Reuters India (@ReutersIndia) Russian embassy in Syria says no sign of missile attack or explosions in Damascus after ballistic launches detected - Itar-Tass September 3, 2013 Meanwhile, Israel which is believed to have the best intelligence capacity in the region, can't confirm Russia's report.
Russia was the first to announce that it had detected two unknown ballistic launches at about 9 15 a.m.
"They honestly do believe there is a disconnect between a ballistic missile launch and a satellite launch," said Victor Cha, a senior analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
And after news of a North Korean ballistic missile launch broke in April, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson responded by saying, "North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile.
Reuters again: Israel said on Tuesday it was unaware of any ballistic missile launch being conducted in the eastern Mediterranean.
He had infuriated the president with an article on the Soviets' efforts to protect their intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites with concrete bunkers.
Gove's suggestion is not so much a new idea as an explosive manifestation of power and ill will, like a ballistic missile launch from Kim Jong-un.
The news was soon followed by more footage from state media claiming to evidence another ballistic missile launch, but experts have since voiced doubts over the authenticity of the images.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, said Russia had carried out dozens of airstrikes on the city on Wednesday alone, and activists from the city put the figure at 40 airstrikes and a ballistic missile launch.
Last weekend, the regime attempted a submarine ballistic missile launch – a bigger worry since such a weapon could, in theory, be covertly deployed off Japan or the western US seaboard.
