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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Russia's space forces launch missile shield rocket


Sary-Shagan test site
Russian Aerospace Defense forces have successfully launched a short-range missile as part of the country's missile shield test, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told reporters Tuesday.

He said a missile crew of the Sary-Shagan test site together with space forces and some defense industry representatives successfully conducted a launch of a short-range anti-missile rocket at 12.01 a.m. Moscow time.

Pantsyr-S shoots down cruise missile
The Russian armed forces have successfully carried out live firing tests of the Army's Pantsyr-S short-range gun-missile air defense system against cruise missile targets for the first time at the Pemboi range in the country's northern Komi republic.

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