Russia’s navy fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock goal within the Sea of Japan, the Russian protection ministry stated Tuesday.
“In the waters of the Sea of Japan, missile ships of the Pacific Fleet fired Moskit cruise missiles at a mock enemy sea target,” it stated in a press release on its Telegram account.
“The target, located at a distance of about 100 kilometers (62.14 miles), was successfully hit by a direct hit from two Moskit cruise missiles.”
The P-270 Moskit missile, which has the NATO reporting title, or SS-N-22 Sunburn, is a medium-range supersonic cruise missile of Soviet origin, able to destroying a ship inside a spread of as much as 120 kilometers (75 miles).
Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi stated Tokyo will keep vigilant towards Moscow’s navy operations whereas including that no injury had been reported after the missile launches.
“As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Russian forces are also becoming more active in the Far East, including Japan’s vicinities,” Hayashi informed an everyday press convention.
The firing of the missiles comes every week after two Russian strategic bomber planes, able to carrying nuclear weapons, flew over the Sea of Japan for greater than seven hours in what Moscow stated was a “planned flight.”
Asked about Russia’s plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Hayashi stated Japan condemned the transfer and demanded Russia and Belarus to cease “such an action that would further increase tensions.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
