In the course of joint drills of the Groups of Forces of the Russian Navy and Russian Aerospace Forces in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, sea- and air-based precision missiles were launched.
As a part of the Russian Navy action group, frigates Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Gorshkov and Admiral Golovko fired Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, and the diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk launched a Kalibr cruise missile at a naval target. At the same time, a Bastion coastal missile system launched an Oniks cruise missile from a designated area on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
All of the assigned targets were eliminated by direct hits.
More than 1,000 troops, 10 ships and support vessels, 24 aircraft, including the Russian Aerospace Forces MiG-31I fighter jets equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, and Bastion coastal missile systems are involved in the drills.
The drills in the eastern Mediterranean Sea are being conducted in compliance with the applicable norms of international law and the agreements of the Russian Federation with foreign States on the prevention of maritime incidents outside territorial waters and in the airspace above them.
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