On Tuesday, Russia’s navy launched supersonic anti-ship missiles at a Sea of Japan dummy target.
“Pacific Fleet missile ships fired Moskit cruise missiles against a fake enemy maritime target in the Sea of Japan,” it claimed on Telegram.
Two Moskit cruise missiles strike the target at 100 kilometers (62.14 miles).
Soviet-made medium-range supersonic cruise missile P-270 Moskit (SS-N-22 Sunburn) can kill a ship within 120 km (75 miles).
The missile launches caused no harm, but Japan’s foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tokyo would remain watchful against Moscow’s military actions.
“As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine proceeds, Russian soldiers are also becoming more active in the Far East, including Japan’s vicinities,” Hayashi told a regular press briefing.
The missile launch comes a week after two Russian strategic bomber jets, capable of carrying nuclear bombs, flew over the Sea of Japan for more than seven hours in what Moscow called a “planned trip.”
Hayashi denounced Russia’s intentions to place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and called on Russia and Belarus to cease “such a measure that would further raise tensions.”
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