FILE IMAGE: Grad Sviyazhsk launched a Kalibr cruise missile
Two Russian Buyan-M class missile corvettes armed with Kalibr cruise missiles have entered the Mediterranean. Grad Sviyazhsk and Velikiy Ustyug of the Caspian Fleet dpearted from the Russian port city of Sevastopol on June 16 and passed the Bosphorus Strait on June 17.
Caspian Flotilla corvettes transit Bosphorus: #ВМФ Project 21631 #Кф CF Buyan-M class corvette Grad Sviyazhsk (with carbon-fibre superstructure) armed with SS-N-30 / Kalibr missiles, transited Mediterranean-bound Bosphorus. 652 took part in Kalibr strikes against #Syria on 7OCT15 pic.twitter.com/I9ZYioZosA
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) 17 June 2018
These missile corvettes will join a Russian naval task group, which operates near Syrian shores. They have already been involved in the anti-terrorist operation in the war-torn country. On October 7, 2015 Grad Sviyazhsk and Velikiy Ustyug launched 26 Kalibr cruise missiles at 11 terrorist targets in Syria.
Caspian Flotilla corvettes transit Bosphorus: #ВМФ Project 21631 #Кф CF Buyan-M class corvette Veliki Ustyug (with carbon-fibre superstructure) armed with SS-N-30 / Kalibr missiles, transited Mediterranean-bound Bosphorus. 651 took part in Kalibr strikes against #Syria on 7OCT15 pic.twitter.com/Y8FTzQ37YJ
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) 17 June 2018
The Russian Navy has 9 Buyan-M class missile corvettes in active service. Five more warships are currently under construction.
