Russia Detects Launch Of Missile Drone By Israel Over Mediterranean Sea

Russia Detects Launch of Missile Drone by Israel Over Mediterranean Sea

The Russian Aerospace Forces detected on Tuesday the launch of a target missile carried out by Israel over the Mediterranean Sea as part of missile defense tests, the Russian Defense Ministry said

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2019) The Russian Aerospace Forces detected on Tuesday the launch of a target missile carried out by Israel over the Mediterranean Sea as part of missile defense tests, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Today, at 07.35 am Moscow time [04:35 GMT], the Russian Aerospace Forces�detected the launch of a missile drone over the Mediterranean Sea," the ministry said in a statement.

According to the statement, the missile's trajectory extended from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea towards the east coast.

"The experts of Russia's National Defense Control Center have classified the target as a missile drone used for testing the missile defense system of the Israeli Air Force," the ministry added.