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Friday, September 30, 2011

Russia's asymmetrical response to U.S. missile defense

RS-24 YarsA missile tipped with a newly designed warhead failed during the first test firing near Plesetsk in the north of Russia. Despite this setback in Russia's attempt to develop an asymmetrical response to the U.S. missile defense system in Europe, there is no doubt that Russia will do all it can to put its "Colt on the negotiating table" in the words of Russia's NATO representative Dmitry Rogozin.

First test of a prototype

Col. Alexei Zolotukhin, official spokesman for the Defense Ministry's Space Forces, said "representatives of industrial companies tested a missile prototype at the Plesetsk cosmodrome on September 27 as part of the latest missile R&D."

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