The 4K51 Rubezh anti-ship missile system of Vietnam

The 4K51 Rubezh anti-ship missile system of Vietnam

The 4K51 Rubezh anti-ship missile systems (NATO reporting name SSC-3), have been use in the Vietnam People's Navy, supported in the 1980s from the Soviet Union to equip the Missile- Artillery Coastal Defense Regiment, a new unit of arms established after the Vietnam War, the 4K51 has served in the Vietnam People's Army for nearly 30 years and has become one of the "missile shield" under managing of the 679th Coastal missile Regiment to protect its territorial sovereignty over the East Vietnam Sea (the South China Sea).

The combinations of 4K51 Rubezh, 4K44B REDUT-M and K-300P Bastion-P is the three most modern coastal defense shield of the Vietnam People's Navy.

Rebezh and Redut anti-ship missile systems
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