Department of Defense estimates its range at 1,400 km (870 mi), and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu put its range at 'almost 1,500 km (930 mi).' Following its first operational firing in October 2015, Russian Ministry of Defence statements suggested a range of 2,000 km (1,200 mi), while a December 2015 Office of Naval Intelligence report gathered a number of Russian statements projecting ranges between 1,500-2,500 km (1,600 mi). There are several claims about the maximum range of Kalibr land attack versions in use by Russia. The air launched version is held in a container that is dropped as the missile launches, detaching from the container. The missile launched from a submarine torpedo tube has no need for such an addition but has a conventional booster instead. It has a booster with thrust vectoring capability. The missile can be launched from a surface ship using a vertical launching system (VLS).

The missile is designed to share common parts between the surface and submarine-launched variants but each missile consists of different components, for example, the booster. The missile is a modular system with five versions: two anti-shipping types, one for land attack and two anti-submarine types. 2.1 Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war.

Calibre systems