Before performing the combat exercise, the submariners made a secret exit to the designated area
MOSCOW, January 20. /tass/. The diesel-electric submarine of the Pacific Fleet "Volkhov" in the Sea of Japan launched a cruise missile of the Kalibr complex at a ground target from an underwater position. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"Today, in the waters of the Sea of Japan, the newest diesel-electric submarine Volkhov of the Pacific Fleet launched a Kalibr cruise missile at a ground target from an underwater position. <...> At the estimated time, the missile hit a coastal target on the tactical field Surkum, located in the Khabarovsk Territory. The firing range was more than 1,000 km," the report says.
Before performing the combat exercise, the submariners made a secret exit to the designated area.
"The execution of missile firing was provided by ships and vessels of the Pacific Fleet, aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet," the military department reported.