How powerful is the Kalibr Cruise Missile?

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The Kalibr missile is a family of Russian cruise missiles developed by the Novator Design Bureau.
The Kalibr missile family includes well over a dozen different variants, each with its own launch platform, range, target profile, and speed, as well as a length ranging from six to nine metres and a 990-pound warhead or nuclear payload.
Russia intends to install KALIBR missiles on all new nuclear and non-nuclear submarines, corvettes, frigates, and larger surface ships.
KALIBR provides even modest platforms, such as corvettes, with significant offensive capability and, with the use of the land attack missile, all platforms have a significant ability to hold distant fixed ground targets at risk using conventional warheads.
The use of Kalibr missile on Ukraine: During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several unconfirmed reports indicated widespread usage of Kalibr missiles in strikes against strategic and non-combat targets across Ukraine.
The confirmed reports include the attack on Nizhyn plant that repairs Ukrainian armoured vehicles damaged in fighting which occurred on 19th march 2022.
The launched was from the waters of the Black sea. The other confirmed report include the attack on Ukrainian fuel storage center in Kostiantynivka near the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv on March 20.
This was launched from the Caspian sea.

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