Russia will hold large-scale exercises in the Caspian Sea

Russian Caspian Flotilla will conduct major anti-terrorist exercises in the western part of the sea 15-20 August involving combat missile ships. During the  exercises will be worked out actions of  strike forces of flotilla within the rocket ships as part of "Tatarstan", "Dagestan", small missile ships "Grad Sviyazhsk", "Great Ustyug" with the assistance of support vessels," said the Russian Defense Ministry.

During the exercises, the fleet will develop actions in crisis situations, "presenting a threat to the military security of the country, including those of a terrorist nature," under the conditions close to the fighting conditions. On  October 8, 2015, these same ships took part in military operations on firing missiles on the territory of Syria. Twenty six  rockets "Caliber"  were fired from the four ships at a distance of over 1,500 kilometers. The launches were made from the Iranian sector of the sea. -02D-