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As of 2021, Kaliningrad remains the principal base area for the Russian Baltic Fleet and therefore hosts significant land and air forces, both to defend Kaliningrad and to extend Russian shore-based air and sea denial capabilities into the Baltic Sea and region.
This article is collection of observation of Russian military installations in the Kaliningrad region using internet sources and local observations gained from visiting the region. The most sources here are pictures posted on Russian social networks by Russian soldiers social nets who served there.
15 maj 2023 · As a result of initial NATO encroachment in the 1990s and accelerating under the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kaliningrad has regained its status as a fortress on the Baltic Sea, now armed with cruise missiles, surface-to-air-missile (SAM) batteries, the future submarines of the Baltic Fleet, and nuclear weapons.
27 paź 2022 · Before Russia widened its war in Ukraine starting in late February, there were no fewer than 12,000 Russian troops in Kaliningrad with around 100 T-72 tanks, a couple hundred BTR fighting...
5 maj 2022 · So Russian military exercises in Kaliningrad are a signal of Russian capabilities and a way of exerting more pressure on the west – just as the EU was agreeing its sixth package of...
Sometimes described as the Kremlin’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in the Baltic Sea, the Kaliningrad Oblast plays an important strategic and military role for Russia. 1 The Russian Baltic Fleet’s main base is located at Baltiysk. 2 In addition, Russia has installed tactical Iskander missiles, which have a range of 310 miles, in the oblast.
The 11th Army Corps, (Russian: 11-й армейский корпус, romanized: 11-y Armeyskiy Korpus) is a tactical formation of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy, formed in 2016 as part of the Baltic Fleet, currently in the Leningrad Military District. The corps is located in Kaliningrad Oblast, with its headquarters in the city of Gusev.
