--- description: Russian cruise missiles aimed at targets in Syria crashed in rural Iran, U.S. officials said Thursday. title: Russian Missiles Targeted At Syria Crashed in Iran image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b9714655bd406b/69886781428a9eba3cccf8a4/russian-missiles.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Iran](/tag/iran/) ## Iran Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Russian Missiles Targeted at Syria Crashed in Iran  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2015 7:02 PM CUT  Pictured in this video screen grab is the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy firing Kalibr cruise missiles against remote Islamic State targets in Syria, a thousand kilometres away, Oct. 7, 2015. Pictured in this video screen grab is the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy firing Kalibr cruise missiles against remote Islamic State targets in Syria, a thousand kilometres away, Oct. 7, 2015.TASS/ITAR—Corbis  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2015 7:02 PM CUT Russian cruise missiles aimed at targets in Syria crashed in rural Iran, U.S. officials told the New York _Times_ Thursday. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Russia fired the missiles without any advance notice and criticized the action as being “unprofessional,” [the _Times_ reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/world/middleeast/russian-missiles-aimed-at-syria-crashed-in-iran-us-officials-say.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=0 "undefined"). It has not yet been revealed where exactly the missiles landed or whether there were any casualties. At a NATO news conference in Brussels, Carter said that ““in coming days, the Russians will begin to suffer casualties.” According to the New York _Times_, this was the first time these cruise missiles had been fired during wartime. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/world/middleeast/russian-missiles-aimed-at-syria-crashed-in-iran-us-officials-say.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4067052/russia-missiles-syria-iran/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4067052/russia-missiles-syria-iran/"},"headline":"Russian Missiles Targeted at Syria Crashed in Iran","datePublished":"2015-10-08T19:02:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:39:03.103Z","description":"This was the first time the cruise missiles had been fired during wartime","url":"https://time.com/4067052/russia-missiles-syria-iran/","keywords":["Iran","russia","Syria","war","Missiles"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b9714655bd406b/69886781428a9eba3cccf8a4/russian-missiles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b9714655bd406b/69886781428a9eba3cccf8a4/russian-missiles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Russian Navy delivers air strikes from Caspian Sea against ISIS targets in Syria","caption":"Russian Navy delivers air strikes from Caspian Sea against ISIS targets in Syria","creditText":"TASS/ITAR—Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/iran/","name":"Iran"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4067052/russia-missiles-syria-iran/","name":"Russian Missiles Targeted at Syria Crashed in Iran"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: White House Press Secretary Criticizes Russian Action in Syria","description":"Josh Earnest said Russian airstrikes on anti-Assad rebels would \"lead to bad outcomes for Russia.\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Esq47U8S/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-02T02:20:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Esq47U8S.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4067052/russia-missiles-syria-iran/","duration":"PT26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4067052/russia-missiles-syria-iran/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```