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Putin confirms plans to broaden China ties
(Agencies)
Updated: 2006-01-31 19:47 Putin: Russia has missiles capable of piercing missile
defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday boasted that Russia has missiles
capable of penetrating any missile defense system, the ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti
news agencies reported.
"Russia last year tested missile systems that no one in the world has and
won't have for a long time," the news agencies quoted him as telling a news
conference. "These missile systems don't represent a response to a missile
defense system, but they are immune to that. They are hypersonic and capable of
changing their flight path."
Putin said he had shown the working principles of the missile systems to
French President Jacques Chirac during a visit to a Russian military facility.
"He knows what I'm talking about," RIA-Novosti quoted Putin as telling
reporters after state-run news channels had cut their live broadcast of the news
conference.
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