Special to WorldTribune.com Moscow has deployed a new patrol ship armed with long-range cruise missiles to Syria. The Zelyony Dol, which had just joined the Russian Navy’s Black Sea fleet in December, departed for the Mediterranean on Feb. 13, the navy said in a statement. “The goals of the ship are not public but considering […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia for the first time in the Syria conflict used submarine-launched cruise missiles which President Vladimir Putin said at some point could be equipped with nuclear warheads. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed on Dec. 9 that Kalibr cruise missiles had been fired by the submerged Rostov-on-Don submarine from the Mediterranean Sea […]
