Israel and the U.S. today carried out a joint missile test in the Mediterranean, firing two rockets which later fell into the sea.

News of the secret drill came this morning when the Russian defence ministry reporting that a radar system had detected the launch of two ‘ballistic objects’.

Later today, Israel’s defence ministry revealed that it had conducted a test of missile designed to be used as a target in an anti-missile system funded by the U.S.

A Russian official said that the launch was detected at 6.16am GMT by an early warning station near the Black Sea, designed to detect missiles fired from Europe and Iran.

A spokesman for the U.S. Navy said that American forces did not fire any missiles, but did not confirm whether or not the U.S. was involved with the Israeli operation.

‘No missiles were fired from U.S. ships in the Mediterranean,’ he said.

Officials within Syria said there were no signs of any missile attacks in Damascus.