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Russia aims to improve its missiles

Moscow, Russia - New rockets and command and control systems by 2016

Russia said it has in program to update its ballistic missiles arsenal to increase its capability to overcome missile defenses. The modernization project should be completed by 2016, as Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) commander, colonel general Nikolai Solovtsov, explained today. "By 2016 - Solovtsov said - we will significantly modernize not only missile systems but also command and control systems...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1105655
Rome, Italy, 06/10/2009 17:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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