Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Russia identified a ballistic missile in the Mediterranean


Russian warning system has detected missile launches in the Mediterranean.


 

This spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

Launches happened at 12.31 hours Moscow time, and the flight path of the rocket is the central part of the Mediterranean Sea to Israel, the goal is about 300 km north of Tel Aviv, said Konashenkov.

According to Konashenkov Russian warning system for missile attack followed the rocket for about 40 seconds.

This is not the first time that the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported on ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean. A year ago the Russian warning system for missile detects two such missiles in the region of the Mediterranean.