Russia’s defence ministry has announced that it test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan. “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 said in a statement on its Telegram account on Tuesday. The Moskit, whose NATO reporting name is the SS-N-22 Sunburn, is a medium-range supersonic anti-ship cruise missile that has conventional and nuclear warhead capacity.

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