Object 100
| Utjos (Utes , Sotka , Object 100) | |
|---|---|
| Утёс ( объект 100 , Сотка ) | |
| Sevastopol Balaklava , Russia (de facto) | |
.svg.png)  Utjos (Utes , Sotka , Object 100) | |
| Coordinates | 44°27′05″N 33°39′09″E / 44.451389°N 33.6525°E |
| Type | coastal bunker AShM missile launchers |
| Site information | |
| Owner |
 Russia |
| Operator |
VMF  ,  Crimean Navy  |
| Controlled by |
VMF VKS BRaV CmF ВМФ ЧмФ БРВ (Black Sea Fleet Coastal Missile Forces) , Crimean Armed Forces  |
| Open to the public | no |
| Condition | operational (to be re-operational probably , poxible) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1954,[1] 60' - 80' |
| Built by |
 URS , Russia |
Object-100 Utes (Utyos) or Sotka is a Russian Navy anti-ship missile coastal 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.
- Modern times
Recently, after the 2014 referendum and annexation of Crimea, Russia started restoring and reactivating the site (over also start planning ships building in Sevastopol, Feodosia, Kerch yards), can also operate mobile TEL Bastion P-800 , silo K300S Oniks , Moskit TEL , Bal , Kalibr and Biryuza and maybe Iskander-K R-500 (not know if 3M51 Alfa P900 missile is going to be also air launched and TEL like other missile complexes). "Bastion" silo-based missile complex should be deployed by 2020.[2]
Utes, or Sotka, Object-100 is situated right on a cliff, with the sea beneath, far than 50 100 m from sea level, two firing position (bunker TEL) and the rest of the base facilities.
Operation
- main
- P-35B 4K44B 3M44 Progress in bunker TEL (similar to Nike Hercules or North Korean coastal AShM sites).
- capable deploying
- SS-N-2 Styx - P-15\20\22 Rubezh
- SS-N-3 Shaddock - P-35 Redut
- 3M-54 Klub - complex Kalibr \ Biryuza operating 3M54\E\E1 , 3M14 and other
- P-800 Oniks , Bastion-P - P-800 variant , also K-300S silo based
- SS-N-25 Switchblade - Kh-35 version 3M24 complex Bal
- Iskander-K - R-500 AShM cruise derived from RK-55 , 3M10 , 3M54\14 , Kh101\102 .
- 3M-51 Alfa - capable to deploy an coastal TEL launchers if there made version for it .
Operator
- VMF Crimean Armed Forces
- BRaV CmF ВМФ ЧмФ БРВ (Black Sea Fleet Coastal Missile Forces) , Crimean Navy
- BRaV CmF ВМФ ЧмФ БРВ (Black Sea Fleet Coastal Missile Forces) ,
See also
- SS-N-3 Shaddock
- Bastion-P - and silo K-300S P-800 variant .
- R-500 9M728
- Kh-35 3M24 SS-N-25 , Bal
- 3M-54 Klub