The department did not specify the details of the contract
KUBINKA /Moscow region/, August 24. /TASS/. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has signed another contract for the supply of Kalibr cruise missiles within the framework of the Army-2021 forum, the military department told reporters.
"A contract has been signed for the supply of a long-range sea - based cruise missile 3M-14," the ministry said, without specifying details.
The firing range of the 3M-14 cruise missile from the Kalibr complex, flying at subsonic speed, is up to 2,500 km. A variant of the Kalibr-NK complex has been developed for surface ships, and Kalibr - PL for submarines. In particular, Russian frigates of project 22350, corvettes of project 21631" Buyan-M", multipurpose nuclear submarines of project 885 of the" Ash "type, non-nuclear submarines of projects 877 and 636.3 and other ships are armed with" Caliber".
The maximum mass of the warhead of the "Calibers" in service, according to some reports, reaches 500 kg. These missiles were used by Russian warships and submarines to attack terrorist targets in Syria.
