Russia’s Caspian Sea Fleet fires Cruise missiles from 1000-Km away to attack targets in Syria

The naval strikes by Russia on Syrian targets were the first known operational use of state-of-the-art SSN-30A Kalibr cruise missiles – these are still being tested by the Russian navy. It was used by the Caspian Sea fleet when it launched a complex cruise missile strike against Syrian rebels from over 1000-Km away.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 8 October 2015.

It appeared to be an exhibition of Moscow's firepower as it backs a government offensive in Syria's multi-faction civil war and was the first naval salvo of Russia's week-old military intervention in Syria.
The attack also revealed Russia's advanced military capabilities and its close coordination with the governments of Iran and Iraq because the missile had to go over these airspaces to strike targets in Syria that were held by the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, an affiliate of al-Qaeda.
Russia has already launched more than 100 airstrikes against the Islamic State and factions of Islamist and US-backed rebel forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad.
Involvement of Russia in Syria is a problem for the West, which has launched more than 7,000 airstrikes against the Islamic State in the past year. The West has not taken kindly to Moscow's military buildup in Syria. It seems Russia has not only deployed surface-to-air missiles, fighter jets but also radar jamming equipment to the region which, in the opinion of officials, is meant to interfere with Western forces.
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