VLADIVOSTOK, March 28 (Xinhua) — Russia’s navy has fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock goal within the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry mentioned on 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,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement printed on its official web site.
The goal, situated at a distance of about 100 km, was efficiently hit by a direct hit from two Moskit cruise missiles.
The Moskit missile is a medium-range supersonic ramjet powered cruise missile that may carry standard and nuclear warheads, able to destroying a ship inside a variety of as much as 120 km.