Kalibr Cruise Missile Strikes Opened Russian Offensive—Ukraine MoD

A subsonic 3M-54 Kalibr cruise missile.
Credit: Russia's Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation
Russian armed forces launched an invasion on Ukraine before dawn on Feb. 24 with an opening salvo of 30 3M54 Kalibr cruise missiles, a Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman says. The subsonic cruise missiles, which are similar to the U.S. military’s UGM-109 Tomahawk, targeted civilian and military...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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