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08-26-2009, 02:55 PM
Concerned With N. Korea Tests, Russia Moves Air Defenses
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 26 Aug 2009 10:54
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Russia is worried about North Korean missile and nuclear tests and has deployed sophisticated air defenses in its Far East region to protect against any potential test mishap, Russia's top general said here Aug. 26.
"We have an S-400 division there," said Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of staff of the Russian armed forces, confirming that Russia had deployed its most advanced anti-missile defense system near the border with North Korea.
"We are indeed worried about the way testing, including tests of nuclear devices, is being conducted in North Korea," said Makarov, who was accompanying President Dmitry Medvedev on a visit to Mongolia.
"This is happening very close to Russia's borders. We will take certain steps to guard against the possibility of a missile falling" on Russian territory, he told journalists in the Mongolian capital.
In addition to deployment of the S-400 unit, Makarov said Russian defense chiefs were weighing further steps to make sure no North Korean missiles or pieces of missiles landed in Russian territory.
"We are now reviewing what more effective steps can be taken to guarantee no rocket fragments fall in the event of a faulty launch."
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 26 Aug 2009 10:54
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Russia is worried about North Korean missile and nuclear tests and has deployed sophisticated air defenses in its Far East region to protect against any potential test mishap, Russia's top general said here Aug. 26.
"We have an S-400 division there," said Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of staff of the Russian armed forces, confirming that Russia had deployed its most advanced anti-missile defense system near the border with North Korea.
"We are indeed worried about the way testing, including tests of nuclear devices, is being conducted in North Korea," said Makarov, who was accompanying President Dmitry Medvedev on a visit to Mongolia.
"This is happening very close to Russia's borders. We will take certain steps to guard against the possibility of a missile falling" on Russian territory, he told journalists in the Mongolian capital.
In addition to deployment of the S-400 unit, Makarov said Russian defense chiefs were weighing further steps to make sure no North Korean missiles or pieces of missiles landed in Russian territory.
"We are now reviewing what more effective steps can be taken to guarantee no rocket fragments fall in the event of a faulty launch."