Putin confirms sub-launched cruise missile strike, raises prospect of nuclear warheads

Putin confirms sub-launched cruise missile strike, raises prospect of nuclear warheads

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 […]