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China-Japan-Koreas
Russia deploys ballistic missile interceptors to counter N. Korea threat
2009-08-27
[Kyodo: Korea] Russia has deployed S-400 air defense missile complexes, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, in the Russian Far East to counter the threat posed by North Korea"s missile tests, the country"s top general said Wednesday. ""We have already deployed the S-400 division in the Far East,"" Gen. Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was quoted as saying by Itar-Tass News Agency.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Russia and Korea have a lot in common..cold at times, Communist at times, short on food at times, and cabbage loving all the time, as well as paranoid.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-08-27 19:25  

#4  Maybe they're afraid the Norks would be a little tougher than the Georgians.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-08-27 15:25  

#3  "It's not like anybody would complain."

Well, the Chinese might a little, EU.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-08-27 14:42  

#2  If the Ruskies are worried about the Norks why don't they do us all a favor do something a little more preemptive about it? It's not like anybody would complain.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-08-27 11:34  

#1  Clue me in -- Is this the same kind of system that Russia is having fits about the US putting in a couple of countries facing Iran?

I can do it, but you can't kind of thingy?
Posted by: Sherry   2009-08-27 10:35  

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