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Israel fired a missile on Tuesday to test a new defence system, triggering alerts across a region that is braced for impending international military strikes against Syria.
The Israeli defence ministry confirmed it had launched a Sparrow target missile at 9.15am local time. It said the test of the Arrow anti-missile system was successful.
Russia sounded the alert, saying its radars at Armavir, near the Black Sea, had detected the launch of two ballistic "objects" in the area, fired from the central Mediterranean towards the east.
A Syrian source told Lebanese television that nothing had been detected by its early warning system.
On Tuesday the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, repeated previous warnings against attacks on Israel. "The reality around us is changing. I want to say to anyone who wants to harm us, it is not advisable," he said. Israel has promised it will respond with force to any attack.
According to Israel, the exercise was conducted jointly with the United States. A spokesman for the US navy European headquarters however told Reuters: "No missiles were fired from US ships in the Mediterranean."
The US is expected to take action against Syria after it said the regime crossed a "red line" drawn by Obama over the use of chemical weapons against civilians.
The Israeli defence ministry confirmed it had launched a Sparrow target missile at 9.15am local time. It said the test of the Arrow anti-missile system was successful.
Russia sounded the alert, saying its radars at Armavir, near the Black Sea, had detected the launch of two ballistic "objects" in the area, fired from the central Mediterranean towards the east.
A Syrian source told Lebanese television that nothing had been detected by its early warning system.
On Tuesday the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, repeated previous warnings against attacks on Israel. "The reality around us is changing. I want to say to anyone who wants to harm us, it is not advisable," he said. Israel has promised it will respond with force to any attack.
According to Israel, the exercise was conducted jointly with the United States. A spokesman for the US navy European headquarters however told Reuters: "No missiles were fired from US ships in the Mediterranean."
The US is expected to take action against Syria after it said the regime crossed a "red line" drawn by Obama over the use of chemical weapons against civilians.
