Navy-Killers: Russia is Deploying New Anti-Ship Missiles in Crimea

During the Cold War, when the Crimean peninsula was part of the Soviet Union, Russia built an elaborate coastal defense system of underground anti-ship missile launchers.That system lapsed after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the independence of Ukraine, which owned Crimea. But after Russia seized and annexed Crimea in 2014, the Russian military began refurbishing the region’s defenses.Now, Russian officials hint that the next step may be deploying advanced anti-ship missiles to the r