5 photos of the Admiral Makarov, the frigate Russia deployed to the Mediterranean with cruise missiles ready to hit Syria

Commissioned in December 2017, the Admiral Makarov is an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate, which are about 100 feet longer than an American football field and have stealthy hulls and superstructures that reduce radar, acoustic and infrared signatures.

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Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates are heavily armed with a variety of missiles, torpedoes, guns, and rockets.

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It has an eight-cell missile launcher that can fire long-range Kalibr-NK, or Club-N, cruise missiles. The ship is also equipped with a Shtil-1 medium-range air defense missile system, an Igla man-portable surface-to-air missile system and a Kashtan air defense close-in weapon system.

It's also armed with an A190E 100mm gun, seen at the front of the bow, an RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher and two DTA-53-11356 torpedo tubes.

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Here's a shot looking onto the bow. You can see the A190E 100mm gun at the front of the bow, the eight-cell missile launcher in the middle and the circular RBU-6000 rocket launcher in back.