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Russia deploys anti-missile system near N.Korea
Topic Started: Aug 28 2009, 11:05 AM (310 Views)
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Moscow's way of showing Pyongyang where it stands?

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Russia Deploys Anti-Missile Defence Unit Near North Korea

Kremlin sites system capable of shooting down ballistic missiles in far east to counter nuclear threat posed by Pyongyang tests

MOSCOW - Russia has placed an anti-missile defence system close to its border with North Korea, in an apparent sign of growing alarm in Moscow at Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

Russia's chief of army staff, General Nikolai Makarov, told reporters on a trip with President Dmitry Medvedev to Mongolia the military had deployed its S-400 anti-missile division, a state-of-the-art anti-aircraft system capable of shooting down short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.

The system, stationed in Russia's far east, would "guarantee" fragments from an errant North Korean missile would not fall on Russian territory, he said. "We are definitely concerned by the conditions under which tests are being carried out in North Korea, including nuclear devices," he added.

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>>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/27/russia-north-korea-nuclear-missile-defence
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