Russia Detects 2 Ballistic Missiles, ’Israel’: Part of Joint Training with US

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Russia Tuesday announced its early warning system had detected the launch of two ballistic missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea fired towards the Sea's eastern coastline.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the launches took place at 10:16 am Moscow time and were detected by the early warning system in Armavir in southern Russia.

It said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had already reported to President Vladimir Putin about the event, which comes amid growing expectations of Western military action in Syria.
"The launch was detected by the early warning radar in Armavir," the Interfax news agency quoted the defense ministry as saying.

It further added that "the trajectory of the targets in question was from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea towards the eastern part of the Mediterranean coastline."
"Sergei Shoigu has already reported to Vladimir Putin -- the commander-in-chief of the Russian armed forces -- about the discovery of the launch of the ballistic targets," it said.

Meanwhile, the Russian embassy in Damascus confirmed that "there were no rocket attack signals or blasts in Damascus."
The UK has stressed that it is aware of missile launches in Mediterranean but "have nothing to do" with the launch.

A NATO spokesman said the alliance was trying to verify the reports. Until then, the bloc will not comment on the incident.
However, "Israeli" channels reported that the ballistic missiles were part of a joint exercise with the US.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team