Newest Russian submarine hits target 1,000 km away with Kalibr cruise missile

November 24, 2020

TASS Russian News Agency:

 

The Project 885M Kazan nuclear submarine, deployed in the White Sea, successfully hit a target at the Chizha proving ground, in Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region, about 1,000 kilometers away, with a Kalibr cruise missile during the final stage of state trials, the Northern Fleet press service announced on Monday.

“Today, the lead ship of the Yasen-M project: the Kazan nuclear underwater cruiser, successfully fired its main missile system at a coastal target. The firing took place within the final stage of state trials from the White Sea. The target, located over 1,000 kilometers away, at the Chiza proving ground in the Arkhangelsk Region, was successfully hit by the Kalibr cruise missile warhead,” the announcement says.

The firing area was secured and supported by ships of the Northern Fleet’s White Sea naval base…

 

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