Russia Conducts Test-Fire of Anti-Ship Missiles in Sea of Japan
Russia's Defense Ministry announced that it test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan, hitting a mock enemy warship with two Moskit cruise missiles. The exercise, which included other warships and naval aircraft, took place in the Peter the Great Gulf and did not prompt a protest from Japan. The Moskit is a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile that has conventional and nuclear warhead capacity, capable of flying at a speed three times the speed of sound and has a range of up to 250 kilometers.