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Home» News»Russian Navy Frigate Admiral Kasatonov Test-Fires Kalibr Cruise Missile
Russian Navy Frigate Admiral Kasatonov Test-Fires Kalibr Cruise Missile
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Russian Navy Frigate Admiral Kasatonov Test-Fires Kalibr Cruise Missile

The project 22350 frigate "Admiral Kasatonov" of the Russian Navy's Northern fleet successfully fired Kalibr missile at a coastal target located 1,000 km away, the Defense Ministry said.

Xavier Vavasseur 16 Nov 2020

TASS Russian news agency

“It fired from the White Sea. Kalibr missile successfully hit the target at a distance of 1000 km at Chizha range in Arkhangelsk region,”



Russian MoD

Northern fleet warships guarded the exercise area. The frigate earlier trained artillery fire in the Barents Sea.

On September 29, 2020, the Admiral Kasatonov fired a Kalibr missile at a ground target in Arkhangelsk region.

Frigates of project 22350 have two universal vertical launchers 3S-54 to fire antiship 3M-43 missiles (SS-N-27 Sizzler by NATO classification), cruise missiles 3M-14 at stationary ground targets, and antisubmarine 91RT2 missiles of Kalibr complex and antiship 3M-55 Onix missiles (SS-N-26 Strobile).

The Admiral Gorshkov lead frigate of the project has fired hypersonic Tsirkon missile.

The Admiral Kasatonov fired 3M-14 missile to over a thousand km. The missiles were engaged in Syria by warships and submarines, but the range did not exceed 1300 km. The range of 3M-14 with a conventional and nuclear warhead has not been disclosed. The Defense Ministry said a hundred strikes with 3M-14 missiles were delivered in Syria.

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