Russia says ballistic 'objects' fired in Mediterranean

[The Straight Story]

Russian radar detected two ballistic "objects" that were fired towards the eastern Mediterranean from the central part of the sea on Tuesday, state-run news agency RIA quoted the Defense Ministry as saying.

The Defense Ministry declined immediate comment to Reuters. A ministry official had earlier criticized the United States for deploying warships in the Mediterranean close to Syria.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-syria-crisis-russia-defence-idUSBRE9820AC20130903

Update: Israeli military not aware of any missile launch in eastern Mediterranean, spokeswoman says - @Reuters

[The Straight Story]

1. And this also: Syria gas pipeline blown up near Deir Ezzour: State TV.

Bloomberg TV India ‏@BloombergTVInd 13m

#Breaking Syria gas pipeline blown up near Deir Ezzour: State TV.

[The Straight Story]

2. Update

Breaking News ‏@BreakingNews 17s

No US planes or ships have launched missiles in the Mediterranean, US official says following ballistic objects report - @CBSNews

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Also hearing the objects landed in the sea (not confirmed yet)

[The Straight Story]

3. Ballistic objects detected by Russia fell into sea: RIA

Two ballistic "objects" that Russia said were launched toward the eastern coast of the Mediterranean on Tuesday fell into the sea, state-run Russian news agency RIA cited a source in Damascus as saying.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-syria-crisis-russia-ballistic-idUSBRE9820BZ20130903?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=992637

[B Calm]

4. When I was in the Navy, we use to fire training missile's in the Med all the time.

[The Straight Story]

5. Someone else was speculating on that but it was not the US

Which makes one wonder...who was it?

[The Straight Story]

6. US denies it, but now Russia is saying:

Agence France-Presse ‏@AFP 2m

#UPDATE US ship may have fired rockets for weather reconnaissance: Russian source

[hack89]

7. The Navy uses ballons for weather soundings, not rockets. nt

[The Straight Story]

8. UPDATE: Israel says carried out joint missile test with U.S. in the Mediterranean

Israel says carried out joint missile test with U.S. in the Mediterranean

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/topic/syria/report-isreal-says-it-carried-out-joint-missile-test-us-mediterranean

[hack89]

9. That makes sense. nt