KALININGRAD. May 4 (Interfax) - The Russian Baltic Fleet's Army Corps, stationed in the Kaliningrad region, has already adopted Iskander-M tactical missile systems, a military source told Interfax.
"Several combat vehicles of the Iskander-M system were especially demonstrated to Kaliningrad residents during an overnight rehearsal for the Victory Day Parade on Thursday. Residents of the Russian exclave should see and understand that the region is protected by the most advanced samples of Russian armaments," the source said.
The Iskander systems were delivered to the Kaliningrad region at the beginning of 2018, he said. The systems joined the 152nd guard rocket brigade, which is part of the Russian Baltic Fleet's Army Corps and is stationed in the town of Chernyakhovsk.
"In the end, the Baltic Fleet now has a brigade set of these complexes. They are already actively participating in combat training. However, unlike the previous generation of Tochka-U missile systems, Iskander systems will not participate in live-fire exercises at the region's training ranges in order to avoid unnerving our neighbors in Lithuania and Poland," he said.
It was reported that S-400 advanced surface-to-air missile systems and Bal and Bastion coastal missile systems had already been deployed in the Kaliningrad region.
The Baltic Fleet's press service told Interfax earlier that the Kaliningrad region already has the infrastructure needed to deploy new missile systems. The press service, however, did not elaborate what systems could be stationed in the Kaliningrad region.
NATO had voiced concern over a possible deployment of Iskander-M tactical missile systems in the Kaliningrad region.