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Urgent: Russia fires missiles at IS positions from submarine deployed in Mediterranean

Xinhua, December 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russia attacked the Islamic State positions in Syria with Kalibr missiles fired by the submarine deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday.

"It was the first time that Kalibr cruise missiles were fired by the Rostov-on-Don submarine from the Mediterranean Sea," Tass news agency quoted Shoigu as saying during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Endit