Kremlin boggled by Israeli Med missile foray [TRANSLATION IN DESCRIPTION]

SOT of Anatoly Antonov, Deputy Defense Minister (speaking Russian): "It's very important to point out the location where the incident happened today and the missiles, trajectory: it was moving towards the Eastern Mediterranean, i.e. towards Russia. So it's natural that the leadership of the Defence Ministry and Minister Shoigu immediately reported to the Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces.

There is no other region in the world which would be as explosive, as packed with armaments as the Mediterranean. It's mind-boggling that anyone would missile games in this region. We are well aware that the US has a very strong military footprint in the Mediterranean, with surface ships and submarines. And here's the big question: what kind of submarines are these? What class of missiles do they carry? They could carry missiles with nuclear warheads as well as conventional missiles."

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Russia: Kremlin boggled by Israeli Med missile foray

Russian Deputy Defence Minister, Anatoly Antonov, reacted to Israeli missile games the Mediterranean, Tuesday. Israel carried out a missile launch in the Mediterranean on Tuesday morning, as a part of the target practice. Russian radars detected two ballistic rockets fired in the region. .

"It's very important to point out the location where the incident happened today and the missiles, trajectory: it was moving towards the Eastern Mediterranean, i.e. towards Russia. So it's natural that the leadership of the Defence Ministry and Minister Shoigu immediately reported to the Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces.

There is no other region in the world which would be as explosive, as packed with armaments as the Mediterranean. It's mind-boggling that anyone would missile games in this region. We are well aware that the US has a very strong military footprint in the Mediterranean, with surface ships and submarines. And here's the big question: what kind of submarines are these? What class of missiles do they carry? They could carry missiles with nuclear warheads as well as conventional missiles", Antonov said.

Despite Israeli claims of a joint US missile launch, the American Navy maintained that no rockets were launched by US forces in the region. "No missiles were fired from US ships in the Mediterranean," said the spokesman, who made no further comment on the matter.