Israel carried out joint missile test with US in Mediterranean

Israel said on Tuesday it carried out joint missile test with the United States in the Mediterranean Sea. It said it had tested an “Ankor” (Sparrow) target missile used in anti-missile systems. Russia earlier announced that its missile early warning station at Armavir on the Black Sea had detected the launch of two missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea fired towards the Sea's eastern coastline. Armavir was set up to track missile launches from Europe and Iran.