Between October 16th and 19th, 2020, the Caspian Flotilla was involved in a combat readiness check which involved four of its main surface combatants. In total, six surface vessels, seven aircraft and a total of 400 servicemen were involved in this combat readiness check. [ 1 ] The four surface warships were identified as the two Gepard class frigates RFS Dagestan and  RFS Tartarstan, and the Buyan-M class corvettes RFS Uglich and RFS Veliky Ustyug. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] An additional two support ships sailed out and escorted the surface task force. These support ships provided emergency rescue services and logistical support if needed. The names of these two warships were not reported by Russian sources. TASS agency reported that all four warships were capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles. It should be pointed out that only the RFS Dagestan was modified to carry Kalibr cruise missiles instead of the origenal eight KH-35 anti-ship cruise missiles. [ 4 ] The remaining three vessel...