01 May 2017

News Story: Russian air defense system highly vigilant after DPRK missile test: lawmaker

S-400  (Image: Wiki Commons)
MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The air defense in Russia's Far East region has been put on "high alert" after the latest missile test carried out by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a Russian senior lawmaker said Saturday.

"Russia closely follows the developments" in Pyongyang, and "controls the airspace ... of the Russian air forces," Victor Ozerov, chairman of the Russian Federation Council's Committee on Defense and Security, was quoted by Sputnik as saying.

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