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Friday, May 16, 2008

Medvedev tours Russian missile base

President Dmitri Medvedev made his debut Thursday as the commander in chief of the Russian armed forces, touring a missile base and promising to provide the necessary financing for nuclear forces to counter global threats.

Medvedev examined Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles and spoke to officers at the base in Teikovo, a small town in the Ivanovo region about 250 kilometers, or 155 miles, northeast of Moscow.

"I'm impressed by both weapons and a level of training," Medvedev said after inspecting the missiles, which are concealed by the military in a dense pine forest. "It's good that the military is getting new missiles like the Topol-M."

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