Russian drills with cruise missiles in the Mediterranean Sea

According to Isna, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday that the country’s navy and air force conducted an exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, which included the firing of precision-guided missiles.

In the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, it is stated: In an exercise on December 3, 2024, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, sea-based and air-based missiles were fired in order to practice the joint actions of the Russian naval and aerospace forces.

According to this statement, this exercise was accompanied by the firing of the hypersonic missile “Zircon” by the protective frigates “Admiral Gorshkov” and “Admiral Golovko” and the firing of the cruise missile “Caliber” by the submarine “Novorossiysk”.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia also announced that this exercise with the participation of more than a thousand Russian soldiers, 10 ships and protective ships, 24 aircraft, including MiG-31 fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and the Bastion coastal defense missile system. was

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