Russia Hits Syria Targets With Submarine-Launched Missiles

Russia has hit focuses in Syria with journey rockets propelled interestingly from a submarine in a submerged position in the Mediterranean Sea, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday.

Kalibr journey rockets propelled from the Rostov-on-Don submarine hit "two expansive terrorist positions" in Raqqa, Shoigu told Russia's President Vladimir Putin amid a meeting at the Kremlin.
Raqqa is a city in northern Syria that the Islamic State have declared as their base camp. The Islamic State is a terrorist association banned in Russia.

Beforehand, the Rostov-on-Don submarine had been "terminating" from surface positions in northern waters, Shoigu said, by transcript of the meeting discharged by the Kremlin.

Russia said it had likewise hit focuses in Syria with 26 rockets propelled in October from warships in the Caspian Sea.

The most recent round of air strikes likewise included Tu-22 aircraft, lifting off from a base in Russia to perform 60 forays in the course of recent days, Shoigu told Putin.

"We can say with complete certainty that somewhat genuine harm has been caused on weapons storerooms, processing plants delivering different sorts of mines, and, actually, on oil foundation," the resistance clergyman said.

Russian warplanes have additionally been flying from the Khmeimim airbase close Latakia in Syria, he said.

The Russian Defense Ministry had informed Israel and the U.S. about the rocket strikes before propelling them, Shoigu said.

Putin commended the air strikes and brought up that Kalibr rockets "can convey routine warheads, and also uncommon warheads — that is, atomic ones."

"Normally, none of that is required in battling terrorists [and] I trust, will never be required," he included