MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. The Kazan strategic nuclear submarine with guided missiles (SSGN) of the Northern fleet has fired a Kalibr cruise missile at a coastal target at the Chizha testing ground in the Arkhangelsk region, the fleet reported.

"The Kazan multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine fired a Kalibr cruise missile at a coastal target as part of scheduled combat training. The submarine crew carried out the exercise from a submerged position at the Northern Fleet’s combat training range in the Barents Sea. The missile was launched at the Chizha testing ground in the Arkhangelsk Region," it said.

Objective controls confirmed the required hit accuracy and flight and technical parameters.

"The crew displayed high professionalism and skills," Northern fleet Commander Vice Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov said.

The Kazan of Yasen-class project 995M joined the Northern fleet in May 2021. She is the fourth-generation sub with a reduced level of the acoustic field. The sub carries long-range precision missiles capable of destroying land, sea and underwater targets.