Russia test fires supersonic missiles at target in Sea of Japan

The Russian defence ministry has said that the Russian Navy has test fired supersonic antiship missiles at a mock target in the Sea of Japan,

The ministry said on Tuesday that two ships launched a missile attack on a simulated enemy warship located about 100km (62 miles) away. Two Moskit supersonic cruise missiles that have conventional and nuclear warhead capacity, successfully hit their target, the ministry said.

The P-270 Moskit missile, which has the NATO reporting name SS-N-22 Sunburn, is a medium-range supersonic cruise missile of Soviet origin and is capable of destroying a ship within a range of up to 120km (75 miles).

(Aljazeera)