The Japanese military has the highest since the Cold War, the number of Russian naval ships of various purposes, who at one time went through La Perouse Strait between the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido, Kyodo agency reports.
According to the military department, this is about 28 Russian ships, to proceed to the Sea of Japan during the evening 1 September to the second half of the next day.
reported, among them, including, They were destroyers and reconnaissance ships. In the department also noted, Japan's violations of limits of territorial waters and "other dangerous actions" were not recorded.
Recall, in late August, the Defense Ministry reported, in the Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan as part of the tactical exercises of the Pacific Fleet has about forty of surface ships, submarines, missile boats and support vessels.
The press service told, that during the maneuvers practiced tasks of air defense, detection and destruction of submarines imaginary enemy, applying a missile strikes, konvoirovanie, as well as the problem of logistics.
Earlier in the submarine exercise "Tomsk" and Onshore "Bastion" is successful missile firing in the Sea of Okhotsk on the drifting vessels target. Distance to targets made from 250 to 500 km.
