This is a gas check - the driving band behind a shell - of a 17.72in (450mm) 100-ton coast defence gun from near Valetta, Malta. It was collected by my great-grandfather, Charles Valder (1860-1925 ...

"The teams of Bal and Bastion mobile coastal defense anti-ship missile systems from a Black Sea Fleet missile/artillery formation held drills to eliminate a group of the mock enemy’s surface ...

MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. An official ceremony took place in the Republic of Dagestan to hand over the first Bal coastal defense missile system to the Caspian Flotilla, the press office of ...

Learn about the military history of the park and see the remaining coastal defense guns. Enjoy three miles of waterfront, ...