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Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Russia Develops US-Like Ballistic GMD, THAAD Missile Defense Systems; Fears US’ Cruise Missile Rearmament Program

THAAD InterceptorRussia has started to develop a line of defense systems similar to the United States' Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) systems, local media reports announced.

The country has also come up with an early warning system it will put in space that will enable it to detect ballistic missile launches. All will be online before 2020.

Russia is fast tracking the deployment of such ballistic missile systems in response to the U.S.' aggressive rearmament program of its cruise missiles. President Vladimir Putin's bailiwick believed its archenemy can launch against it a barrage of up to 7,000 missiles on just the first strike in 2015-2016.

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