Editing Gepard-class frigate (section)

==Service history==
In October 2015, ''Dagestan'', in company with three other Russian Navy ships serving with the Caspian Flotilla, launched cruise missiles at targets in Syria. The missiles flew nearly {{convert|1,500|km|mi}} over Iran and Iraq and struck targets in [[Raqqa]] and [[Aleppo]] provinces (controlled by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]]) as well as [[Idlib]] province (controlled by the [[al-Qaeda]]-linked [[Nusra Front]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/fighting-erupts-central-syria-amid-russian-airstrikes-072047268.html |title=Russia fires cruise missiles from warships into Syria |work=Yahoo! News |last1=Aji |first1=Albert |last2=Vasilyeva |first2=Nataliya |agency=Associated Press |date=7 October 2015 |access-date=9 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014040244/http://news.yahoo.com/fighting-erupts-central-syria-amid-russian-airstrikes-072047268.html |archive-date=14 October 2015}}</ref> Peshmerga forces (Kurdish armed forces located in northern Iraq) published a video allegedly depicting two cruise missiles mid-flight en route to Syria.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.usni.org/2015/10/07/kurdish-video-lends-credibility-to-russian-navy-caspian-sea-strike-mission-claims |title=Kurdish Video Lends Credibility to Russian Navy Caspian Sea Strike Mission Claims |date=October 7, 2015 |website=USNI News}}</ref>

On 6 November 2024 an [[Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat|A-22]] drone from the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] struck the [[Kaspiysk]] naval base and reportedly damaged both ''Tatarstan'' and ''Dagestan'' as well as one {{sclass2|Buyan|corvette|1}}.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/11/06/a-ukrainian-drone-motored-700-miles-and-blasted-three-russian-warships-in-one-blow/ |work= [[forbes.com]] |title= A Ukrainian Drone Motored 700 Miles And Blasted Three Russian Warships In One Blow |first= David |last= Axe |author-link= David Axe |date= 2024-11-13 |access-date= 2024-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user= Gerashchenko_en |author-link= Anton Gerashchenko |number= 1854162196814516295 |title= Reports appeard that two warships were hit in Russian Kaspiysk. The "Tatarstan" and "Dagestan" missile ships were reportedly damaged in a drone strike on the Caspian Fleet in Dagestan. Small missile ships of Project 21631 Buyan-M were also damaged}}</ref>