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Russia will deploy a short-range missile system in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad bordering Poland and Lithuania, in response to US plans to set up a missile shield in the area, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday."The Iskander missile system will be deployed in the Kaliningrad region to neutralize, when necessary, the (US) missile shield," Medvedev said in his first State-of-the-Nation address to the Federal Assembly.Russia will also deploy equipment in the western region to electronically jam the US missile defense system, said Medvedev, adding that resources of the Russian N

GORI, Georgia (AP — Russian troops searched selected cities, forests and fields in Georgia on Thursday, looking for military equipment left behind by Georgian forces. In Moscow, Russia's foreign minister declared Georgia could "forget about" regaining its two separatist provinces.

Iran has carried out missile tests for what could be a plan for a nuclear strike on the United States, the head of a national security panel has warned.In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee and in remarks to a private conference on missile defense over the weekend hosted by the Claremont Institute, Dr. William Graham warned that the U.S.

There's an irony in the fact that when Belgium laid out the month's "Programme of Work" at the U.N. Security Council, this last week was absent an agenda. Since Russia's invasion of Georgia, the diplomatic community has been rather preoccupied. The United States and Western Europe have flailed about, ultimately unable to check Russia's unabashed aggression. Defying a host of threats from the West, which now include military posturing in Poland, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have invaded a neighboring country with impunity.

bot: possibly justified in being far-sighted, Russia is hedging its bets