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Russian Forces Launch Kalibr Missiles Without Sending Launch Vessels To Sea - Navy


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, made this statement during a television broadcast, according to Ukrinform.

“Even the launch of cruise missile carriers that fire 'Kalibrs' is taking place directly at their base, that is, right in the harbor. This is a trend that has been observed for the fourth consecutive month,” Pletenchuk noted.

He noted that the Russians use cruise missiles relatively rarely. According to him, there have been two such launches this month, and over the summer, the maximum number of launches was three.

Pletenchuk noted that Russia potentially has up to four vessels capable of launching cruise missiles from the Black Sea: two“Buyan-M” class surface ships and two“Varshavyanka” class submarines.

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“Submarines, for example, aren't that easy to deploy either. To do so, they need to submerge. I still can't imagine how they could use them in exactly the same way they're currently carrying out launches. Let's not downplay the danger: we're assuming the maximum-four launch platforms-but a more realistic figure would probably be two surface vessels,” Pletenchuk said.

As reported, the Air Defense Forces neutralized 85 out of 108 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of September 13.

Illustrative photo: Air Force

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