Division for the protection of the Crimean bridge. Billions for the fence and the checkpoint: how to strengthen the security of the Kerch bridge. Underwater robots and marine crews with machine guns

Crimean bridge at night

My dear readers, today is a story about how the Crimean bridge is guarded. The bridge is being built at an accelerated pace, construction teams are working in shifts day and night. There are rumors that the bridge will be commissioned ahead of schedule, of course, this is joyful, I think both Russians and Crimeans are happy, although we are also Russians.

But thoughts come that not everyone is happy about the completion of such a huge construction project, there is a certain number of people who are far from happy with this construction site, but, as they say, “eyes prick”. There are certain people who still do not believe that the bridge is being built. In a previous article, I talked about the trip of Crimean bloggers to the construction site of the century - to the Crimean bridge under construction, they climbed there, jumped on the bridge, they showed everyone that the bridge exists, it is under construction. I have a video posted in the article " ". I do not know whether or not those who still did not believe were convinced. Well, yes, this is not the worst thing, it is much worse that there are people hatching plans for the destruction of the Crimean bridge. There are such people, and these are the problems of Crimea, although not only Crimea, this bridge is needed by all of Russia. How are bridge protection problems solved? In Crimea, a special unit has been created to guard the Crimean bridge under construction, then, after the construction is completed, this unit will continue to guard the finished bridge. The division of the marine brigade for the protection of the Crimean bridge is part of the Federal troops of the National Guard and is equipped with unique technical means. There are night vision aids, there are underwater vision aids, and many others that are not known to us, and they will not be shown to us. Yes, we don’t need to know all the intricacies of protecting the bridge, I’m sure that they are ultra-modern and reliable, as well as the people who will protect it. It is planned to install Russian hydroacoustic systems to protect the bridge, which will allow to find the direction of the intruder. Such systems are produced by a subsidiary of the concern - the Atoll Research Institute. This institute specializes in the methods of hydroacoustic, radar, optical-thermal imaging detection of illegal actions in the protection of water and near-water facilities. Now these systems are used to protect hydroelectric dams, protecting them from unauthorized intrusion and possible illegal actions. As you can see, there are excellent Russian means of protection and we do not need foreign ones.

Modern watercraft are also being purchased, for example, the Grachenok anti-sabotage boats, however, their delivery date is November 2019. These boats are specially designed to combat sabotage and terrorist forces. Director of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov told how the Crimean bridge is guarded. He explained that the boats were equipped with: “the IC Mostik-21980 system”, the MG-757 Anapa sonar for detecting underwater sabotage forces and means, the Falcon remote-controlled underwater vehicle with a working depth of up to 300 meters. There is a search and survey complex "Kalmar" that allows you to explore the bottom surface at a depth of up to 200 meters at a boat speed of up to 8 knots. The boat is equipped with a ship diving complex with a pressure chamber (SVK), designed to provide diving descents during rescue, underwater technical and other types of underwater work.

“The armament of each boat consists of a marine pedestal machine gun mount (MTPU) with an installed 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun, a 98U small-sized remote-controlled anti-sabotage grenade launcher system, a DP-64 Nepryadva hand-held double-barreled anti-sabotage grenade launcher and 4 Igla portable anti-aircraft missile systems. -one". And now there is a group of military scuba divers on the bridge.

These are the times now, it is not enough to build, and it is necessary to protect. Although there have always been such times, only the threat of terrorist attacks was once less, sometimes more. I remember Soviet films about spies, border violators, now they seem naive and funny, but the people who lived at that time were also under the threat of terrorist attacks. I think we should not worry, the problem of how to protect the Crimean bridge will be solved. How quickly time flies, most recently I wrote about the beginning of the construction of the Crimean bridge, (you can read) and now it is already more than half built. Not far off is the day when the first car and the first train will solemnly cross the bridge, someone will be very lucky, someone will be the first passenger of this train.

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The water area of ​​the Black Sea around the construction of the Crimean bridge is overgrown with military facilities. The Russian authorities are pulling combat ships and radio systems to the construction site to protect against any possible threats. We tell you who guards the "construction of the century" and the surrounding area.

On the Kerch bridge, the Russian authorities will organize access control. All its land sections will be surrounded by a fence, and at the entrances to the bridge - on the Kerch, Taman banks and Tuzla Island - checkpoints will be installed to inspect vehicles and citizens.

And the other day, RIA Novosti Krym reported that from the first days, patrol boats of the border service of the FSB of Russia have been watching the construction of the Crimean bridge. Military ships are located off the coast of Kerch.

Patrol boat "Sobol" commanded by Alexey Saulin from Kostroma - a graduate of the Coast Guard Institute of the FSB of Russia in Anapa. He told reporters that he himself wanted to go to serve in Kerch: “I chose on my own where I would serve, and went to the Crimea. I was in my fourth year when Crimea returned to Russia in 2014, and I immediately decided for myself that I would come to serve here.” According to Saulin, his crew guards the state border of Russia, internal sea waters and the future bridge across the Kerch Strait, and also fights local poachers.

According to RIA Krym, a Russian vessel of the Lamantin project with a carrying capacity of 112 tons is also being tested off the coast of Kerch. It can work up to ten days offline.

And behind the lighthouse on Cape Lantern there is a radio technical post, says acting. head of department in Bagerovo Vladislav Kochubey. The Russian military is watching the ongoing Kerch Strait from it - including with the help of thermal imagers. “We control the ships that pass through the section, and, thanks to the location of the point, we can monitor the situation in the area of ​​the Kerch ferry crossing, the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait,” he says.

Other military vessels and units are also connected to the protection of the Kerch Strait, Russian officials say.

Underwater robots and marine crews with machine guns

The bridge across the Kerch Strait is guarded by the Russian army and special services, the Permanent Representative of Crimea to the President of Russia said in March last year Georgy Muradov. "Security (bridge - KR) will be provided by all forces, including the military and security services,” he told the Russian media.

According to the former First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Igor Kasatonov, special units of the Black Sea Fleet will be involved in the defense of the Crimean bridge. “Issues of protection and defense of the bridge have been transferred to the Novorossiysk base. In the future, the bridge will be guarded by special units, the fleet will be responsible for security from the sea,” he says.

In September last year, Izvestia, citing unnamed sources, reported that the Russian special services in the Kerch Strait tested Penguin autonomous surface-underwater robotic systems, which are supposedly capable of detecting explosive devices and enemy divers. The publication writes that the tests were carried out successfully, the issue of the supply of these complexes is being decided.

To protect the bridge across the Kerch Strait, a new military formation will also be attracted - a naval brigade, says the head of the National Guard Victor Zolotov: "In the newly created Southern District of Troops, a new formation is to be formed - a naval brigade." According to Zolotov, representatives of the National Guard are already guarding the Artek children's center and the energy bridge in the Kerch Strait area.

The naval brigades may include units of combat swimmers who will search for ammunition from the Second World War and carry out special operations in the depths of the Black Sea, Zvezda reports, citing unnamed experts:

“According to experts, to neutralize intruders under water, combat swimmers of the Russian Guard can receive weapons - ADS underwater assault rifles, PSS pistols and special watercraft for fast movement under water, similar to those that will be included in the armament of PDSS fighters of the Navy.”

Hydroacoustic systems

Zvezda experts note that in order to suppress and quickly intercept violators at sea, the Russian Guard is going to order four anti-sabotage boats of Project 21980 Grachonok.

The Russian television channel TVC reports that landing boats of project 03160 Raptor are located in the waters of the Kerch Strait - these are the fastest sea vessels of the Russian Navy.

Director for the development of civil products and innovations of the Morinformsystem-Agat concern Stanislav Chui in October he said that special sonar systems could be installed to protect the bridge in the Kerch Strait. Chui notes that they will help not only to detect the intruder, but also to transfer the data necessary for his detention. This system is used in water bodies of Russia.

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A marine brigade will be created to protect the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait. This was stated by the director of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov. According to him, the federal service has accumulated extensive experience in the field of security. Under the protection of the department there are 74 strategic objects. The issue of protecting the Crimean bridge has become particularly relevant in connection with the detentions of Ukrainian saboteurs in the region. The crossing will have to be protected primarily from encroachments from Kyiv, experts say.

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A new formation will appear in the structure of the Russian Guard, whose duties will include the protection of the Crimean bridge. According to existing plans, in 2019 the transport crossing will connect the peninsula and mainland Russia with a bus road and a railway track.

“In order to solve the tasks assigned to the Russian Guard to ensure the safety of the transport passage through the Kerch Strait, a new formation will have to be formed - a naval brigade,” said Director of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a meeting in the Federation Council.

According to him, the employees of the department have accumulated quite a lot of experience in the field of ensuring the security of objects of strategic importance. According to Zolotov, 74 important state facilities are under the protection of the Russian Guard.

As part of the implementation of the Crimean Bridge project, more than half of the construction work has already been completed. Igor Astakhov, deputy head of the Federal Road Agency of the Russian Federation, announced this on Wednesday. In the summer, the builders carried out two key operations: they installed the road and railway arches of the bridge.

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The first piles in the bottom of the Kerch Strait began to be driven in the spring of 2016. The general contractor Stroygazmontazh expects that the highway through the Kerch Strait will open on December 18, 2018, and the railway on December 1, 2019. The bridge will stretch for 19 km and will be the longest in Russia.

Scuba Diving Squad

In mid-September 2016, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov announced that there was a section in the design documentation of the bridge dedicated to anti-terrorist security.

Shortly before this, information appeared in the media that the National Guard was planning to create a detachment of combat scuba divers, whose tasks would include repelling saboteur attacks and searching for explosives. In addition, combat divers must neutralize ammunition from the times of the Great Patriotic War and drive away diving enthusiasts from the piles of the bridge.

• Training of combat swimmers of the special forces of the Russian Guard

Scuba divers of the Russian Guard will be provided with special small arms (in particular, the ADS small arms and grenade launcher system), high-speed anti-sabotage boats and surveillance equipment capable of monitoring the sea depths.

On the boats of the Russian Guard (presumably project 21980 "Rook"), special reconnaissance vehicles will be installed that will allow detecting enemy manpower and underwater targets.

On March 30, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Georgy Muradov stated that the security of the Crimean bridge would be controlled by "all forces, including the military component" and special services.

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Viktor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, believes that the Crimean bridge will be mainly protected from saboteurs. The establishment of a naval brigade means that the Russian Guard will focus on protecting the water area, including monitoring the underwater situation.

“In addition to boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-resolution sonar systems and stationary surveillance equipment will be involved that will monitor the situation around the bridge day and night,” Murakhovsky said in an interview with RT.

As Murakhovsky clarified, the Crimean bridge is a strategic object of the first category, which implies the adoption of special measures to protect against "active external influence."

The expert believes that the state will also provide air defense of the transport crossing. According to Murakhovsky, the Buk and Tor anti-aircraft systems, as well as several radar stations, will cope with this task.

Protection from Ukraine

Meanwhile, ensuring the security of the Crimean bridge is no longer a theory, but the everyday work of the Russian special services. In Crimea, FSB officers regularly identify spies and saboteurs who were trained by the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

So, on August 12, 2017, the FSB detained Gennady Limeshko, a native of the Kharkiv region. During interrogation, he confessed that he had undergone reconnaissance and sabotage training. The Ukrainian had to report to the curators about the de-energization of the coastal Sudak.

Ukrainian officials claim that the Crimean bridge poses a threat to national security. Kyiv fears that the transport crossing will restrict the movement of ships from Mariupol and Berdyansk, located on the Sea of ​​Azov.

Experts from the Center for Research on the Army, Conversion and Disarmament (Kyiv) believe that Russia's actions are "exclusively military-political in color, form a new field of socio-economic risks of stagnation in the Ukrainian Sea of ​​Azov,<…>raise threats in the context of the land corridor to the occupied Crimea.”

Sergey Goncharov, president of the association of veterans of the Alfa anti-terror unit, said in an interview with RT that Russia's Crimean bridge would have to be protected primarily from encroachments by Ukraine. In his opinion, the National Guard is able to cope with this task.

“Kyiv will do everything possible to prevent the construction, and with the help of sabotage, prevent the operation of this bridge. However, the Russian Guard has specially trained fighters to reliably protect the Kerch Bridge, ”concluded Goncharov.

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The Russian military and special services are preparing to repel a sabotage attack on the Crimean bridge, which has already been announced in Ukraine. Patrol boats and combat swimmers have been relocated to the facility area. The bridge itself is equipped with additional protection.

The main responsibility for the safety of the "road of life" to the peninsula lies with the National Guard. The service is ready to use a platoon of sea boats stationed in Crimea to protect the bridge, which consists of three vessels (two small patrol boats of project 04024 "Afalina" and one "Strizh-4D"), but will soon be deployed to the detachment. The leadership of the Russian Guard has already agreed with the Zelenodolsk shipbuilding plant on the construction of four Grachonok anti-sabotage boats that will patrol the waters in the Kerch Strait, reports Svobodnaya Pressa.

Each Rook is equipped with a KPVT heavy machine gun and four Igla-1 man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems. The main caliber of such a boat is a small-sized remote-controlled anti-sabotage grenade launcher DP-65 and a manual double-barreled anti-sabotage grenade launcher DP-64 "Nepryadva". Within a radius of 400 m from the boat, they are able to exterminate all life under water.

The approaches to the bridge on the water will also be guarded by combat swimmers of the National Guard. A similar unit was formed in the internal troops back in 2008, and in December 2016, representatives of the Russian Guard agreed with the administration of Kerch to allocate several sites around the city to the service for the construction of military camps. One of them will be located right on the seashore.

In addition, the city authorities offered the National Guard to occupy the empty building of the former Ukrainian frontier post on the island of Tuzla, through which the Crimean bridge is being laid. Tuzla is closer to Taman than to Crimea, but still it is easier to control both banks from here. There is simply no better place for basing combat swimmers of the Russian Guard in the vicinity.

In addition to the forces of the National Guard, the bridge will be guarded by high-speed anti-sabotage patrol boats of project 03160 Raptor. Each one is equipped with a universal remote-controlled combat module "Uprava-Kord" with a caliber of 14.5 mm and two machine guns 6P41 "Pecheneg" with a caliber of 7.62 mm. In September, they were transferred from Sevastopol to the Kerch region.

Serious security measures are taken at the construction site. Special engineering barriers have been installed at all construction sites of the Crimean Bridge. Equipped with 30 access posts. More than 120 video cameras with the possibility of long-term data storage conduct round-the-clock monitoring. The control of cargoes brought to the construction site is carried out by mobile inspection complexes at specially equipped sites on both sides of the strait.

Soon, complex sonar systems developed by the Morinformsystem-Agat concern will stand guard over the bridge. Among them, perhaps, will be the Amulet-P hydroacoustic warning device. When divers are detected, it first turns on the alarm with the requirement to leave the territory. If this does not work, the intensity of the sound signal rises to a pain threshold that the person is not able to withstand. He either gives up or dies.

In a word, a line of defense in depth against attack from the air, from land, from the surface of the sea, and from the depths of the sea is being created in advance around the future bridge. All potential attacks on the facility will be reflected, military experts are sure.

A new formation will appear in the structure of the Russian Guard, whose duties will include the protection of the Crimean bridge. According to existing plans, in 2019 the transport crossing will connect the peninsula and mainland Russia with a bus road and a railway track.

“In order to solve the tasks assigned to the Russian Guard to ensure the safety of the transport passage through the Kerch Strait, a new formation will have to be formed - a naval brigade,” said Director of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a meeting in the Federation Council.

According to him, the employees of the department have accumulated quite a lot of experience in the field of ensuring the security of objects of strategic importance. According to Zolotov, 74 important state facilities are under the protection of the Russian Guard.

As part of the implementation of the Crimean Bridge project, more than half of the construction work has already been completed. Igor Astakhov, deputy head of the Federal Road Agency of the Russian Federation, announced this on Wednesday. In the summer, the builders carried out two key operations: they installed the road and railway arches of the bridge.

The first piles in the bottom of the Kerch Strait began to be driven in the spring of 2016. The general contractor Stroygazmontazh expects that the highway through the Kerch Strait will open on December 18, 2018, and the railway on December 1, 2019. The bridge will stretch for 19 km and will be the longest in Russia.

Scuba Diving Squad

In mid-September 2016, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov announced that there was a section in the design documentation of the bridge dedicated to anti-terrorist security.

Shortly before this, information appeared in the media that the National Guard was planning to create a detachment of combat scuba divers, whose tasks would include repelling saboteur attacks and searching for explosives. In addition, combat divers must neutralize ammunition from the times of the Great Patriotic War and drive away diving enthusiasts from the piles of the bridge.

Scuba divers of the Russian Guard will be provided with special small arms (in particular, the ADS small arms and grenade launcher system), high-speed anti-sabotage boats and surveillance equipment capable of monitoring the sea depths.

On the boats of the Russian Guard (presumably project 21980 "Rook"), special reconnaissance vehicles will be installed that will allow detecting enemy manpower and underwater targets.

On March 30, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Georgy Muradov stated that the security of the Crimean bridge would be controlled by "all forces, including the military component" and special services.

Viktor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, believes that the Crimean bridge will be mainly protected from saboteurs. The establishment of a naval brigade means that the Russian Guard will focus on protecting the water area, including monitoring the underwater situation.

“In addition to boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-resolution sonar systems and stationary surveillance equipment will be involved that will monitor the situation around the bridge day and night,” Murakhovsky said in an interview with RT.

As Murakhovsky clarified, the Crimean bridge is a strategic object of the first category, which implies the adoption of special measures to protect against "active external influence."

The expert believes that the state will also provide air defense of the transport crossing. According to Murakhovsky, the Buk and Tor anti-aircraft systems, as well as several radar stations, will cope with this task.

Protection from Ukraine

Meanwhile, ensuring the security of the Crimean bridge is no longer a theory, but the everyday work of the Russian special services. In Crimea, FSB officers regularly identify spies and saboteurs who were trained by the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

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So, on August 12, 2017, the FSB detained Gennady Limeshko, a native of the Kharkiv region. During interrogation, he confessed that he had undergone reconnaissance and sabotage training. The Ukrainian had to report to the curators about the de-energization of the coastal Sudak.

Ukrainian officials claim that the Crimean bridge poses a threat to national security. Kyiv fears that the transport crossing will restrict the movement of ships from Mariupol and Berdyansk, located on the Sea of ​​Azov.

Experts from the Center for Research on the Army, Conversion and Disarmament (Kyiv) believe that Russia's actions are "exclusively military-political in color, form a new field of socio-economic risks of stagnation in the Ukrainian Sea of ​​Azov,<…>raise threats in the context of the land corridor to the occupied Crimea.”

Sergey Goncharov, president of the association of veterans of the Alfa anti-terror unit, said in an interview with RT that Russia's Crimean bridge would have to be protected primarily from encroachments by Ukraine. In his opinion, the National Guard is able to cope with this task.

“Kyiv will do everything possible to prevent the construction, and with the help of sabotage, prevent the operation of this bridge. However, the Russian Guard has specially trained fighters to reliably protect the Kerch Bridge, ”concluded Goncharov.