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Originally Posted by Mike Abberton
I was under the impression that the Rostov-on-Don came out of the Black Sea Fleet, not the Northern or Baltic Fleets. In other words, through the Dardanelles/Bosphorus, not Gibraltar.
Mike
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Good point, Mike Abberton
Because of my German-centric mindset I did not even consider the other option to enter the Med. So Putin's submarine penetrated the Bosphorus to launch it's missile from the Med.
That makes even more sense as it shows that Russian Navy is present in the Med, too and it shows Turkey that Russian Navy crosses the Bosphorus if it wants to.
At least Russia told the US and Israel in advance that it would launch missiles from the Med according BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35041656