Russia to Base Subs with Cruise Missiles at Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk
Russia plans to deploy submarines carrying cruise missiles with a range of over 1,500 km in the port of Novorossiysk, the Black Sea Fleet commander has said.

With NATO ships permanently present in the Black Sea since the outbreak of Ukraine crisis there are plans to create a submarine base in Novorossiysk to avoid concentration of all vessels in one base - a situation observed in February and March in Sevastopol, in Crimea, ITAR-TASS quoted Alexander Vitko as saying to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Putin, commander in chief of Russia’s armed forces, arrived in Novorossiysk earlier the same day for a conference on the port’s modernization.

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