They had no nukes on them presently, but they could be fitted with nuclear warheads.
As someone who grew up in the cold war era, I find these images positively creepy.
Vladimir Putin has said he hopes nuclear warheads will not be needed after Russia launched cruise missiles from its submarine at Isis targets in Syria.
During a meeting in the Kremlin, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the President that Kalibr cruise missiles had been fired by the Rostov-on-Don submarine from the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.
In addition to conventional warheads, President Putin said the new cruise missiles could also be equipped with nuclear warheads, before adding he hoped they would “never be needed”. ninemsn
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