Russia Conducts Military Drills in The Mediterranean Sea
Zircon hypersonic missile launched from the Mediterranean, Dec. 3, 2024. @Darwin_f1978
December 4, 2024 Hour: 8:03 am
This exercise involves over 1,000 military personnel, 10 ships, and 24 aircraft, including MiG-31I fighters.
On Tuesday, the Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces launched high-precision sea- and air-based missiles in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as part of ongoing military drills.
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The Russian Navy Forces fired hypersonic Zircon missiles and a Kalibr cruise missile at a target position at sea, the Defense Ministry said, adding that an Oniks cruise missile was also launched from the Mediterranean coast.
Some of the combat exercises are carried out “with the complex use of high-precision weapons” recently adopted by the Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces.
The exercise involves over 1,000 military personnel, 10 ships and support vessels, and 24 aircraft, including MiG-31I fighters with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles from the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Bastion coastal missile system.
On Wednesday, the Defense Ministry reported that Russian air defenses shot down 35 drones, some of which attacked a military airfield in the Ryazan region and a training center in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.
Twelve drones were shot down in Rostov; six in Bryansk; four in Belgorod and two in Kursk, all regions bordering Ukraine. In addition, five enemy aircraft attacked Krasnodar; four in Ryazan; and one each in Kaluga and Astrakhan, regions on the Caspian Sea.
Ukrainian drones attempted to attack Diaghilevo airfield, which hosts Tu-22MC bombers and Il-76 tankers. The Ukrainian army also attacked one of Russia’s largest microelectronics factories in the city of Bryansk, causing minor damage to the building’s roof and the fence around the compound.
teleSUR/ JF Sources: Xinhua – EFE
