Russian Flagship Conducts Live Firing Drills in Caspian Sea


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Russia’s Caspian Fleet flagship, the RFS Tatarstan (691), conducted live firing exercises at sea. Speaking to TASS News Agency, Russian military spokesman Vadim Astafyev said: “The crew of the Tatarstan missile ship has successfully hit air, sea and shore targets with various types of shipboard weapons, including the AK-630M artillery system, the AK-176M artillery mount and the Palash air defense artillery system.” The flagship then returned to its home port in Dagestan.

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Shaan Shaikh, "Russian Flagship Conducts Live Firing Drills in Caspian Sea," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 13, 2018, last modified June 15, 2018, https://missilethreat.csis.org/russian-flagship-conducts-live-firing-drills-in-caspian-sea/.