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Aug 10, 2022

Ukraine Air Defenses Shoot Down 4 Russian Kalibr Cruise Missiles

Ukranian air defense capabilities appear to be strengthening. Most of the Russian cruise missiles shot down were hit by other missiles, but at least one may have been shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. JL 

Maksim Panosofsky reports in GAgadget:

In the sky over the Odesa region, the air defence of the (South) Air Command shot down a Caliber sea-based cruise missile launched from a submarine in the Black Sea. One missile has been destroyed in the Odesa region by the missile unit of the Air Force Command ("South"), and two more missiles have been destroyed in central Ukraine by the anti-aircraft missile units of the "Centre" Air Force Command

"Around 10:00 in the sky over the Odesa region, the forces and air defence of the Pivden (South) Air Command shot down a Caliber sea-based cruise missile launched from a submarine in the Black Sea. One missile has been destroyed in the Odesa region by the missile unit of the Air Force Command "Pivden" ("South"), and three more missiles have been destroyed in central Ukraine by the anti-aircraft missile units of the "Centre" Air Force Command."On August 8 at 10:00 (EET), Ukraine's air defense forces shot down a Russian Kalibr cruise missile.

What we know

The sea-based cruise missile was fired from a submarine in the waters of the Black Sea. This is reported by the press service of the Air Command South.

Ukraine's air defense was able to destroy the Kalibr in the sky over the Odessa region. According to the Ukrainian Naval Forces, there are still four ships with Kalibr operational-tactical missiles in the waters of the Black Sea.

As a reminder, the Kalibr cruise missile is used to defeat naval and ground targets. The maximum launch range is over 2500 km.

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