According to Defense Studies, in Vietnam, a coastal missile defense system has been statically tested with a VCM-1 missile, which is based on the Russian Kh-35UE Bal anti-ship missile (ASM). A KamAZ 6×6 truck carrying four containers-launchers with Russian rocket replicas was loaded on a ship. The Russian Bal is built on the basis of the MZKT-7930.
The Kh-35UE anti-ship missile was introduced in 2009. The Zvezda Kh-35 (AS-20 ‘Kayak’) is a Russian turbojet subsonic cruise anti-ship missile. The same missile can also be launched from helicopters, surface ships, and coastal defense batteries with the help of a rocket booster, in which case it is known as Uran (‘Uranus’, SS-N-25 ‘Switchblade’, GRAU 3M24) or Bal (‘Ball’, SSC-6 ‘Sennight’, GRAU 3K60). It is designed to attack vessels up to 5,000 tonnes.
The Kh-35UE (export version of the Kh-35) has a range of 260 km. The Kh-35UE received an adapted navigation system. Bal-E’s centralized fire control provides for optimal target assignment of missiles and forming of spatio temporal structure of a massive salvo aiming missiles at 4 targets. Availability of active and passive radar detection channels ensures a flexible strategy of designation data generation. High maneuverability and covert change of a fire position are ensured by the all-wheel-drive chassis with great cross-country capabilities. Ammunition load is transported by the transport-loading vehicles so that another missile salvo can be launched within a minimum interval.