Moscow, Sept 3:
Russia today announced that its missile early warning
system had detected the launch of two missiles from the central part of
the Mediterranean Sea fired towards the Sea’s eastern coastline.
The launches took place at 10:16 am Moscow time (0616 GMT) and were
detected by the early warning system in Armavir in southern Russia, the
Defence Ministry said in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies.
It said Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had already reported to
President Vladimir Putin about the event, which comes amid growing
expectations of Western military action in Syria.