00:32Russian Pacific Fleet boats fire Moskit cruise missiles during training in Sea of Japan
Crews of the Russian Pacific Fleet missile boats have practiced firing Moskit cruise missiles in the Sea of Japan in the Peter the Great Gulf as part of a routine combat training, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
Footage released on Tuesday features the missile boats delivering a strike against a simulated naval target.
"The Rocket Boating Strike Group (RKAUG) comprising 2 missile boats launched a joint missile strike against a sea shield simulating a simulated enemy warship," the MoD statement read.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the target at a distance of about 100 kilometres (62 miles) was defeated by a 'direct hit from two Moskit cruise missiles'.
The Pacific Fleet's surface ships and naval aviation aircraft were also reported to have secured the training exercise.
P-270 Moskit is a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile designed to defeat surface ships, landing formations, convoys, and single ships under conditions of enemy fire and electronic countermeasures.
00:32Mandatory credit: Russian Ministry of Defence
Crews of the Russian Pacific Fleet missile boats have practiced firing Moskit cruise missiles in the Sea of Japan in the Peter the Great Gulf as part of a routine combat training, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
Footage released on Tuesday features the missile boats delivering a strike against a simulated naval target.
"The Rocket Boating Strike Group (RKAUG) comprising 2 missile boats launched a joint missile strike against a sea shield simulating a simulated enemy warship," the MoD statement read.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the target at a distance of about 100 kilometres (62 miles) was defeated by a 'direct hit from two Moskit cruise missiles'.
The Pacific Fleet's surface ships and naval aviation aircraft were also reported to have secured the training exercise.
P-270 Moskit is a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile designed to defeat surface ships, landing formations, convoys, and single ships under conditions of enemy fire and electronic countermeasures.