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Monday, November 28, 2011

Russia to monitor missile launches


Baltic radar station, Kalinigrad
Russia said it will be able to monitor missile launches from the North Atlantic and from a future European missile defense system from a Baltic radar station.

Aerospace Defense Forces chief Lt. Gen. Oleg Ostapenko said Friday the radar station in the enclave of Kaliningrad, between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, is ready for operation as part of a national missile early-warning attack system, RIA Novosti reported.

"We will be able to control the entire European continent and the Atlantic, including the European missile defense system," Ostapenko said.

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