Putin: Russia Preparing 'Symmetrical Answer' To US Missile Test
The United States tested a modified ground-launched version of a Navy Tomahawk cruise missile which hit its target more than 310 miles away.
The United States tested a modified ground-launched version of a Navy Tomahawk cruise missile which hit its target more than 310 miles away.
The missile was launched from the US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los Angeles, California.
Footage showed a Russian Su-27 manoeuvring to drive off an F-18 fighter that flew close to a plane carrying Russia's defence minister.
Five scientists were reported killed in what the US believes was a failed test of a new missile system.
Confirmed deaths following the test have gone from two to five, according to the Russian nuclear agency.
The fighter jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth and Amari Air Base in Estonia.
The incident comes days after a large fire at a Russian military ammunition depot near Achinsk.
Both the United States and Russia withdrew from the agreement in 2019.
HMS Forth had just returned to UK waters when it was ordered to monitor the Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov.
The US blames Russia for the demise of the treaty.
The Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft was flying close to Estonian airspace.
South Korea said it was the first time a foreign military plane had violated its airspace since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
South Korea claims a Russian reconnaissance aircraft had violated its airspace twice - the first incident of its kind since 1953.
The Russian task group included the frigate Admiral Gorshkov.
There was tight security at the funerals held in Saint Petersburg, with military police guarding the gates.
The Russian Defence Ministry said the blaze erupted on Monday while the vessel was performing tests in Russian territorial waters.