MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry denied a claim by a US official on Thursday that four Syria-bound Russian cruise missiles fired from the Caspian Sea had crashed in Iran.

“Any professional knows that during these operations we always fix the target before and after impact. All our cruise missiles hit their target”, ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

Published in Dawn October 9th, 2015

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