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Russia, new air and space defense base

Moscow, Russia - For missile defense

General Nikolai Makarov, the chief of Russian General Staff, said that his Country plans to build in 2011, a space for unified air and space defense. The news, unveiled today by the Russian agency "RIA Novosti", comes a week after the announcement made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, according to which, by December of next year, the space and missile defense systems will be unified. "The...

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