The test launch is expected during joint military drills that already had the U.S. 'concerned' about their timing around the anniversary of Russia's Ukraine invasion.
in Ukraine. It would have been the first use of the weapon on any battlefield, although U.S. officials never confirmed one was actually used.
In late May, the Russian Defense Ministry was quoted by TASS as saying it had conducted a successful test launch of a Tsirkon missile into the Barents Sea, hitting a target at a range of about 620 miles. RIA Novosti, another state-owned Russian news agency, quoted Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Jan. 4 as saying that during the training exercises with South Africa and China,"the actions of the crew on the use of hypersonic weapons and long-range cruise missiles in various conditions will be worked out."The Desmond & Leah Tutu Foundation, an organization founded by the late South African bishop and campaigner Desmond Tutu, released a statement on Jan.
The statement lambasts the government's decision to take part as"the final abandonment by the post-apartheid South African government of the country's hard-won credentials as a moral bastion and force for human rights." The South African National Defence Force would not comment on the TASS article and referred CBS News to earlier press statements on the exercise. It released a statement later Friday saying journalists would not be permitted to observe the exercise from aboard"any naval elements" — reporting trips typically referred to as"embeds" — but that more information would be provided at a news conference on Feb. 20, during the exercise.
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