Russian military issued a harsh warning to Azerbaijan - "Kalibr" cruise missiles are ready for battle


After several days earlier several Russian warships, including those armed with cruise missiles "caliber", were spotted just a few kilometers from the border with Azerbaijan, it became known that Russia had sent a warning to Baku about its readiness to strike directly from the Caspian Sea.

"The exercises of the Russian Caspian flotilla, which began on Friday, can be viewed as a certain signal to Azerbaijan and Turkey," former chief of the Russian Navy's main headquarters, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, told Interfax. "This may be the first signal to them that Russia can, if necessary, take some action, including from the Caspian Sea," he said. According to Kravchenko, these maneuvers can be seen as a reminder ofundefined the fact that the region is in the sphere of strategic interests of Russia, and it has sufficient military potential here. "For this region, the Caspian Flotilla is a serious association. Over the past 10 years, the combat capability of the Caspian Flotilla has been significantly increased. This includes new ships with Caliber cruise missiles and other new weapons," the admiral said, "the Russian news agency reported. Interfax ".

In turn, Russia officially adheres to neutrality in the current conflict, even despite the fact that Armenia is a member of the CSTO, although the appearance of a Russian armada of warships at the sea borders of Azerbaijan clearly creates tension for Baku, since Moscow at any time can announce its support for Yerevan ...

Experts, in turn, believe that the appearance in the Caspian Sea has a different reason - a thorough scan of the airspace is carried out for the presence of military aviation and the launch of cruise and ballistic missiles at undefined territory of Armenia.

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