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Russia and China will conduct a second anti-missile joint exercise next year 71210161.
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Defence & Security News - China & Russia
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Russia and China will conduct a second anti-missile joint exercise next year
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During a China-Russia joint press briefing on missile defense on the sidelines of the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, the two countries announced that they will conduct a second anti-missile joint exercise next year as the United States plans to deploy a missile defense system near them.
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 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin |
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Beijing and Moscow have increased their anti-missile cooperation this year as the United States and its ally, the Republic of Korea, pushed forward a joint plan to deploy the long-range Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in the ROK.
The X-band radar associated with the THAAD system has a maximum range of 2,000 km, a radius which is capable of covering parts of China and Russia. Major General Cai Jun said that the two militaries held their first joint computer-simulated anti-missile drill in May in Moscow with the aim of "training the capabilities of both sides in joint air-defense and antimissile actions". He added that the two countries held their first joint computer-simulated anti-missile drill in May in Moscow with the aim of "training the capabilities of both sides in joint air-defense and antimissile actions". In a joint statement on global strategic stability released following the meeting between President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in June, the countries voiced shared concerns over the deployment of antimissile capabilities globally and said that any unilateral deployment is a setback. |
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