Russia, Kazakhstan to merge missile defences
Russia and Kazakhstan will merge their missile defence systems, with the agreement to this effect due to be signed in 2013, the Commander of the Kazakh aerial defence, Colonel Nourzhan Moukanov, has told a news conference held in the town of Cholpon-Ata, on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul.
Russia is building a new missile to respond to the US missile defense system in Europe, the country's strategic missile troop commander said.