Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Dec. 8 that Russia had for the first time struck Islamic State targets in Syria with missiles fired from a submarine in the Mediterranean.
Reuters: Russia says it hit Islamic State with submarine-launched missile for first time
A new Russian nuclear submarine, the Yuri Dolgoruky, drives in the water area of the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on July 2, 2009.
