Why Is Russia Deploying It's Most Advanced Anti-Aircraft Missile Systems On The North Korean Border?

Russia Russian Army S-400 Triumf SA-21 Growler air defense missile system picture. Photo from Army Recognition.

Russia Deploys System To Counter N Korean Missiles -- Times Of India

MOSCOW: Russia has deployed its most advanced S-400 Triumf anti-missile defence systems in its far eastern region to counter the threat posed by North Korean missile tests, a top military official said on Wednesday.

"We have already deployed a battalion of the S-400 systems in Russia's Far East in order to guarantee protection from failed launches of (N Korean) missiles and to ensure that the fragments of these missiles never fall on the Russian territory," chief of the general staff, Gen Nikolai Makarov was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.

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