of Western countries."
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